The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya – Kathmandu, Nepal
In recent decades Nepal has made huge progress, both in constitutional and social terms, against caste-based discrimination and untouchability. However, as also confirmed by our recent ‘Caste, Class and Culture’ project (see: www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/caste-class-and-culture), despite big changes, Dalits still face multiple forms of exclusion in everyday situations. Policy and practices addressing Dalit issues, and programmes of …
In the last two decades, Nepal’s community (public) schools have been preparing, implementing and reviewing School Improvement Plans (SIPs) periodically. SIP consists nine topics as specified by the Government of Nepal: introduction of school (historical and geographical aspects, school catchment area, composition of school community, school context, etc.), student profile, internal efficiency, learning outcomes, teacher …
Improving Learning Outcome through School Improvement Plan (SIP) Read More »
In this paper, I address the question of whether and to what extent neoliberal climate solutions such as REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) pose a threat to common pool resource governance structures such as community forestry in Nepal. Starting with the premise that climate change offers a …
Neoliberalization, Climate Change, and Community Forestry in Nepal Read More »
While accompanying me during my preliminary fieldwork in Dakshinkali, Nepal in 2018, a young female teacher gave me an uninvited opinion, “To me, development means convenience.” She must have wondered why I had not asked her the question ‘what is development?’ while I had asked everyone else. Indeed, potentially everyone has her/his own take on …
By adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN member states pledged to address inequality, deprivation and sustainable development. The Agenda sets out 17 ambitious goals that define globally sustainable development priorities and aspirations for 2030 and seek to mobilize global efforts around a common set of goals and targets. It includes a stand-alone goal …
Following the great earthquake of 12 January 1934, awareness of the continuing threat was preserved through the frequent occurrence of lesser tremors and the memories of earthquake survivors, by officially-provided advice, starting with the recommendations of John Auden, published in Nepali translation in the Gorkhapatra in July 1934 and included in Brahma Shamsher’s Nepalko Mahabhukampa …
Between Two Big Ones: Earthquakes in the Nepali Consciousness, 1934-2015 Read More »
One of the principle challenges of post-disaster analysis is attributing causation: What causes a disaster’s aftermath? Heeding Watts’ (1983) warning against crudely attributing causation to the disaster itself, scholars have increasingly turned toward historical approaches that link outcomes to pre-disaster sociopolitical dynamics. Disasters lead to “critical junctures” and “tipping points” that “trigger” events unfolding in …
Parliament enacts the legislation and has the role to evaluate implementation of the legislation in meeting intended results. Post legislative scrutiny identifies defective legislation and rectifies it. As such, it contributes in better legislation and implementation of legislation objectives. However, this requires strong commitment of the parliamentarians in legislation process and policy making. Due to …
Globally, the use of evidence in planning and policy development and health is not a new phenomenon. Yet, initially, it was limited to specific disciplines such as evidence-based medicine. Over the years this trend has spread across various disciplines and sectors, which include global health and international development. The key events in the arena of …
This paper presents two empirical studies that the author has undertaken to try to fill some of the gaps in our knowledge about caste discrimination in Nepal. The aim of the paper is to ask whether caste discrimination still exists, in what forms it exists and whether there are systemic differences between rural and urban …
Measuring Caste Discrimination in Urban and Rural Nepal: Some Empirical Approaches Read More »