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Created in 1986, the asbl ADG has for mission to promote a lasting sustainable economical development, generating autonomy in countries of the South. To achieve this target, ADG ’s methodology is supported by three axis of intervention:
- Financial and technical support in order to achieve concrete actions in the countries of the South as a partner of local associations....
This article is a field analysis of data from anthropological research the author has been carrying out in the town of Pokhara, in west central Nepal. He has examined what he has found to be in close relation of these systems with Brahmin-Chhetri economic choice in a situation of change and development. The author concentrates on presenting and analysing Brahman-Chhetri kinship and its main...
<p>Colonel Kilpatrick's mission to Nepal was undertaken in early 1793. His itinerary lasted less than seven weeks, from February 13 until April 3. The cause of the mission lay as far as Nepal was concerned, in the danger that was looming large in the north just before the start of the Nepal-Tibet war of 1972. Nepal wanted military help from the British government of Bengal to...
<p>Due to the peculiar geographical position of the country, the trade of Nepal was confined to Tibet and India, and a few articles passed between Nepal and China via Tibet. The British Indian records of the period under study cast more light on the trade relations between India and Nepal. But there existed no registered trade between the two countries up to 1875. For this reason, the...
The author examines claims made by Dr Haimendorf in 1975, where he presents the link between economic organisation and its correlation with social relations. He argues that it is appropriate to consider the extent to the type of trade produces certain social attitudes and arrangements.
The concept of "social outlook" is a term that seems to explain everything, but really explains...
Various types of taxes played their role in public finance in the ancient economy of Nepal. Taxes were levied on produce at the point of origin. There are numerous references to production taxes on a wide variety of commodities. Among these, the most frequent reference has been to the Mallakara.
In the Lichhavi inscriptions so far available, the oldest mention of the ...
Nepal, as a patrilineal society, is generally characterised by the domination of women by men. As such, it is widely believed that productive activities are mainly carried out by men. Women are generally seen as being confined to household activities only, such as looking after the house, child rearing, food processing and collecting firewood. Women are not thought to be directed by economic...
The Kathmandu Valley which has always been a centre in the history of Nepal has also been a place where most development efforts have been concentrated. It is to be expected that considerable economic and social changes have taken place in recent years not only in urban areas, but also in rural areas linked to the major cities of the valley.
This article analyses recent economic changes...
Social and economic development in Nepal involves a complex web of technological and social change, particularly in the areas of transport and communications. New ideas, technology, goods and services have traditionally flowed outward to the rural hinterlands from such central places as Kathmandu and Pokhara in the hills and northward from such lowland Terai entrepots as Biratnagar,...
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