KEN OHASHI The aid precipice Unless the government is able to rejuvenate the reform process the World Bank will have to move the Nepal program to the ‘low case’ In 2002, the World Bank agreed to increase the volume of its assistance to Nepal several fold. This decision recognised the
2017
Nepal: Beyond Royal Rule – New Crisis Group briefing
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP – NEW BRIEFING Nepal: Beyond Royal Rule Kathmandu/Brussels, 15 September 2005: The unilateral ceasefire announced by the Maoists could lead to resolution of Nepal’s worsening civil war, but only if the international community changes its approach, especially towards the monarchy. Check out this article – it is
Update on US Aid to Nepal
“Nepal coup forces US to rethink military aid,” by Demetri Sevastopulo in the Financial Times, June 10 2005. (Full article)
Human Rights Groups Testify in Congress, May 25
Testimony to US Congress Human Rights Caucus by Human Rights Watch, International Crisis Group and National Democratic Institute, 25 May
Interview with US Ambassador to Nepal Moriarty
US Ambassador James Moriarty spoke to Nepali Times on Wednesday on a wide range of issues, including his wish that the king and the parties get over their differences in order to face the bigger threat of Maoism. (full interview)
Nepali Ambassador to US Responds to Criticism
In a letter to the editor, Washington Post, Friday, May 27, 2005. (Full article)
Amnesty Int’l Protest in DC May 26
Click to see the flyer.
When A Family’s Future Is On the Line
Sally Acharya, in the Washington Post There’s been a bomb blast in my family’s village. My husband gets the phone call, and I try to fit this latest news into my image of the thatch-roofed hamlet in Nepal where I danced with my mother-in-law during a Hindu women’s festival seven
US Keeps Military Aid on Hold
Kathmandu, May 11 : The US will continue its suspension of aid to Nepal’s army till political detainees are released and civil liberties restored, senior American official Christina Rocca said at the end of her visit Wednesday. (details)