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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Nepal’s handicraft exports down 10pc (kp 02/04/2008)

Handicraft exports from eastern region up (kp 05/01/2008)

Handicraft exports dip (kp 27/07/2007)

Signs of revival in handicraft export (kp 05/07/2007)

Handicraft export comes down by 4.65 pc (kp 24/05/2007)

Handicraft exports decline by 5 percent (kp 15/(04/2007)

Handicraft export dips by 5 percent (kp 17/03/2007)

Handicraft brings in fortune for local carpenter, by Pragati Shahi (kp 15/12/2006)

Handicraft export sees nominal growth (kp 02/11/2006)

EU project to promote Nepali handicrafts (samn 19/10/2006)

Market For Nepalese Handicrafts, by Suman Kumar Regmi (rn 02/08/2006)

Handicraft exhibition gets good response (samn 26/02/2006)

‘Boost handicraft exports’ (kp 18/02/2006)

Handicraft export up by 1 pc (kp 31/12/2005), Handicrafts export zoom up by 11pc (samn 03/01/2006)

Handicraft export up by 11pc (kp 15/10/2005)

Handicraft export up by 10pc (kp 10/06/2005)

Handicraft export surges by 7pc (kp 17/04/2005)

‘Make handicrafts competitive’ (kp 23/12/2004)

Export of handicrafts inches up (ht 06/10/2004)

Nepali woodcarving Is the tradition in extinction?, by Bremelin Romero (kp 03/07/2004)

Cobblers of Kathmandu, by Ishwor N Rijal (kp 21/06/2004)

Tyre-made shoes find the going tough, by Surendra Kafle (ht 31/05/2004)

Pokhareli karuwa gains in popularity (ht 29/05/2004)

Handicrafts business goes tourism way, by Rup Narayan Dhakal (ht 21/05/2004)

Potters of Bhaktapur, by Shristi Shrestha (kp 20/03/2004)

Handmade paper helps in better livelihood, by Binod Tripathi (kp 07/03/2004)

Sound policies must to boost handicraft (ht 15/12/2003)

Handicraft exports dip by six per cent (Himalayan Times, 28/09/2003)

Made in Nepal (Nepali Times, 15/08/2003)

Nepali handbags popular abroad, by Kulchandra Neupane (Kathmandu Post, 27/03/2003)

Handicraft exports dip over 7 pc (Kathmandu Post, 18/02/2003)

Mask makers feel tourist slump, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 09/09/2002)

Handicraft exports nosedive (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2002)

Handicraft export plunges (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2002)

Garment export plummets (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2002)

Feats of clay, by Alexandra Alter (Nepali Times, 03/05/2002)

Promoting Handicrafts: Private Sector’s Cooperation Essential (Rising Nepal, 16/03/2002)

Handicraft exports plummet (Kathmandu Pst, 04/02/2002)

Pashmina drags handicraft exports down by 72 pc (Kathmandu Post, 28/12/2001)

Promoting Handicraft (Rising Nepal, 31/08/2001)

Promoting Handicraft Industries: Right Policies Needed, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 22/08/2001)

Handicraft exports register a bitter slump (Kathmandu Post, 13/08/2001)

Bhutan’s Zorig Chusum thrives in Kathmandu, by Thuji Lhamu (Kuensel, 24/03/2001)

All that glitter is not gold, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 19/01/2001)

Nepali gold, silver crafts under threat (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2000)

Background

Handicrafts of Nepal, web site of Handicraft Association of Nepal

Getting Crafty: Blending Trendy Design with Social Development in Nepal, by Ramyata Limbu (Changemakers Journal, June 2002); on the Association of Craft Producers run by Meera Bhattarai