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Gender responsiveness in municipal governance: legal perspectives,
by Hari Phuyal and Ramesh Rokka (tg 31/12/2003)
Govt nominates DDC members
(kp 24/12/2003)
Effective Urban governance needs social and political integration
(tg 17/12/2003)
KMC plans big budget without enough cash,
by Razen Manandhar (ht 06/12/2003)
Amendment to Local Self-Governance Act on anvil : Minister Thapa
(kp 25/11/2003)
“Elected Representatives Are More Enthusiastic To Do New Things In Their Areas”,
interview with Sanjaya Adhikary, National Program Advisor of the LGP/PDDP
(sp 21/11/2003)
Madhyapur Thimi civic dispute ends
(ht 17/11/2003)
Nominations in DDCs slammed
(ht 15/11/2003)
Local representatives nominated
(Kathmandu Post, 11/11/2003), 26 more DDC chiefs nominated
(Rising Nepal, 11/11/2003)
Nominating members to local bodies draws flak from the opposition,
by Hari Charan Shrestha (People's Review, 06/11/2003)
Kathmandu to move Sthapit way!
(Telegraph, 05/11/2003), “My
city”: When the going gets tough, Mayor Sthapit gets going, by Naresh Newar
(Nepali Times, 07/11/2003)
Appointments in local bodies challenged in SC
(Himalayan Times, 05/11/2003), Notice to govt on local body chiefs
(Himalayan Times, 07/11/2003)
Nominations to local bodies,
by Ram Chandra Pokhrel (Himalayan Times, 30/10/2003)
Government announcement on DDCs soon
(Himalayan Times, 28/10/2003), Govt appoints 14 DDC chiefs, 10 deputies
(Kathmandu Post, 29/10/2003), Chiefs, deputies in 14 DDCs nominated
(Himalayan Times, 29/10/2003)
Sthapit turns blind eye to MoLD directives
(Kathmandu Post, 24/10/2003)
24 remote VDC residents facing hardship
(Kathmandu Post, 23/10/2003)
Clamp on mayors, dy mayors’ privileges
(Kathmandu Post, 23/10/2003)
The root of civic competence often lie on the edge of political consciousness,
by Dev Raj Dahal (Telegraph, 22/10/2003)
Municipalities gear up for reforms
(Kathmandu Post, 21/10/2003)
Plea against nomination of mayors
(Himalayan Times, 18/10/2003)
Row delaying ward chiefs’ swearing-in
(Himalayan Times, 17/10/2003)
Mayor promises makeover for Lalitpur in 8 months
(Himalayan Times, 14/10/2003)
KMC mayor charges ex-CEO with graft,
by Razen Manandhar (Himalayan Times, 12/10/2003)
13 former mayors, rest RPP cadres:
Govt appoints 29 municipality chiefs, by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu
Post, 30/09/2003), Parties flay nominations
(Kathmandu Post, 30/09/2003), Govt reinstates 14 mayors, deputies
(Himalayan Times, 30/09/2003), UML expels Sthapit, two others
(Kathmandu Post, 01/10/2003), For Sthapit
it's all in a day’s work (Kathmandu Post, 01/10/2003), Wrong medicine
(Himalayan Times, 01/10/2003) Appointments of mayors and deputies continue
(Kathmandu Post, 02/10/2003), Mayors, dy mayors for 13 more municipalities
(Himalayan Times, 02/10/2003), Govt nominates KMC members
(Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2003), Tussle over real mayor continues
(Himalayan Times, 09/10/2003), More local body panels before Tihar
(Himalayan Times, 11/10/2003), Govt appoints 7 more mayors
(Kathmandu Post, 14/10/2003), Tug-of-war on in KMC over coveted posts
(Himalayan Times, 14/10/2003), More mayors and deputies appointed
(Kathmandu Post, 17/10/2003)
Govt plans all-party panels in local bodies
(Himalayan Times, 26/08/2003), Parties flay Govt move on local bodies
(Kathmandu Post, 27/08/2003), Govt intends to constitute all-party local bodies
(Kathmandu Post, 23/09/2003), Govt initiates all-party local bodies
(Kathmandu Post, 26/09/2003), All-party bodies in municipalities soon
(Himalayan Times, 26/09/2003), Move to form all-party panels rapped
(Himalayan Times, 27/09/2003)
Toning up finances of local bodies,
by Mani Ram Singh Mahat (Kathmandu Post, 09/08/2003)
Govt freezes ‘local’ budget
(Kathmandu Post, 02/08/2003)
Local
Bodies: Power To The Civil Servants, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight,
18/07/2003), It Is Difficult For Civil Servants To Perform The Role Of Elected
Representatives, interview with Naresh Kumar Chapagain (Spotlight,
18/07/2003), VDCs
and DDCs: Under Civil Servants, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight,
25/07/2003)
Regional heads given additional powers
(Himalayan Times, 17/07/2003)
Locals of Limi elect new ‘VDC members’,
by Jaya Bahadur Rokaya (Kathmandu Post, 16/07/2003)
Cabinet endorses ordinance empowering RAOs,
by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 15/07/2003)
Govt employees to continue running local bodies
(Kathmandu Post, 01/07/2003)
Grassroots democracy
(Kathmandu Pst, 14/06/2003)
Govt apathy ensures 165 VDCs will go without secretaries,
by Kiran Chapagain (Kathmandu Post, 13/06/2003)
Role of political parties in local governance,
by Sangrams Iama (Kathmandu Post, 04/06/2003)
Maoists restrict functioning of VDC secretaries
(Kathmandu Post, 30/05/2003)
Govt firm to run local bodies through nominated committees:
Major parties boycott meet (Kathmandu Post, 24/05/2003), All-party panels to man local bodies
(Himalayan Times, 24/05/2003)
Several DDC members injured in police action
(Kathmandu Post, 22/05/2003)
Judges against power for local bodies
(Himalayan Times, 20/05/2003)
Leaders of defunct local bodies hold executive meetings
(Kathmandu Post, 20/05/2003)
No quarter to mayor anymore, decides govt
(Himalayan Times, 16/05/2003)
Need for restructuring local bodies,
by Uma Kant Silwal (Kathmandu Post, 29/04/2003)
‘Review local bodies’
(Space Time Today, 29/03/2003)
Locals suffer as VDC offices wear empty look
(Kathmandu Post, 23/02/2003)
Local bodies’ structure impractical
(Space Time Today, 20/02/2003)
Villagers gladdened by return of VDC secretaries,
by Binod Tripathy (Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2003)
Fiscal competencies of local bodies emphasised
(Rising Nepal, 29/01/2003)
Local elections?
(Space Time Today, 31/12/2002)
Panel to monitor executive committees of local bodies
(Himalayan Times, 24/12/2002)
‘Local body polls to be party-less’
(Kathmandu Post, 23/12/2002)
See also Parties flay Home Minister’s comment on conducting partyless local polls,
by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 25/12/2002)
Think nationally, act locally,
by Dhawal SJB Rana (Nepali Times, 20/12/2002)
One hundred families facing difficulties due to border dispute
(Space Time Today, 19/12/2002)
Absence of representatives hits Lalitpur
(Himalayan Times, 14/12/2002)
Secretaries for VDCs through ordinance likely
(Himalayan Times, 10/12/2002)
KMC working on annual budget; ex-officials enraged
(Himalayan Times, 03/12/2002)
Under consideration: All-party panels to run local bodies
(Himalayan Times, 27/11/2002)
See also Virtue of necessity
(Himalayan Times, 28/11/2002)
Rajbiraj DDC violates Self Governance Act
(Space Time Today, 25/11/2002)
Devolution and local bodies,
by Gopi K. Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2002)
One-thirds of VDCs buildingless, thanks to Maoists,
by Kiran Chapagain (Kathmandu Post, 28/09/2002)
Donors to support local bodies
(Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2002)
Power delegated to officials of local bodies
(Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2002)
See also Govt directives on local bodies
(Kathmandu Post, 31/08/2002)
Local Governance:
New Paradigmatic Shift, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 27/08/2002)
Local democracy works
best, interview with Dhawal SJB Rana, former mayor of Nepalganj
(Nepali Times, 16/08/2002)
Govt formally decides to hand over local bodies to bureaucrats
(Kathmandu Post, 16/08/2002)
Government considering civil society to run local bodies
: Opposition parties boycott all- party meet, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(Kathmandu Post, 12/08/2002)
See also ‘Conduct general and local polls together’
(Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2002)
Undue delay
(Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2002)
Govt suggests EC to hold local polls on April 4,
by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 07/08/2002)
Decentralisation through regional governance,
by Alok K. Bohara (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2002)
Local bodies bear the brunt of political
war, by Dilip Dhakal (Midweek Post, 01/08/2002)
Protect grassroots democracy
(Kathmandu Post, 01/08/2002)
German agency suspends fund to Nepal
(Kathmandu Post, 30/07/2002)
See also DANIDA-funded projects standstill
(Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2002), Suspending fund,
letter by Mala Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 01/08/2002), More donors follow the GTZ suit of cutting aids to local bodies,
by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 02/08/2002)
SC hearing on local bodies continues
(Kathmandu Post, 30/07/2002)
See also SC vacates own order on local bodies,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2002), Local
Bodies: In The Apex Court
(Spotlight, 02/08/2002)
Expiry
of Local Bodies' Tenure: A Setback To Grassroots Governance, by Keshab
Poudel (Spotlight, 26/07/2002)
Including This Is An Intentional Step To Weaken Representative Bodies,
interview with Kusum Shrestha, and Hollowness Of Deuba's Commitment To Democracy Has Been Exposed,
interview with Rajendra Pandey
Demolition of local democracy,
by Kalyan Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2002)
Writs for immediate local polls
(Kathmandu Post, 24/07/2002)
See also SC setback for govt over local bodies:
Donors too sound a threatening note (Kathmandu Post, 25/07/2002), Deuba's new plan to rig elections
(People's Review, 25/07/2002)
Govt talking with UML for local bodies arrangement
(Kathmandu Post, 23/07/2002)
No grass, no roots
(Nepali Times, 19/07/2002)
See also editorial Act locally
(Nepali Times, 19/07/2002) and corresponding letter by Sashi Subedi, Deja
Who? (Nepali Times, 26/07/2002)
Govt mulls replacing elected local bodies by appointees,
by Yuvraj Acharya & Hari Bahadur Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 15/07/2002)
See also Local bodies topless, bureaucrats to run,
by Yubraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 16/07/2002), Ordinance on local bodies likely
(Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2002), UML supremo angry at local bodies dissolution,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2002), Municipalities remain virtually closed
(Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2002), Local
Bodies: Under Bureaucratic Noose
(Spotlight, 19/07/2002)
41 new municipalities recommend
(Rising Nepal, 10/07/2002)
UML urges PM not to dissolve local bodies
(Kathmandu Post, 10/07/2002)
Local bodies submit memo to
PM (Kathmandu Post, 04/07/2002)
NC, UML against dissolution of local bodies:
All-party committees a must, says RPP, by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu
Post, 03/07/2002)
Jhapa contemplating more municipalities
(Rising Nepal, 14/06/2002)
Municipal Governance:
Setting Good Examples, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 11/06/2002)
No budget cut for local
bodies, say officials (Kathmandu Post, 13/05/2002)
Local Governance:
Enabling Framework, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 23/04/2002)
Local
Bodies: Extension Endeavour (Spotlight, 19/04/2002)
Challenges of Decentralization in Nepal,
by Ram Chandra Pokharel (Telegraph, 13/03/2002)
Lalitpur to grant autonomy to wards,
by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 12/02/2002)
Local Self-Governance:
Justice Dispensing At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal,
11/02/2002)
Is LSG Act fundamentally flawed ?
by Alok K. Bohara (Kathmandu Post, 15/01/2002)
See also part
2 (16/01/2002)
Today’s debate on local governance,
by Prem Raj Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 27/12/2001)
See also part
2 (28/12/2001)
Local Governance: Legitimacy And Efficiency,
by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 25/12/2001)
Local governance for good governance,
by Prem Raj Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 19/12/2001)
Strengthening DDCs: Key To Local Governance,
by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 11/12/2001)
Municipal March,
by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 30/11/2001)
350 VDCs without secretaries,
by Subas Risal (Kathmandu Post, 29/11/2001)
Are local government institutions viable?
by Soorya Lal Amatya (Kathmandu Post, 12/11/2001)
PDDP: Power To The People
(Spotlight, 19/10/2001)
Local Governance. Devolution Of Power Essential,
by Satish Gautam (Rising Nepal, 21/09/2001)
Decentralisation For Sustainability
(Rising Nepal, 12/08/2001)
Anomalies and local self - governance,
by Shankar L Chauhan (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2001)
Local Government: South Asia Scenario,
by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 01/05/2001)
Dynamic Local Institutions: The Key Achievement,
by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 03/04/2001)
Local Governments: Political Socialisation Needed,
by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 06/03/2001)
Understanding Autonomy
Book review of "Decentralization and Good Governance in Nepal",
ed. by Ganga Bahadur Thapa
Decentralisation: Commitment Lacking,
by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 13/02/2001)
See also Decentralisation: Focus On Strengthening Institutions,
by Mukti Rijal Rising Nepal, 20/02/2001)
Scraping of acts contradictory to LSGA demanded
(Kathmandu Post, 28/01/2001)
Leadership & Innovation: What Makes One Leader?,
by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 02/01/2001)
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