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Money matters: Most rural households and women do not have access to formal financial institutions, by Prativa Subedi (kp 02/03/2010)

Fund goes down drain in Bajura (kp 19/02/2010)

Pokhara-Lumbini fast-track a priority (ht 06/02/2010)

LDO's absence stalls local development works, by Bharat Ingnam (ht 06/02/2010)

Buddha is witing: The Lumbini Masterplan was made in 1978, little else has been done since, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 27/01/2010)

Rural upheaval: Urbanisation is changing relations between and within Nepali communities, by Suvayu Dev Pant (nt 22/01/2010)

The fruitless trees of Karnali, by Phuntsok Dorjee (kp 16/01/2010)

Govt sheer negligence clouds life in Srilanka Tappu (ht 28/12/2009)

Bagmati resettlement delayed (ht 20/12/2009)

Call to municipalities to fend for water, sanitation projects (ht 05/12/2009)

Manang sans Manangis: The modernisation of Manang has been at the expense of its character, by Dewan Rai (nt 04/12/2009)

High on Helambu: Hyolmo people may have left Helambu, but their houses and rich heritage remain, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 02/12/2009)

Becoming Humli: Remote Simikot beats crammed Kathmandu, by Yogi Kayastha (nt 13/11/2009)

Civic body’s status remains big question, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 05/11/2009)

Foreign aids fail to power development in local bodies, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 03/11/2009)

MoLD proposes monitoring mechanism, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 30/10/2009)

Road to nowhere: Welcome to the far east, if you can get there, by Dewan Rai (nt 23/10/2009)

Revision to grant provision for DDCs (ht 15/10/2009)

Making LGCDP Work, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 09/09/2009)

Wishes do not become horses: Nepal's villages chronically remain the home to acute deprivations, by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (ht 11/08/2009)

Development grant to elude eight districts, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 05/08/2009)

16-month fiscal year for remote districts (kp 21/06/2009)

30 pc of MoLD budget likely to be frozen (ht 20/06/2009)

VDCs spend only 25 pc of budget (kp 14/06/2009)

Monitoring budget implementation at local level begins (ht 14/05/2009)

Fund-starved VDC secys flee villages, by Prakash Baral (kp 11/05/2009)

Watermills come to locals' aid (ht 05/05/2009)

Dev budget still not spent in Ramechhap (kp 24/04/2009)

Prices drop after road link, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 22/04/2009)

VDC boasts of 11 hydropower projects (ht 16/04/2009)

MoLD yet to spend 81 per cent budget (ht 14/04/2009)

New Kalikot to begin with toilets, by Tularam Pandey (kp 12/04/2009)

Humla not getting building materials (kp 08/04/2009)

Toilets are still a luxury for Majhi community, by Yubaraj Puri (ht 29/03/2009)

Development focus of next decade will be on far west: PM (rn 23/03/2009)

Report hails pilot project on health, environment a success (ht 14/03/2009)

Party rows prevent villages from getting budget funds (kp 04/03/2009)

Can release parliamentary dev fund: LDOs get more teeth (kp 09/02/2009)

Cooperatives change this Valley village life, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/01/2009)

Govt issues EOISP Guidelines-2009 (rn 21/01/2009)

One man for all tasks in entire village, by Bechud Gaud (kp 12/01/2009)

Idiot box brings joy to villagers’ mundane lives, by Motilal Poudel (kp 22/12/2008)

Villages wear deserted look, by Prem Nepali (kp 18/12/2008)

NTNC launches dev plans for Manang, Mustang (kp 04/12/2008)

Achieving MDGs In Far Western Region, by Ashok Prasad Ojha (rn 23/11/2008)

CA members to get Rs One million each for constituency development; budget passed (nn 12/11/2008)

Welfare of rural people govt’s priority: Jha (rn 09/11/2008)

No second impression, by Peeyush Tiwari (kp 26/10/2008)

Development drive to start from Far-West (rn 18/10/2008)

Devising the proper mechanism, by Arun Dhoj Adhikary (kp 10/09/2008)

PM promises special program for Karnali (kp 09/09/2008)

PAF a boon for 53,539 families (ht 25/08/2008)

Katuwal system still in practice in Rolpa, by Khem Bahadur Buda (ht 06/08/2008)

Sharing Of Ideas: Nepalese local development officers share opportunities and challenges of local development based on Indian experience (sp 01/08/2008)

Energy, environment section in 73 DDCs (ht 29/07/2008)

ADDCN flays Rs 1m grant for ex-parliamentarians (kp 09/07/2008)

Special drive must to uplift far-west: Report (ht 07/06/2008)

Stopping the haemorrhage: The brain drain affects every aspect of Nepal's development, by Marianne Heredge (nt 06/06/2008)

Cycle, horse tracks along Fewa planned (ht 01/06/2008)

Village near Phoksundo park lit with solar energy (ht 01/06/2008)

Khokana village losing its uniqueness, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 31/05/2008)

No men’s land: Rural Nepal survives on remittances, but at what cost?, by Wong Shu Yun (nt 07/03/2008)

‘Don’t phase out food for work program’ (kp 01/11/2007)

Concrete plans for far-west demanded (samn 09/07/2007)

39 VDCs yet to claim budget (samn 08/07/2007)

Insecurity puts local development at risk (kp 18/05/2007)

Pokali waterfall service society, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 13/05/2007)

Clean village declared (samn 13/05/2007)

Nepal: Hi-tech monitoring system set for expanded role (Relief Web 23/04/2007)

Sustaining rural economy, by Surendra R Devkota (kp 20/04/2007)

Parties bury hatchet for development's sake (kp 20/04/2007)

Employment package for Karnali residents launched (kp 12/04/2007)

Rural infrastructure plan to use Rs 57b (samn 11/04/2007)

NPC unveils three-year plan for rural reconstruction (nn 03/04/2007)

Mid and far-west are most deprived regions: Report (nn 28/03/2007), Wide disparity in living conditions: report (kp 29/03/2007), MDGs progress slow in mid, far west (samn 29/03/2007)

Only 11 percent development budget of local bodies spent (nn 26/03/2007)

Hetauda Municipality stops new projects (samn 15/03/2007)

Budget remains unused in VDCs (samn 15/03/2007)

An oasis of development in the mid-hills, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 03/03/2007)

Practical Action lights up future for Nepalese villagers: Mountain smallholders adapt to climate change and rise above life of subsistence, by John Vidal (Guardian, UK 16/12/2006)

Hope for Humla, interview with NC(D) member of parliament from Humla, Jiwan Shahi in the Prakop Chakra program on Radio Sagarmatha 102FM, 4 December (nt 08/12/2006)

Government to provide 60,000 solar lamps to Karnali (nn 03/12/2006)

PAF asked to work with local bodies (kp 15/11/2006)

Discourse around Karnali Pradesh, by Prabhash Devkota (kp 11/11/2006)

Dotelis turn Chudi into ‘model’ village, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (kp 05/11/2006)

Rural Tourism Development: A prudent way to integrate national & local level development, by Rabi Jung Pandey (tg 01/11/2006)

A party in the making (samn 29/10/2006)

Sankhu to become a model village (samn 22/10/2006)

Ceiling rumors spawn land transactions, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 28/07/2006)

Women suffer as forestry project idles, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 19/07/2006)

MuAN unhappy with resumption of “constituency area development programme” (nn 17/07/2006)

Children run 16 km welcoming 1st tractor (kp 08/07/2006)

Socio-economic Transformation of Rural Areas for Peace and Democracy, by Prakash S. Mahat (tg 05/07/2006)

PLA to be deployed for dev works (kp 04/07/2006)

In search of lost time “My heart belongs to Dang”, by Josh Lustig (nt 30/06/2006)

Joint team inspects dev activities, by Biblab Maharjan (kp 28/06/2006)

VDC fund utilization unsatisfactory, by Krishna Regmi (kp 23/06/2006)

Big change comes in Small Kits, by Melissa Howell Alipalo (tg 14/06/2006)

Regional Development In Nepal, by Sharad K. Shrestha (rn 07/06/2006)

New urban, regional planning strategy sought (kp 04/06/2006)

Humla’s road to progress: Restoration of democracy revives hopes for development in Nepal’s remotest region, by Kunda Dixit (nt 26/05/2006), Remote control (nt 26/05/2006)

Diktel as wonderland, by Lal-Shyãkarelu Rapacha (kp 07/04/2006)

‘Do not overlook Karnali region’ (kp 02/04/2006)

Ten lost years: The Karnali Highway isn’t even finished yet and it’s already had a road accident, by Indu Nepal (nt 27/01/2006)

Bighi project on verge of collapse (samn 14/01/2205)

Rethinking rural development, by Durga P Paudyal (kp 07/10/2005); see also part 2 (08/10/2005)

Maoists shatter Humlis’ hopes, by Jaya Bahadur Rokaya (kp 16/08/2005)

Don't kill the Karnali with your aid: Humla’s elected district leader says Nepal’s most remote zone could take care of itself if Kathmandu left it alone, by Jivan Bahadur Shahi (nt 12/08/2005), Road to nowhere (nt 12/08/2005)

Dev budget unutilized, by Ishwari Neupane (kp 23/07/2005)

Karnali Development (rn 22/07/2005)

Training In Tatters: In absence of attention, the LDTA is not functioning properly, by Pawan Bista (sp 21/01/2005)

Conservation & Development: Act Locally, by Roshan Sherchan (rn 13/01/2005)

Development and Service Delivery at Local Level within Conflict Situation, by Krishna Man Pradhan (sp 31/12/2004)

Projects in limbo due to fund crunch (ht 04/12/2004)

Locals join hands to develop Ilam (kp 21/11/2004)

‘Food for Work’ benefits five VDCs, by Haribishnu Oli (kp 19/11/2004)

Users’ groups in local development (ht 19/11/2004)

VDCs use 68pc of development grant (kp 12/11/2004)

Poor families get ID cards under anti-poverty drive (ht 11/11/2004)

RADP spends 73pc budget (kp 31/10/2004)

Six districts selected for poverty alleviation programme (rn 26/10/2004)

Cheese factory brings cheer to Langtang (ht 20/10/2004)

Karnali waits for ‘the road’ to prosperity, by Kuber Chalise (ht 15/10/2004)

Developing The Rural Areas, by Sapana Joshi (rn 13/10/2004)

Karnali’s development hinges on locals: Experts, by Kuber Chalise (ht 08/10/2004)

Lack of coordination among forces, administration in DDCs: Report, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (ht 02/10/2004)

Envoy opens bridge in Upper Dolpa (rn 25/08/2004)

VDCs fails to pick up dev activities (kp 19/08/2004)

Local Empowerment: Actual devolution of power along with capacity-building campaign could provide answer to many of the ills plaguing the country (sp 13/08/2004)

No fund delegation for 8 progs: MoLD (kp 07/08/2004)

Rolpa dev work in limbo (kp 28/07/2004)

WFP to extend support in three more dists in west (rn 24/07/2004)

Karnali zone still remains neglected, by Ishwar Khanal (ht 23/07/2004), ‘Karnali zone needs more attention’ (ht 23/07/2004), Ending isolation (ht 26/07/2004)

Army undertakes development jobs (ht 11/07/2004)

MoLD spends less than quarter budget (kp 01/07/2004)

Govt to launch CLDP to curb poverty (kp 22/06/2004)

Kyimolung, the blessed land: The people survive neglect in the valley of happiness, by Stefan Priesner (nt 18/06/2004)

RDB Micro-loans liberate housewives (kp 20/06/2004)

Slum dwellers to have own homes, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 08/06/2004)

Thimi Virginal town in Kathmandu Valley, by Agya Poudyal & Shristi Shrestha (kp 08/06/2004)

MoLD to allocate 50pc revenue in local level (kp 05/06/2004)

Support fund for landless set up (ht 31/05/2004)

Women construct suspension bridges, by Lalprasad Sharma (kp 29/05/2004)

Donors suspending projects in Karnali, by Chandra Shekhar Adhikari (rn 22/05/2004)

VDC block grants crosses one billion (kp 14/05/2004)

Babudom divided on fundamental issues, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (ht 12/05/2004)

Social awakening (kp 04/05/2004)

VDCs unable in utilizing dev budget (kp 30/04/2004)

Backbone Of National Development, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 12/04/2004), For Basic Facilities (rn 12/04/2004)

Experts demand integrated policy for local development (kp 10/04/2004)

“The Challenge Is To Implement Poverty Alleviation Programs At The Village Level”, interview with Erna Witoelar, United Nations Special Ambassador for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Asia and the Pacific (sp 05/03/2004)

Challenges of rural development, by Bhanu Parajuli (pr 04/03/2004)

Insurgency tolls heavy on VDCs development works, by Krishna Regmi (kp 26/01/2004)

Skill development training for rural people (ht 19/01/2004)

FFW achieves less than 50pc target, by Krishna Regmi (kp 15/01/2004)

Right way to empower people, by Rekha Shrestha (ht 01/01/2004)

Background

Ministry of Local Development (MLD)