दलित सम्बन्धी नीति र अभ्यासमा अन्तरविरोध

२००७ सालदेखि अहिलेसम्मको दलित सवाल उपर सम्बोधन गर्न भनेर थुप्रै नीतिहरू आएका देखिए पनि तिनको कार्यान्वयनबारे सरोकारवाला निकायको खासै चासो रहेको देखिँदैन । विभिन्न संघसंस्थाहरूबाट दलितहरूको सवालसँग सम्बन्धित केही अध्ययन भएपनि, ती अध्ययनहरूमा नीतिहरूको आलोचनात्मक विश्लेषणभन्दा पनि दलितसँग सम्बन्धित कार्यक्रमहरू […]

Concerns of Women in the Rebuilding Process after the April 2015 Earthquake In Nepal

The earthquake that struck Nepal in April 2015 had a tragic impact on life, livestock and property. According to the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment report (PDNA), prepared by the National Planning Commission, more than 9,000 people were killed and 22,300 people […]

Critical Analysis of the Policy on Permanently Destroyed Private Housing Recovery after the April 2015 Earthquake in Nepal

2015 April earthquake that hit Nepal has left housing sector as the most affected sector which has caused greatest human misery and casualty.  To avoid further long term vulnerabilities to the victim of the earthquake, housing recovery policy has to […]

मिडियाको अवस्था र पहुँच

यो अनुसन्धान सूदुरपश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र (हाल प्रदेश न‌.७) मा मिडियाको अवस्था, पहुँच, लगानी, जनशक्ति,  बजार, विज्ञापनको अवस्था, मिडियाले भोग्नु परेका समस्या र चुनौतीमा केन्द्रित छ  । अनुसन्धानका अनुसार सूदुरपश्चिमाञ्चलमा कूल जनसंख्याको आधामा मात्र मिडियाँको पहुँच पुगेको छ । यस क्षेत्रमा […]

नेपालका प्राथमिकतामा र छायामा परेका नीतिगत सवालहरू

देशमा वर्गीय, जातीय, भाषिक, लिङ्गीय, सांस्कृतिक, धार्मिक र क्षेत्रियतामा आधारित भेदभावको अन्त्य गरी न्यायपूर्ण र समृद्धशाली समाजको निर्माणका लागि धेरै सामाजिक आन्दोलनहरु भएका थिए । यस्ता सामाजिक आन्दोलनहरु मध्ये वि.स. २०६२—६३ मा भएको जन आन्दोलन महत्वपूर्ण रुपमा रहेको छ । […]

What Works in the Community in the Aftermath of a Crisis

In the immediate aftermath of a crisis, before the arrival of any external support, a community is left to its own devices to come up with coping mechanisms that can help it deal with the immediate problems at hand. Such […]

भूकम्पबाट जोगिनका लागि काठमाडौंमा खुला स्थानको खााँचो

भूकम्प गएपछिको समयमा उद्धार, उपचार, राहत कार्य संचालन गर्न वा भग्नावशेष व्यवस्थापन गर्नका लागि काठमाडौंका खुला स्थानको पहिचान कसरी भएको छ र खुला स्थानको व्यवस्थापनबारे कस्तो नीति बनेको छ भन्ने विषयमा यो अनुसन्धान केन्द्रित छ। २०७२ साल वैशाख १२ गतेअघि […]

विपद पश्चातको आंकलन : नाकाबन्दी २०७२ – पर्यटन क्षेत्र

विपद पश्चातको आंकलन : नाकाबन्दी २०७२ – बृहदअर्थशास्त्रीय समीक्षा

विपद पश्चातको आंकलन : नाकाबन्दी २०७२ – उर्जा क्षेत्र

विपद पश्चातको आंकलन : नाकाबन्दी २०७२ – शिक्षा र स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र

विपद पश्चातको आंकलन : नाकाबन्दी २०७२ – नाकाबन्दी र दिगो विकासका लक्ष्यहरु

विपद पश्चातको आंकलन : नाकाबन्दी २०७२ – व्यापारिक र औद्योगिक क्षेत्र

विपद पश्चातको आँकलनः नाकाबन्दी २०७२ – कृषि क्षेत्र

Post Disaster Assessment: Blockade 2015/16

For more than one year now, the Nepali economy has been gasping for breath as multiple challenges choked the country one after the other. The devastating earthquakes which claimed close to 9,000 lives and injured more than 22,000 inflicted enormous […]

Rethinking Public Welfare Advertisement in Nepal: From Media Welfare to Public Welfare

The Nepali government has been distributing welfare advertisements to the media since 1959. The main aim behind this practice was to provide economic support or media sustenance in the absence of alternative sources of revenue for media houses at that […]

A Description and Analysis of the Budget Formulation and Implementation Process in Nepal

The principle objective of this paper is to comprehensively understand the budget formulation and implementation procedure in Nepal. By looking at the procedural aspects of budget formulation and implementation, the paper attempts to analyse the factors that have hindered the […]

Political Commitments to Policy Reflection in Nepal : An Analysis of Party Manifestos, Periodic Plans and Budget

Political parties make manifestos pre-elections, expressing their commitment towards various policy concerns in order to gather the support of the electorate or voters. A successful representation and performance of the political parties in the government can be measured in terms […]

Advocating Policy Concerns : Communication Strategies of NGOs

The Advocacy NGOs in Nepal tend to downplay the significance of strategic communication in their advocacy initiatives. Since NGOs operate in a policy environment characterized by a host of interest groups and a web of complex and changing power dynamics, […]

The Making and Implementation of Media Policies in Nepal

In 1990 Nepal underwent a political change that marked the beginning of the state’s transition from an autocratic Panchayat system to a multi-party democracy. The period since has seen major changes in the media sector mainly due to an adherence […]

Better Service Delivery through the use of IT

The governments from many developing and developed countries including Nepal have been making an effort to introduce the merits of Information Technology (IT) through policies, directives and regulations in order to transform service-delivery in their countries and fully embrace e-governance. […]

Accountability in Implementation of Women Specific Development Grants

addresses issues linked to the implementation of 10% of capital grant allocated to women specific programs by the Ministry of Federal and Local Development (MoFALD). It emphasizes the fact that shortfalls in accountability has led to a failure in ensuring […]

सङ्घीयताबारे सभासद्

६ दशकअघि सुरु भएको सङ्घीय राज्यको माग अहिले संविधान निर्माण प्रक्रियामा प्रमुख मुद्दाका रूपमा उपस्थित भएको छ । २०६२-६३ को जनआन्दोलन र त्यसपछि भएको मधे स आन्दोलनपछि राजनीतिक दलहरू राज्यको पुनर्संरचना गर्दै सङ्घात्मक शासन व्यवस् थामा जान सहमत भए । […]

Cutting Across the Conceptual Jungle of Participation

Promoting people’s participation in local development efforts has been accepted and hailed by governments in developing countries as the most effective approach towards empowering communities that exist at the periphery of the power centre. Participation-based approach to local development is […]

आदिवासी-जनजाति आन्दोलनमा ‘राज्य संयन्त्र’को सन्दर्भ

नेपालमा आदिवासी जनजाति आन्दोलनले वि.सं. २०४६ सालको राजनीतिक परिवर्तनपछि आकार लिएको हो । आदिवासी जनजाति आन्दोलनको नेतृत्व नेपाल आदिवासी जनजाति महासंघले गरिरहेको छ । महासंघले आन्दोलनको क्रममा थुप्रै किसिमका माग÷दाबी गरेको छ । तर, यो अध्ययनमा आदिवासी जनजातिको परिभाषामा महासंघ […]

A Study on Prison Reform to Identify an Alternative Reformatory Policy in Nepal

The paper examines the existing prison policy of Nepal to diagnose critical problems emerging by neglecting the need of prison reform, despite several attempts and efforts. The punitive prison policy implemented back in 1963 has dilapidated triggering some of the […]

Issues of Consensus and Contention

It has been seven years since the process of drafting the constitution from the Constituent Assembly started. It has already been 11 months since elections to the Constituent Assembly II following the automatic expiry of the Constituent Assembly I after […]

संविधान निर्माण प्रक्रिया सहमति असहमतिका विषय

मुुलुकमा संविधान सभाबाट संविधान निर्माण गर्ने प्रक्रिया सुरु भएको सात वर्ष भइसके को छ । संविधान बनाउन असफल भएर पहिलो संविधान सभाको म्याद स् वतः समाप्त भई पुनः अर्काे संविधान सभाको निर्वाचन सम्पन्न भएको पनि दश महिना पुगे को छ […]

Killing Journalism Softly

Majority of the infl uential editors of the broadsheet dailies, television channels and radio stations would confi dently assert that they have been pretty much free to disseminate whatever they want through their media. When they are confi dently proclaiming […]

Effectively Engaging Experts in Nepal’s Policy Making: Lessons from the Failure of State Restructuring

Experts are technically sound individuals who can articulate fellow citizens’ need and are capable of providing evidence and analyzing policy options. Their ability to comprehend the issue comes from their strong theoretical base and the considerable amount of time they […]

Expanding Civil Space: Building Democracy in South Asia

For the past few years, the discussions of Nepali civil society organisations have focused broadly on issues of human rights and the creation of a new constitution. Primarily, this has involved matters of political transition, the constitution-making process, and contested […]

Dynamics of Urbanization in Nepal

Urbanization pattern does not seem geographically uniform across Nepal. Natural expansion of urban areas due to population growth, planned growth of cities through infrastructural development and reclassification of urban centers has expanded the urban areas in Nepal. Nepal‟s urban centers […]

Safeguarding Public Interest in the era of Corporate Media

A free press with unhindered power to inform people is a cornerstone for functioning democracy. But, when media engages in seeking profits and tampering its content for its benefit to manufacture public support, so who should watch the watchdog? This […]

Online Media in Nepal: Need for Policy Intervention

The tremendous development and growth of the Internet and related technology has impacted many aspects of human life. Journalism is not alien to the impact and the growing popularity of the Internet-based media threatening the printing technology. It has also […]

Rethinking Group-Based Development Approach in Nepal: Ways Forward

Over the last few decades, the role of ‘group-formation’ for community development has drawn substantial interest from policy makers, academics and development practitioners. The paper aims to examine the growing popularity of these development groups especially in the context where […]

Policy Advocacy Strategies of Civil Society Organizations in Nepal

There has been an unmatched increase in the number CSOs in Nepal post-1990. The working areas of these CSOs vary. While some simply implement project activities, others focus on policy advocacy. Different organizations working in various sectors tend to have […]

Age Structure Transition and Senior Citizens in Nepal

Nepal is in the phase of age structure transition with a large proportion of young working-age population. This phase is also commonly known as the phase of ‘youth bulge’, ‘demographic dividends/bonuses’ or ‘window of opportunity’. This present phase and the […]

Gender Reforms in Nepal

Gender reform is one of the recurring agenda in the present policy context of Nepal where Nepal aims to consolidate its preparedness to end discrimination between men and women in Nepalese societies, among others. This holds urgent importance in Nepal, […]

नागरिक समाज र नेतृत्व

विगत केही वर्षदेखि नेपाली संघसंस्थाहरूले विभिन्न प्रकारका सामाजिक र राजनीतिक अभियानमार्फत संविधान र अधिकारसम्बन्धी विषयमा छलफल चलाइरहेका छन् । यस्ता छलफलको केन्द्रमा राजनीतिक सङ्क्रमण, संविधान निर्माण प्रक्रिया, संविधानका विवादित मुद्दा तथा शान्ति प्रक्रियासँग जोडिएका विषयहरू रहने गरेका छन् । नेपालको […]

Remittance in Development: Harnessing Migrant Money Flow for Economic Growth

There are two categories of Nepalis living and working abroad, Non Resident Nepalis (NRNs) and migrant workers. Historically, Nepalis who looked for employment opportunities took advantage of the porous and deregulated borders and migrated to India and later, as more […]

मेरो पत्रकारिताको खबर

नेपाली समाचार कक्षहरूमा पत्रकारिताका मूल्य तथा मापदण्ड र दैनिक अभ्यासबीच चर्को विरोधाभाष चलिरहेको छ । पत्रकारको दक्षता तथा प्रभावकारिता, पेसागत मर्यादा र विश्वसनीयता सबै पक्षमा यसले असर गरेको छ । जुन अवस्था पत्रकारिताले निवार्ह गर्नुपर्ने वास्तविक भूमिकाभन्दा धेरै अर्थमा विचलित […]

उच्च माध्यमिक शिक्षा र यसको गन्तव्य, मुद्दा तथा चुनौतीहरु

अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय स्तरमा विद्यालय प्रणालीमा आएको सुधार, विद्यालय शिक्षालाई सान्दर्भिक बनाउने प्रयास र शिक्षामा गुणस्तर कायम गर्नुपर्ने कारण नेपालमा उच्च माध्यमिक शिक्षाको विकास अपरिहार्य बनेको छ । तर पनि यसले विभिन्न समस्या तथा चुनौतीहरूको सामना गर्दै आएको छ । सर्वप्रथम नेपालको […]

दोरम्बा र माडी भिन्न घटना, समान मुद्दा

वि.सं. २० ५२ देखि सुरु भएको सशस्त्र द्वन्द्वको समयमा भएका मानवअधिकार उल्लङ्घन तथा ज्यादतीका घटनाहरूमध्ये वि.सं. २० ६० साउनमा रामेछापको दोरम्बा र २० ६२ जेठमा चितवनको माडीमा भएका दुई घटनालाई प्रतिनिधिमूलक घटनाको रूपमा लिएर यो अध्ययन गरिएको हो । रामेछापको […]

Local Democracy in the Political Transition of Nepal

Nepal’s ‘political transition’ that ensued from the entry of the Maoists into mainstream politics in 2006 has been marked by a glaring continuity to the vacuum of political representation at subnational polity. This vacuum is nurtured and sustained by the […]

Foreign Aid and Public Policy Process in Nepal

Nepal, like many other countries in the developing world, is heavily reliant on foreign aid for its development as well as for other social, economic and political initiatives. A particular sphere that is intrinsically related with and influenced by the […]

Climate Justice

The notion of climate justice has received importance in academic, activist and political circles globally and in Nepal. Political leaders, climate change activists, movement leaders as well as the academics hardly miss the point about justice—whether explicitly or implicitly—while they […]

नेपाली प्रेसमा मानवअधिकार

वि.सं. २०६३ पछि पहिचान, प्रतिनिधित्व, पुनर्वितरणका साथै बिगतमा भएको उपेक्षा र भेदभावका लागि क्षतिपूर्ति, सवलिकरण र समावेशीकरण जस्ता विषयहरु प्रशस्त छलफल र बहसहरु भइरहेका छन् । यी विषयहरुलाई सम्बोधन गरेर अघि बढ्ने पद्धति र प्रक्रियाहरु भने स्थापित भइसकेका छैनन् । […]

संविधान निर्माण प्रक्रिया

नेकपा (माओवादी) को सशस्त्र विद्रोहको अन्त्य, विभिन्न समाजिक समुहका मागको सम्बोधन तथा सार्वभौम जनताले आफ्नो. नेकपा (माओवादी) को सशस्त्र विद्रोहको अन्त्य, विभिन्न समाजिक समुहका मागको सम्बोधन तथा सार्वभौम जनताले आफ्नोनेकपा (माओवादी) को सशस्त्र विद्रोहको अन्त्य, विभिन्न समाजिक समुहका मागको सम्बोधन […]