Contributions to Nepalese Studies articles from July 2003

Contributions to Nepalese Studies archives from July 2003

Consequences of the militarized conflict and the cost of violence in Nepal.
July 1, 2003... Three days after the gruesome assassination of the Inspector General of the Armed Police Force, Krishna Mohan Shrestha, the Government and the Maoists separately announced the 'cease-fire' for the second time on January 29, 2003. Till that...

Democracy and nationalism interface between state and ethnicity in Nepal.
July 1, 2003... Discourse This paper attempts to address a couple of questions, which draw greater attention for public discourse in Nepal in the post-1990 period. Whether Nepali state--which gained a new image as a democratic state after the restoration...

The effects of altitude on crop farming and cash crop use in Ilam District: some implications for agricultural policy.
July 1, 2003... Introduction The implementation of the First Five-Year Plan in 1956 marked the beginning of planned development in Nepal. Despite the passing of almost fifty years and the completion of the Ninth Plan in 2002, Nepal still remains one of...

Arab ko lahure: looking at Nepali labour migrants to Arabian countries.
July 1, 2003... The Nepali economy was, until not so long ago, generally perceived to be predominantly agrarian. Yet, this preoccupation with agriculture misses out on quite a number of crucial characteristics of the Nepali national and household economies. At...

Muller-Boker, Ulrike. 1999. The Chitwan Tharus in Southern Nepal: an Ethnoecological Approach.
July 1, 2003... Translated by Philip Pierce. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. Ulrike Muller-Boker's The Chitawan Tharus in Southern Nepal is the most thorough and comprehensive work on the cultural ecology of a Tarai people available in English (translated...