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Some analysts of Nepalese economy and society like Blaikie, Cameron and Seddon argue that "industrial development has been so limited in Nepal that it is quite impossible to speak of a national industrial capitalist class". A Kondos argues to the contrary, claiming that such an industrial class has come into being since the mid 1970s and expanded significantly during the 1980s, specifically in...
Nepal has now entered its fourth decade of 'planned development' begun in 1956 with the launching of its 'First Plan' which, like all subsequent 'Plans' it should be noted, was contingent on foreign aid. One particular consequence of Nepal's dependence on foreign aid for its industrial development is that machine-based manufacturing, at least up to the latter half of the 1970s, has tended to...
The pattern of development exhibited by Nepal can be explained in terms of the interactions between four variables: world system conditions, state, class and cultural values. The role of each of these variables has changed in different periods of Nepalese history. During its formative years, the expanding Gorkha state and cultural values in the form of Hindu religious ideology had been the...
The relationship between the development of social and physical infrastructures and the rate of growth of agricultural production (Agri-GDP) is of great interest to decision makers and researchers. A knowledge of this relationship would help us to formulate a rational policy for the development of infrastructures and their spatial distribution with the objective of modernising the agricultural...
The Women Development Programme (WDP) was introduced into various villages of Nepal in 1981 under the Small Farmer Development Programme (SFDP). In the fifth year of its implementation, the donor agencies evaluated the impact of this project. The author was engaged in this evaluation project to write case studies based on field observation through the Centre for Women and Development (CWD) in...
In general, the purpose behind establishing national parks is preservation of indigenous plants and animals, and historical places - the biotic environment and cultural heritage. Although priorities may differ in space and time, safeguarding such valuable national assets demands that specific areas be permanently set aside or at least temporarily restricted from human interference so that...
The first part of the author's argument is related to 'local knowledge', 'indigenous knowledge', or sustainable agriculture: local of indigenous knowledge is neglected but a valuable resource. Like many researchers in environmental and sustainable agriculture studies, anthropologists complain that development planners neglect the role of local knowledge in Nepalese agricultural production....
Every nation has a development culture of its own, and a nation's traditional culture has a tremendous impact on its own development attitudes and attempts. An objective retrospection of Nepal's past developmental trends and planning history establishes this. It can be seen how there have been more belief in rhetorics that action. Most of the ivory-towered and foreign-trained planners, cosily...
As a principle, every government strives for higher socio-economic progress for its citizens and the country. Such efforts are often guides by the underlying principles of better equity in opportunities for upward mobility and improved access to resources. When the socio-economic condition of the vast majority improves, then only the overall level of development rises. Hence, it is important...
Regional cooperation thrives on the shared interests of its members. It is like a joint enterprise which involves initial investment costs but ultimately offers positive benefits. The question of the sustainability of co-operation, like enterprises, is therefore the legitimate concern of its beneficiaries. This is why there is a momentous growth of cooperation organisations for development in...
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