Increasing calls from stakeholders for a greater role in public decision making has led to the rapid world-wide adoption of multi stakeholder collaboration for policymaking. In line with this emerging trend the Government of Nepal with support from its long-time development partners and bi-lateral donors initiated a policy level experiment...
This thesis examines one aspect of social change in Nepal. Contact
with the outside world since 1951 has provided a non-traditional
means of achieving access to highly valued occupations, resulting in
the formation of an emerging elite. High caste status is no longer
absolutely necessary to gain access to education,...
In 1974 Tribhuvan University implemented the National
Development Service (NDS) program as part of the graduate
curricula. The program required all the graduate students
to serve ten months in the rural areas of Nepal, helping in
the on-going projects related to agriculture, health, education,
and social sciences. This study describes...