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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

23 VDC secys in Morang still at district HQ (kp 16/05/2008)

Call for all-party apparatus to make local bodies efficient (ht 16/05/2008)

Local bodies' issue forwarded to top leaders (nn 01/02/2008)

Govt employees continue protests, by Jitendra Khadga (kp 24/01/2008)

Taskforce discusses local bodies revival (nn 22/01/2008)

18 govt offices sans chiefs, by Tularam Pandey(kp 14/01/2008)

Life pitiable for displaced VDC secretary (kp 10/01/2008)

VDC secretaries to halt work two days a week (nn 06/01/2008)

VDC secys yet to return to work (kp 21/12/2007)

VDC secys announce fresh stir (kp 03/12/2007)

76 secys leave VDCs demanding security (kp 26/11/2007), 374 VDC secys of 8 districts in tarai resign, by Bedraj Poudel (kp 30/11/2007)

One secretary for 11 VDCs (kp 24/11/2007)

Cabinet instructs local administration to ensure security of the people (nn 20/11/2007)

Civil servants shut Siraha offices (kp 20/11/2007), Work in VDCs hit as secys continue to quit (ht 20/11/2007)

VDC secretaries in Sarlahi resign en masse (kp 18/11/2007), 106 VDC secys resign (kp 20/11/2007)

RPP chief meets PM (nn 17/11/2007)

Govt employees based in Saptari district resign en masse (nn 07/11/2007), Employees in Siraha and Sarlahi, too, in agitation (nn 08/11/2007), 415 govt staff resign en masse, by Jitendra Khadga (kp 08/11/2007), Offices shut for 10th straight day (kp 09/11/2007), Agitating employees call off protest, by Jitendra Khadga (kp 10/11/2007), Home Ministry asks govt employees in Saptari to return to work (nn 11/11/2007)

Govt employees halt work for 7th day, demand security (kp 06/11/2007)

VDC secretaries to re-launch agitation (nn 25/10/2007)

Local bodies remain shut today (nn 10/10/2007), Local body employees halt work in protest (kp 11/10/2007)

Local Bodies: Interim Management, by Krishna Man Pradhan (sp 24/08/2007)

Government issues transfer orders to 850 V.D.C secys (nn 23/08/2007)

Local body employees in indefinite strike (nn 14/08/2007), Govt, local bodies employees meet inconclusive (kp 17/08/2007), Local body employees halt strike (kp 18/08/2007), VDC secys go on strike again (nn 19/08/2007), People deprived of service as VDC secys are on strike (nn 20/08/2007), VDC secys suspend their agitation (nn 28/08/2007)

Local Good Governance For Effective Service Delivery, by Krishna Man Pradhan (sp 10/08/2007)

“Leadership by turns” in local bodies (nn 05/08/2007)

Local bodies in 15 days, says govt (kp 03/08/2007)

Parties to run local bodies: Mahara, by Bhim Ghimire (kp 22/07/2007)

Insecurity compels VDC secretaries to seek transfer from Terai (nn 18/07/2007), JTMM kills VDC secretary; VDC secretaries announce nationwide strike (nn 18/07/2007)

Gurung seeks parties' support to fill local bodies (kp 18/07/2007)

Local body staff demand security (kp 27/06/2007)

LDO sacks DDC staff, flees district (kp 27/06/2007)

Home Ministry transfers 22 CDOs (kp 25/06/2007) [Look at their names: almost all of them are male Bahuns! This is the understanding of integration in the "new Nepal"!!]

UML rejects Maoists' plan on sharing local bodies (nn 22/06/2007), UML against equal shares in local bodies (samn 22/06/2007)

15 VDC secys still at district HQ, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 21/06/2007)

Civic bodies soon: Dev (samn 08/06/2007), Local bodies to be formed by mid-July (nn 20/06/2007)

Local bodies to be formed by June: Dev Gurung (nn 19/05/2007)

VDC secys complain of party pressures, by Binod Tripathi (kp 13/05/2007)

Gurung promises local bodies soon (nn 29/04/2007), RPP demands ‘opposition status’, share in local bodies (nn 03/05/2007)

Over a dozen women injured in clash, by Harihar Singh Rathor (kp 28/04/2007), Women, cops clash; scores injured (samn 28/04/2007), Team to probe Dailekh incident (kp 29/04/2007)

50% VDC secretary posts vacant in Bhojpur (kp 25/02/2007)

Local bodies to use RIRRIP funding (kp 03/02/2007)

Major Areas of Conflict at Local Level in Nepal, by Rabindra Khanal (tg 24/01/2007), Local government institutions: General Framework, by Rabindra Khanal (tg 07/02/2007)

VDC secys reappear after 4 yrs (kp 21/01/2007)

Local bodies to allocate budget for health, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 20/01/2007)

Absence of VDC secys hampers work: Voters list collection, citizenship distribution (kp 19/01/2007)

A model of local self-governance, by Shiva Gautam (kp 16/01/2007)

Banke CDO, security chiefs called back (kp 09/01/2007)

Police posts to be re-established later (samn 06/01/2007)

VDC secys to defy govt directives (kp 02/01/2007)

Govt. to mobilize local staffs for CA polls (nn 25/12/2006)

VDC secys unable to return to villages (kp 24/12/2006)

‘VDC secy can't recommend citizenship’ (kp 22/12/2006)

Govt for local bodies’ autonomy (samn 14/12/2006)

Maoists, security men now co-workers (kp 30/11/2006)

Teams to monitor govt works in dists (samn 29/11/2006)

VDC office operation from India (nn 27/11/2006)

Interim local bodies soon: Pandey (samn 13/11/2006)

Rebels allow VDC office to open, impose diktats, by Prakash Baral (kp 01/11/2006)

Maoists begin undertaking VDC work (kp 27/10/2006)

18,000 temporary employees of local bodies to lose jobs (nn 18/10/2006)

41 new municipalities in the offing (kp 16/10/2006)

Parties, Maoists demand return of govt offices, by Rajendra Nath (kp 07/10/2006)

Govt to turn 41 towns to municipaliies (samn 15/09/2006)

SPA-Maoists district level deal inked (kp 03/09/2006)

VDC secys directed to go to villages (kp 30/08/2006), VDC secys defy minister’s instruction (kp 07/09/2006)

Pull army posts from govt offices, or else: Parties, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 17/08/2006)

Local Bodies: A Limbo, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 11/08/2006)

Less districts, more municipalities mooted State reforms (kp 05/08/2006)

Constitutional provision for local governments, by Kalanidhi Devkota (kp 28/07/2006)

Loktantra takes birth in Charikot (samn 18/07/2006)

The Indispensability Of Political Parties In Managing Local Bodies, by Krishna Man Pradhan (sp 07/07/2006)

Local administration in Banke shifts over 2,000 people in jungle (nn 29/06/2006)

Motion to revive local bodies registered (kp 24/05/2006), Revival of local bodies unacceptable: Maoist leaders (nn 27/05/2006), Reviving The Local Bodies (rn 31/05/2006), Local bodies should not be 'subject of controversy' (rn 31/05/2006), ‘Inclusive local bodies ok’ (kp 31/05/2006), Front told not to rake up local bodies (31/05/2006), Cabinet rejects proposal to reinstate local bodies (nn 04/06/2006), Local bodies to be run by civil servants (samn 05/06/2006), Maoists bar Secretaries from returning to villages (nn 06/06/2006)

Govt transfers 32 CDOs (nn 17/05/2006)

Valley districts get CDOs (nn 12/05/2006)

Two CDOs’ recalled to Home Ministry (nn 08/05/2006)

‘Revive local bodies’ (kp 07/05/2006)

Civil servants to run DDCs, municipalities (kp 05/05/2006)

KMC staff threaten to go on strike (kp 02/05/2006)

Officials barred from entering office in local bodies (nn 01/05/2006)

KMC employees padlock Finance Section (kp 27/04/2006)

Housing allowances to mayor, dy mayor! by Koshraj Koirala (kp 22/03/2006)

Municipality seizes FNJ land, by Dinesh Regmi and Iswari Neupane (kp 04/03/2006)

MuAN rejects elected lot (kp 28/02/2006), MuAN hands over power to secretary (samn 28/02/2006)

Mayor, deputy mayor resign (nn 23/02/2006)

Mayor of Kathmandu metropolis unveils plans (nn 21/02/2006)

Newly elected representatives of KMC assumes office (nn 14/02/2006)

SC issues show cause notices to Government Administrators (nn 02/02/2006)

Government promulgates ordinance empowering cabinet to extend the tenure of local body (nn 25/01/2006)

Imagined communities: Instead of pretending to work with communities, we should revive grassroots democracy, by Jorgen Frieden (nt 12/08/2005)

DDC chairman sworn in defying court order (kp 09/08/2005)

Govt appoints chairmen, vice-chairmen in 47 DDCs (nn 02/08/2005), After cabinet, govt appoints convicts in DDCs (kp 03/08/2005), Petition against DDC official (kp 08/08/2005)

Restructuring Of Local Bodies for Full Devolution, by Krishna Man Pradhan (sp 22/07/2005)

DDC chairmen appointed (South Asian Media Net 14/06/2005)

New regional administrator for Valley (kp 26/01/2005)

Local body employees demand security (rn 23/01/2005)

Local Self-governance Regulations amended (rn 21/01/2005)

Absence of local reps hampering decentralization (kp 06/01/2005)

DDC/VDC office holders resign en masse (kp 01/12/2004)

Govt names new KMC CEO (ht 25/11/2004)

Local govt posts to be filled on consensus (rn 01/11/2004)

Local bodies’ issue unsolved due to coalition differences (ht 01/11/2004), People’s woe (kp 02/11/2004)

40 VDC secys resign en masse (kp 20/09/2004)

Capacity Building of the Local Bodies, by Krishna Man Pradhan (sp 17/09/2004), Enabling local bodies to serve better Krishna Man Pradhan (ht 24/09/2004)

Udaypur badly hit as VDC secretaries quit (rn 26/08/2004)

All VDC secretaries of Parbat resign en masse (rn 25/08/2004)

Local Bodies in Limbo: Democracy Derailed, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 20/08/2004), “Un-elected Local Bodies Pave Way For Irregularities And Embezzlement”, interview with Rajendra Pandey (sp 20/08/2004)

Local bodies Need for all-party committees, by Krishna Man Pradhan (ht 19/08/2004)

VDC secretaries resign en masse (rn 17/08/2004)

Role of Local Bodies in Strengthening Democracy, by Krishna Man Pradhan (sp 06/08/2004)

Govt staff become lord and masters of local bodies (ht 06/08/2004), Civil servants to run local bodies from today (kp 06/08/2004), New committee to man local bodies until polls (rn 06/08/2004)

No regional offices in regional HQs (ht 01/08/2004)

Civil servants to run local bodies for now (ht 16/07/2004), No extension of local body officials’ tenure (kp 16/07/2004), Civil servants to run local bodies (kp 27/07/2004), Civil servants to run local bodies (pr 29/07/2004)

King’s edict ignored in mid-west (ht 15/07/2004), Call to withdraw royal edict on office shifting (ht 25/07/2004)

Revive local bodies, says Nepal (ht 09/07/2004), Reinstate local bodies, stresses Nepal (rn 09/07/2004), Revival of local bodies unlikely: Culture minister (ht 10/07/2004), Fresh lease for local bodies after budget (ht 13/07/2004), Parties differ on UML plan to revive local bodies (ht 14/07/2004)

Govt decision on local bodies soon (ht 08/07/2004), Interim committees (ht 08/07/2004)

Pokhara civic officials to quit (ht 05/07/2004)

40 Morang VDC secys displaced (ht 01/06/2004)

Parties differ over reinstating local bodies (rn 23/06/2004)

Report on local body restructuring, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 16/06/2004), Effective devolution to local bodies emphasised (rn 16/06/2004)

People suffer as posts lie vacant in local bodies (ht 11/06/2004)

Kirtipur mayor to stay on (ht 09/06/2004), Resigned Dy mayor to resume duties (ht 12/06/2004), KMC dy mayor, 18 members return to office (ht 13/06/2004)

Reps’ quitting brings KMC work to a halt (ht 04/06/2004), KMC dy mayor in rethink mode! (ht 08/06/2004)

Provisions for Conflict Resolution in the LSGA, by Rabindra Khanal (tg 26/05/2004)

Under Pressure: Following the resignation of Thapa government and increasing threats from the Maoists, local leaders are fast deserting their positions, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 21/05/2004)

SC upholds civil servants’ civic body postings (ht 21/05/2004)

Cutting through (ht 20/05/2004), Army arrest VDC rep for not accepting post (kp 20/05/2004)

Mayor Sthapit to quit (kp 18/05/2004), Sthapit to announce resignation today (kp 21/05/2004), KMC mayor alters resignation plan (ht 22/05/2004), KMC officials quit en masse (ht 24/05/2004), KMC Mayor, 35 others resign (kp 24/05/2004)

5 ward chiefs of Bhaktapur quit (ht 18/05/2004)

KMC board, CEO lock horns (ht 15/05/2004)

‘Empower local bodies to pace up development’ (kp 16/04/2004)

New appointees in Kathmandu VDCs (kp 10/04/2004)

The State must create space for self-rule through federal character of decentralized system, interview with Syed Habibullah (tg 07/04/2004)

More nominations for local bodies (rn 03/02/2004)

Govt nominates new DDC chiefs (08/01/2004)

For older links see archive

Background

Grassroots Governance in Nepal: Reinventing Decentralization, by Dev Raj Dahal

Irrigation of the Grassroots, by Dev Raj Dahal and Hari Uprety

Traditional Local Governance in Nepal, by Krishna B. Bhattachan

Local Self-Governance Act

Local Governance Programme

Basic information on local governance

Sustainable Community Development Programme

Participatory District Development Programme (PDDP)

Association of District Development Committees of Nepal (ADDCN)

Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN), see also interactive map of municipalities

District profiles

Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC)

Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan City

Bara DDC

Grassroots governance in Nepal: Reinventing decentralization, by Dev Raj Dahal

Nepal speaks out for decentralization, by Mukti Rijal

Decentralization in Nepal: Two decades of one mission and its progress, by Sagra Raj Prasai

Nepal: focusing on poverty reduction through decentralization (Telegraph, UK, 26/04/2000)