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It is difficult to present the genesis, growth and present style of functioning of the press in Nepal. These aspects get blurred, as does its role in society as a whole. An inquiry into the plight of the press would also mean an inquiry into the level of intellectual development, literacy growth, communicational development and above all, the attitudinal change of the people at large.
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This two-week e-conference organised by ICIMOD and the Mountain Forum was conducted in two parts. In the first week the focus was on establishing how important socio-cultural settings are. The second session, under the theme of 'Bridging Gaps', turned more to questions of practice. The main interest was in approaches and tools appropriate in contexts where persons of otherwise differing...
Resort to folk competence in health is a recent and important trend in development policy. In the field of primary health care, this trend has gained force in the recognition of the cultural constraints within which any community health programme must operate.Recent research in medical anthropology has focused on the way in which local people acting in the light of their cultural values and...
This book is a cornerstone resource for a wide range of organisations and individuals concerned with sustainable development at national and local levels, as well as for international organisations concerned with supporting such development. While the focus is on integrated strategies for sustainable development, the approaches and methods covered are equally relevant to poverty reduction,...
African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide.
The Summit's theme “Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development” is...
The purpose of the KAP Study was to determine the community perceptions in terms of malaria cause, prevention and treatment, and also to find out the extent of bed net use and the factors associated with the net use. The study was carried out in two malaria hyper-endemic districts of Sarpang and Samdrup Jongkhar covering four rural areas and two urban areas with 250 households and 1415 members...
Reliable analyses of environmental processes and dynamics on a regional scale require the availability and easy accessibility of relevant data from across the region. To understand the mechanisms behind environmental processes and dynamics so as to make accurate predictions of the future, we need adequate information on the physical, biological and socio-economic features of a region. In the...
The International Year of Mountains has changed the way many people think about and relate to mountains. Thanks to a global awareness-raising campaign that has prompted countless special events and celebrations, newspaper articles and television reports, educational programmes, and conferences — not to mention 9 major global events — many people around the world understand that...
This paper analyzes sustainable development practices within Sri Lanka’s energy sector. It directs attention to how expertise functions in development decision making in ways that can unintentionally inhibit sustainable development. Understanding expertise as merely specialised knowledge clouds its role as a social activity. In practice, expertise is a combination of knowledge and...
Women and men hold and share different knowledge and practices about plants and animals. Women’s knowledge of biodiversity comes from their roles as wild plant gatherers, home gardeners and plant domesticators, herbalists and seed custodians. Women across the globe possess knowledge on wild and domesticated species of edible and non-edible plants and animals, contributing to their...
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