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Topic: Districts of Nepal

	Initiative Details
		To develop rankings of all 75 districts of Nepal in terms of their level of development/underdevelopment.
		The activity was undertaken in partnership with SNV, Nepal.
		The study shows clearly the level of development of all the districts of Nepal in terms of the chosen indicators and broad indices.
	www.iisd.org /measure/compendium/DisplayInitiative.aspx?id=351 (416 words)

	Nepal Biodiversity
		Nepal is the 35 th country to ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on November 23, 1993.
		Nepal is well known for its greenery and attract a large number of biologists and ecologists for study.
		Nepal's high altitude rangelands are home to a unique assemblage of flora and fauna which comprises about 131 endemic plant species (53% of the total number of endemic plants in Nepal), 41 key non-timber forest products including primarily medicinal herbs.
	www.biodiv-nepal.gov.np /nbua.html (924 words)

	The Asia Foundation
		Following a decade of armed conflict, Nepal is now engaged in a fundamental reorganization of the state, with the aim of creating a more effective and responsive government that provides services and opportunities for all citizens regardless of ethnicity, caste, or geographic location.
		In the absence of effective courts or traditional mechanisms of dispute resolution, the Foundation promotes community mediation in Nepal as a means to improve access to justice at the local level and establish a culture of dispute resolution.
		Nepal's economic growth is linked inextricably to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which comprise 90 percent of the country's businesses.
	www.asiafoundation.org /Locations/nepal.html (1033 words)

	The People's War: Maoist Insurgency in Nepal
		The communist movement in Nepal that first appeared in 1949 after the formation of Communist Party of Nepal under the leadership of late Pushpa Lal Shrestha emerged in intellectual opposition to the Nepali Congress, though at times, they united against their common foes, first the Ranas, and subsequently, the monarchy.
		In a newly democratic era, their voices rose to the surface and many believe that this was the opportunity to win the hearts and minds of much of the rural villages by addressing their historic neglect and discrimination, but, the government's response was superficial.
		Nepal's problem is not the Maoist war but an entrenched coalition of corrupt politicians and bureaucrats that profits from Maoist war.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Nepal/PeoplesWar_MaoistInsurg.html (4581 words)

	Districts Of Nepal, Schema-Root news (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nepali ministers are going on their whirlwind visit of conflict-hit districts of central and eastern Terai in southern Nepal for solution to Madhesi problem...
		Diwakar Khadka, chairman of Nepal Judiciary Employees Welfare Committee, Appellate Court (Rajbiraj branch) and Indra Bahadur Khadka, chairman of District...
		Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN)- Major districts in southern Nepal are facing a serious administrative vacuum, as government officials are leaving the districts due...
	schema-root.org /region/asia/south_asia/nepal/districts (1087 words)

	Nepal: Fractured country, shattered lives - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A sense of isolation in the districts outside Kathmandu is strengthened by the government prevention of private FM radio stations to broadcast domestic news, restrictions on the rebroadcast of news programmes from international media outlets, as well as continuing restriction on the use of mobile phones.
		Nepal is a state party to six of the main human rights instruments, including the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) that guarantee, among others, fundamental rights for persons deprived of their liberty.
		The emergence of village defence forces in numerous districts, with the clear approval and support of the central government, as well as with training and other support from the military and civilian authorities at district level, is an extremely dangerous escalation of the conflict.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGASA310632005?open&of=ENG-NPL (10630 words)

	Nepal Terrorist Groups - Maoist Insurgents
		A women’s group, the All Nepal Women's Association (Revolutionary), is alleged to be a front outfit of the CPN-M. The All Nepal National Independent Students’ Union (Revolutionary), or ANNISU-R is the student wing of the Maoists.
		In the districts of Rolpa, Rukum, Jajarkot, Salyan, Pyuthan and Kalikot in mid-western Nepal, Government presence is limited to the district headquarters with the rest of each district under Maoist control.
		Also they are in a process of consolidating their presence in West Midnapore district, Bankura and Purulia especially in North Bengal with the help of Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO).
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/nepal/terroristoutfits/index.html (2686 words)

	Country by Country: Nepal
		Landlocked between India and China, the tiny kingdom of Nepal is a country of geographic and cultural wonders, including the Himalayan peaks, ancient temples, and colorful marketplaces.
		Nepal’s government has been a proponent of quality family planning and has been committed to educating women about contraception.
		In Nepal, the MAP pilot project began in 2002 at four sites in Nawalparasi District and was the first intervention of its kind in the country.
	www.engenderhealth.org /ia/cbc/nepal.html (1462 words)

	ICA Nepal: International Volunteer and Intern Programmes
		The Institute of Cultural Affairs Nepal is one of 35 national members of ICA International which is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
		ICA Nepal was established in 1998 and focuses its activities on training and community development projects.
		ICA -Nepal has field offices in several districts across Nepal that will provide the students or researchers a base through which to carry out their work in the project sites.
	www.ica-nepal.org /volunteering.htm (853 words)

	nssd Nepal: Tourism
		Tourism in Nepal is a classic case of lack of sustainability due to lack of attention paid to its multi-faceted nature.
		Although Nepal has strived to bring quality tourists to the country and several tourist class resorts have been built recently in the country. On the other hand, some of the measures taken recently have not been conducive to this end.
		Nepal Village Resorts has been organizing visits to Sirubari south of Pokhara which envisages to minimize leakage and attempts to retain 50% of the earnings in the village.
	www.nssd.net /country/nepal/nep07.htm (4559 words)

	UNICEF - Nepal - Newsline
		KAVRE DISTRICT, Nepal, 31 July 2007 — When 29-year-old Radha was married, she was shunned by her husband and in-laws, forbidden to enter their home and forced to live in a cow-shed.
		UDAYPUR DISTRICT, Nepal, 26 December 2006 — She is the 45-year-old ‘musahar’ woman from Nepal’s Udaypur District with four children and an ailing husband.
		KATHMANDU, Nepal, 27 July 2004 — Nearly 37,000 families are estimated to have been displaced by monsoon flooding in Nepal, according to a Nepal Red Cross report issued today.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/nepal_nepal_newsline.html (1251 words)

	Gateway to Land and Water Information: Nepal national report
		The wetlands of Nepal, however, range from the torpid ponds of the subtropical Terai to the glacial lakes of the High Himalayas which indicates the diversity in the species of wildlife that might be expected to be supported by them.
		Nepal is signatory to a number of international conventions and treaties to protect the environment and biodiversity.
		Nepal has no statistics on the occurrence of forest fires, and no assessment of impact on the economy or on the environment of the country is available.
	www.fao.org /ag/agl/swlwpnr/reports/y_sa/z_np/np.htm (6026 words)

	Mercy Corps > Countries > Nepal > Program Details: Nepal
		Nepal has suffered from conflict and political instability since 1996, when fighting began between the Maoists rebels and the Government of Nepal, leading to the displacement of 100,000-200,000 people and the death of close to 11,000.
		Today, over 85 percent of Nepal's population lives in rural areas where poverty, inequality, lack of services, corruption and political and social exclusion have led to - and been exacerbated by - the conflict.
		Mercy Corps Nepal understands that there is a need to focus on programs that will immediately help people improve their daily lives, and also address the joint long term causes of poverty and conflict - namely poor governance and inequity.
	www.mercycorps.org /countries/nepal (478 words)

	CNN.com - Dozens killed in Nepalese rebel clashes - March 20, 2002
		But the government also suffered a setback in Kailali district Wednesday morning when seven policemen were shot dead by rebels in a police station alongside a major highway.
		Two other police stations were also attacked by the rebels in the same district, but security forces managed to drive away the rebels, the home ministry said.
		The escalating violence came as Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Deuba flew to New Delhi for an official three-day visit at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/20/nepal.maoists/index.html (369 words)

	Livestock Project to Help Improve Food Security, Nutrition, and Incomes in Nepal
		The project, the fourth ADB-supported livestock development project in Nepal since 1980, will improve levels of food security, nutrition, incomes, and employment from livestock production and small-scale livestock related enterprises for 164,000 families in 48 districts of Nepal.
		Nepal has one of the highest livestock populations per capita and per unit of cultivable land of any country in Asia and more than 80% of its working population is engaged in subsistence agriculture.
		The livestock subsector is one of the key entry points for programs to reach Nepal's rural poor.
	www.adb.org /media/Articles/2003/3982_Nepal_Livestock_Project (729 words)

	Nepal: A country silenced
		Nepal's 14-year-old democracy has indeed been deeply troubled—beset by a bloody and protracted conflict with Maoist rebels—but it did foster the creation of a robust independent news media (see "A young, vibrant media").
		Many of Nepal's 46 independent radio outlets were outside of Kathmandu, broadcasting a mix of news and current affairs in 13 of the country's local languages as well as in the national tongue, Nepali.
		In an April interview, British Ambassador to Nepal Keith Bloomfield noted that a free press is essential to peaceful resolution of the conflict in Nepal.
	www.cpj.org /Briefings/2005/nepal_05/nepal_05_main.html (4493 words)

	Journalists Facing Threats in Suburban Nepal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Journalists displaced from various districts of Nepal have said that they had to live under a situation of threat, terror and intimidation from both the government and the Maoist insurgents.
		Journalists said they were yet to be paid by some of the big media houses for their stories sent from the districts.
		In most of the districts in western Nepal, journalists are restricted to leave the district headquarters without the permission from district security officials or CDO.
	www.nepalhumanrightsnews.com /news.asp?id=193 (649 words)

	Book Review (Spotlight Weekly)
		At a time when there is a dearth of books highlighting different aspects of districts of Nepal, former minister Joshi has published a book giving detailed political, social and economic picture of all the 75 districts.
		From history of the districts to political situation and economic status, the book is a first of its kind covering detailed scenario of various districts of Nepal.
		When Nepal first opened itself up for the outside world in 1950, there was virtually nothing in terms of transport and communication infrastructure.
	www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2004/may/may21/review.htm (629 words)

	The Nepal Trust Organisation - Health Projects
		The purpose of the Nepal Trust’s Health Project is to make basic health services at both the health post and district hospital levels available to communities in Humla who would otherwise have little or no access to them.
		The Nepal Trust also aims to expand its health services so these services will be available at central locations such as the district hospital in Humla that will include: inoculation, TB, eye, ear, skin, dental and minor surgery health camps.
		Humla, the highest and arguably the most impoverished of Nepal's 75 districts, is a culturally unique and fragile Himalayan environment that lies 440km NW of Kathmandu along the Tibetan border.
	www.nepaltrust.org /health.html (1423 words)

	Nepal Districts
		Celvin Ruisdael sent me a link to the Nepal Population Report 2002 on the website of the Ministry of Population and Environment.
		The simplest explanation I could find was that my own data were correct; also, the 1991 census data by district on the Ministry page are probably correct, with one exception: the population of one of the districts in the Mid-Western region is 2,000 too low.
		I have come to the conclusion that the zones of Nepal have fallen into disuse, and that the development regions are now the primary subdivisions of the country.
	www.statoids.com /ynp.html (346 words)

	DISTRICTS OF NEPAL INFO AND TIPS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia is divided into 14 administrative zones (अञ्चल), comprised currently (2005) of 75 districts (जिल्ला) as mentioned below:
		Achham district - Arghakhanchi district - Baglung district
		Morang district - Mugu district - Mustang district
	www.ihabits.com /Districts_of_Nepal (256 words)

	Mine Risk Education in Nepal 2005 !
		Nepal Campaign to Ban Landmine (NCBL) has launched Mine Risk Education (MRE) in 25 districts of Nepal and Bara is one of them.
		Besides, this program, NCBL organised a day-long seminar on MRE at the District Chamber of Industry and Commerce on 19 Bhadra 2062 encompassing representatives from various political parties, security agencies, human rights activists, teachers’ union, principals of schools and students’ unions.
		Instead of 15 schools, this program should be launched in all the primary, lower secondary, secondary, higher secondary schools and campuses and in every nook and corner of the villages.
	www.nepal.icbl.org /MRE/2005/districts/bara.htm (836 words)

	News Archive - Nepal
		All the three districts have mountainous terrain, lack road facilities and have seen fierce fighting between the Maoist insurgents and the government army.
		Health facilities in Kalikot district are virtually non-existent, and most people are too poor to travel to the nearest cities for medical checkups.
		The program was launched after a survey conducted by World Vision Nepal early last year showed a pervasive level of acute and chronic malnutrition in the hill districts of Nepal.
	www.wvi.org /wvi/archives/asia/nepal.htm (1849 words)

	Nepal Trip Report (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Philip Lamade traveled to Nepal to review World Food Programme (WFP) activities in light of the renewed Maoist insurrection and to assess UN controls to prevent reoccurrences of sexual and gender-based violence against Bhutanese refugees in eastern Nepal.
		Nepal’s startling geography, together with the inefficiency of its agricultural economy and high population growth, have led to growing food insecurity.
		In 1990, a multiparty system was introduced in Nepal, and the plight of the Kamaiyas became a central issue of the new democracy.
	usunrome.usembassy.it /files/Nepal.htm (1957 words)

	Nepal: Fractured country, shattered lives
		A sense of isolation in the districts outside Kathmandu is strengthened by the government prevention of private FM radio stations to broadcast domestic news, restrictions on the rebroadcast of news programmes from international media outlets, as well as continuing restriction on the use of mobile phones.
		Nepal is a state party to six of the main human rights instruments, including the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) that guarantee, among others, fundamental rights for persons deprived of their liberty.
		The emergence of village defence forces in numerous districts, with the clear approval and support of the central government, as well as with training and other support from the military and civilian authorities at district level, is an extremely dangerous escalation of the conflict.
	www.amnestyusa.org /regions/asia/document.do?id=34C34CAB47DF56108025704500420F08 (10756 words)

	Maoist Insurgency in Nepal
		According to government’s own admission 32 districts are believed to be the hardest hit where guerrillas roam freely and organize open mass meetings.
		Nepal government officials have reportedly filed a complaint with New Delhi that the Maoists are seeking shelter in India.
		The communist movement in Nepal that first appeared in 1949 after the formation of Communist Party of Nepal under the leadership of late Pushpa Lal Shrestha emerged as an intellectual opposition to Nepali Congress’s policy of compromise.
	www.saag.org /papers2/paper187.htm (2377 words)

	Directory of open access journals
		The overall prevalence of lymphatic filariasis from a 4,488-sample population was 13% and 33/37 districts were found to be endemic.
		On the basis of geographical data, the highest number of cases was found at altitudes between 500–700 m; however, a substantial number of infected individuals were found in the highly populated Kathmandu valley, at altitudes between 900–1,500 metres where transmission appears to take place.
		Prevalence rates above 20% were found in 11 districts (with the highest rate of 40%), 6–19% were found in 15 districts, and 0.1–5% were in 7 districts.
	www.doaj.org /abstract?id=81975&toc=y (279 words)

	Nepal.com - Business - Nepal
		Nepal is generally considered to be one of the poorest nations in the world.
		However, importations and exportation is encouraged by the government in order to promote good business and encourage growth which will hopefully result in a higher employment rate, higher salaries and a better standard of living for all in time.
		Nepal's capital is Kathmandu – a city with over one million people.
	www.nepal.com /business (403 words)

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