Public Policy and Local Development : Opportunities and Constraints

Contents Page. Prologue. About the book. Introduction to local development. I. Local organisations natural resources management and livelihood 1. Opportunities and challenges of community forestry in supporting local livelihood in Nepal/Koji Terakawa. 2. Role of user groups in natural resources management in Kavre District Nepal/Krishna B. Karki. 3. Performance of local community based institutions in community development in Nepal deed of local institutions in need/Keshav L. Maharjan and Narendra M. Joshi. 4. Role of cooperatives in rural development in Nepal a case study of Chandragiri Saving and Credit Cooperative Limited/Ram S. Pathak. 5. Rural development through Self Help Women Groups in Nepal a case from Palpa District Nepal/Pashupati Nepal. 6. Role of NGOs and CBOs in rural livelihoods in Eastern Nepal/Shambhu P. Khatiwada. II. Conflicts violence and environmental and socio economic problems 7. Role of social mobilisation in social upliftment of Badi Community in Western Nepal/Pushpa Bhadel. 8. Causes and consequences of domestic violence against women/Lumanti Shrestha. 9. Patterns of drug abuse in South Asia an evaluation using Nussbaum's capabilities approach/Shaqer R. Rashid. 10. Conflict transformation emerging socioeconomic problems associated with natural resources policies and practices in Nepal/Bhubaneswar Dhakal and Ramji P. Neupane. 11. The wiping out of indigenous knowledge and the death of the tropical forest the case of rainforest management in Andaman/Kavita Arora. III. Environment health and conservation measures 12. Drinking and irrigation water quality and its impacts on agriculture and health in Tarai Region Nepal/Bandana Pradhan. 13. Linking ambient air quality and its mitigation measures with local development in Kathmandu Valley Nepal/Srijana Limbu. 14. Impacts of Harpan Khola on the livelihoods of surrounding communities and its conservation efforts in the Pokhara Valley Nepal/Shailja Ale Magar. 15. Sustainability of Mountain environments micro level analysis in Eastern Nepal/Hriday L. Koirala. 16. Inner Mongolia arid land recreational development and uncertainties in new anti desertification programs/Shii Okuno. IV. Public policies development approaches and spatial transformation 17. The Sirubari Village Tourism Project and local development in Western Nepal/Steven Folmar. 18. Urban agriculture as an approach to urban poverty alleviation in Nepal/Pushkar K. Pradhan. 19. Immigration and public policies thinking about local development The Portuguese Case/Fatima V.de Castro. 20. J. Selye University a dynamically developing institution of higher education in Slovakia/Tamas Sikos T Ingrid Szabo and Tibor Tiner. 21. State decentralization in Nepal problems in school governance/Mahesh N. Parajuli. 22. Management of periodic markets for rural development in Nepal a case study of Saptari District/Umesh K. Mandal. 23. Role of political leaders from indigenous communities in the local development in Nepal/Fatik B. Thapa. 340 pp.…