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Policies For Reducing Horizontal Inequalities In Post-Conflict Nepal, Bishwa Nath Tiwari, Steven Archambault
Policies For Reducing Horizontal Inequalities In Post-Conflict Nepal, Bishwa Nath Tiwari, Steven Archambault
Himalayan Policy Research Conference
The research method adopted here is to present various socio-economic and political participation indicators across caste and ethnic groups to find out how unequal the groups, based on the concept of horizontal inequalities (HIs). HI is inequality between culturally defined groups with shared identities that are formed by religion, ethnicities, racial affiliations, or other salient features which bind groups of people together. To study the inequalities, secondary data has been used from the following surveys: Population census 1991 and 2001, Nepal living standards survey (NLSS) 1995/96 and 2003/04, and Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2006. Additionally, political participation is …
Preparing Communities For Disaster Management: Myths And Challenges, S. M. Patnaik, Nilika Mehrotra
Preparing Communities For Disaster Management: Myths And Challenges, S. M. Patnaik, Nilika Mehrotra
Himalayan Policy Research Conference
This paper is derived from an empirical study carried out in 2007 to assess the programs that aim to strengthen community resilience to disasters in three districts of Nepal, viz. Rupandehi, Makwanpur and Sarlahi The overall objective of the evaluation was to reflect on the role of INGOs and their accountability, to document the learnings for future initiatives, to use the findings in promoting good practices in disaster risk reduction (DRR), and finally to assess the value of these initiatives in formulating a long term strategy of integrating DRR in national development.
Son Preference And Gender Bias: Emerging Skewed Demographic Trend In Uttarakhand Himalaya, India, Atul Saklani, Bina Saklani
Son Preference And Gender Bias: Emerging Skewed Demographic Trend In Uttarakhand Himalaya, India, Atul Saklani, Bina Saklani
Himalayan Policy Research Conference
Our field studies during last one decade in Uttarakhand Himalayas have observed that ongoing transition from subsistence to cash economy is contributing to a marginalization of female labor. Our study also observes that new economic trends like increasing remittances of money seem to have inflated demands for dowry, resulting in very high costs for marrying off daughters.
Full Proceedings, Vijaya R. Sharma, Gyan Pradhan, Mukti P. Upadhyay
Full Proceedings, Vijaya R. Sharma, Gyan Pradhan, Mukti P. Upadhyay
Himalayan Policy Research Conference
Papers, abstracts and proceedings of the Fourth Annual Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Thursday, October 22, 2009, Madison Concourse Hotel and Governors' Club, Preconference Venue of the 38th South Asian Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.