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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

“If Nepal Is To Benefit From Demographic Bonus, Utilize The Window Of Opportunity”, interview with Junko Sazaki, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) country representative to Nepal (sp 20/07/2007)

Nepal's population crosses 26 million mark (nn 12/07/2006), Nepal’s population to double in 26 years (samn 12/07/2006)

Population & Development (rn 11/07/2006)

Young Population: Changing Dynamism, by Keshab Poudel (sp 30/06/2006), “We Are In Transition Between High Fertility And Declining Fertility”, interview with Ramhari Aryal (sp 30/06/2006)

Nepal's life expectancy goes up (samn 15/12/2005)

Call for Gender Equity: Nepal faces uphill task in controlling the population and making policies favorable towards gender equity (sp 28/10/2005)

Nepal’s population hits 27 million mark (nn 22/10/2005)

Population explosion, by RK Shah (kp 25/09/2004)

Hopeful Signs: Despite intensification of insurgency, Nepal has made progress in population sector (sp 24/09/2004)

Population explosion worsening poverty (kp 16/09/2004), Malthusian worry (ht 17/09/2004)

Population Growth Quality Vs Quantity, by Nir Bahadur Karki (rn 15/08/2004)

Awareness must to check population growth: PM (ht 12/07/2004), Size a handicap (ht 12/07/2004), Poverty, illiteracy exacerbating high population growth: Deuba (kp 12/07/2004), Towards Populous Or Prosperous, by P. Gopakumar (rn 12/07/2004), Population Imbalance (rn 13/07/2004)

Nepal’s population reaches 23.8 M (rn 06/07/2004), Nepal’s population hits 24.8 M mark (rn 12/07/2004)

“Nepal Is Experiencing The Demographic Transition”, interview with Hernando Agudelo, Representative a.i. of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the Kingdom of Nepal (sp 28/05/2004)

Population of Pokhara rising at highest rate (Rising Nepal, 30/10/2003)

Mid-western population dipping (Kathmandu Post, 22/10/2003), Population growth on decline in Mid-West (Rising Nepal, 22/10/2003)

Mass exodus, by Rudra Khadka (Kathmandu Post, 21/12/2002)

Increase in indigenous people population (Space Time Today, 05/12/2002)

Compulsory registration system, by Nirmala Mani Adhikary (Space Time Today, 09/11/2002)

Review of population growth rates, by Nir Bahadur Karki (Kathmandu Post, 04/10/2002), see also Population trend and problems: People awareness and development needed, by Keshav Sing Sijapati (Space Time Today, 04/10/2002)

Population growth and natural resources, by Dibyeswar Prasad Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 31/08/2002)

US population fund withdrawal will affect Nepal: UNFPA official, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2002)

Population growth and poverty alleviation, by Khagendra Pandav Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 12/07/2002)

Population Growth: A Challenge To Development, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 06/05/2002)

Drawbacks of population growth, by Janak Dahal (Kathmandu Post, 04/04/2002)

Population explosion and challenges, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 30/03/2002)

Bigger the better when it comes to number of children, by Binod Bhandary (Kathmandu Post, 01/03/2002)

Population Growth Control Necessary, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 13/02/2002)

Nepal’s population trend towards lowlands (Kathmandu Post, 25/12/2001)

Population And Development Meeting The Challenge (Rising Nepal, 29/11/2001), see also Nepalis Must Take The Initiative For Their Development (Spotlight, 30/11/2001), interview with J. Bill Musoke, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative to Nepal

UNFPA Report: Lack of education cited for rising population (Rising Nepal, 08/11/2001), see also Curbing Population For Prosperity (Rising Nepal, 09/11/2001)

Reducing Fertility Rate: A Challenging Task, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 30/10/2001)

Awareness alone not sufficient, by Om Murty Vaidya (Kathmandu Post, 22/10/2001)

Population Growth In Nepal: The Challenges Ahead, by Shyam Thapa (Spotlight, 12/10/2001)

Population Growth: An Obstacle For Development, by Tanka Raj Niraula (Rising Nepal, 24/09/2001)

23.2 million Nepalis, by Hemlata Rai (Nepali Times, 14/09/2001)

High fertility and blow to poverty alleviation, by Kanhaiya R B Mathema (Kathmandu Post, 17/08/2001)

Central Development Region most populous: Census 2001 (Kathmandu Post, 12/08/2001)

Nepal’s population reaches 23.21 million : Growth rate 2.27 pc, more women than men, by Subas Risal (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2001), see also Nepal’s population 23.2 M: Census (Rising Nepal, 11/08/2001)

The Dire Consequences, by Bishnu Mani Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 10/08/2001)

Valley population (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2001)

Kathmandu population up by 62.4 pc (Kathmandu Post, 24/07/2001)

Morang population increases by 2.27 pc (Kathmandu Post, 22/07/2001)

Nawalparasi population up by 29% (Rising Nepal, 16/07/2001)

Population quandary (Kathmandu Post, 13/07/2001)

Ponder nation's population growth trend (Kathmandu Post, 12/07/2001)

Population of Nepal reaches 23.4 million (Rising Nepal, 23/06/2001)

Strategy & Action (Rising Nepal, 17/01/2001)

Is ‘population’ a rising concern? by Bidhan Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 19/12/2000)

Dismal Signs, by Keshab Poudel, (Spotlight, 29/09/2000)

Population Growth: Mounting Problems, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 11/09/2000)

Controlling Population Boom: Challenges Of Today, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 13/08/2000)

Population Growth: Grim Reminder, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 21/07/2000)

World population: Six billion and still going, by Tilak Prasad Pokharel  (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2000)

High population growth rate challenge facing nation: DPM (Rising Nepal, 12/07/2000)

The Summit Hotel, Kathmandu Population and poverty in Nepal, by Om Murty Vaidya (Kathmandu Post, 11/07/2000)

Studies to check population growth (Rising Nepal, 07/07/2000)

Population explosion: Concern of Third World, by Krishna Prasad Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 12/06/2000)

Overpopulation and ecological violations, by Ananda S Tamrakar (Kathmandu Post, 04/04/2000)

Population : The challenge ahead, by Dilip Raj Maskey, The Kathmandu Post, 25 January 2000)

Population to double in 33 years (The Rising Nepal, 21 January 2000)

Policy enforcement billed lacklustre (The Kathmandu Post, 21 January 2000)

Background

United Nations Population Fund, Nepal (UNFPA)