Engaging in Reforming Policies in Nepal: An Analytical Documentation of Niti Foundation’s Experience in Nepal’s Hydropower Sector (http://nitifoundation.org/resources) This paper examines the Niti Foundation's unique experiences in engaging politically in the hydropower sector to achieve specific reform outcomes, as well as improve the inclusiveness and sustainability of the policy-making process in Nepal. Despite promising progress,
Non-electoral Representation in Public Policy: Institutional Capacity of Community Electricity User Groups in Nepal (http://sjpg.pactu.edu.np/content/sjpg-volume-34-number-1-june-2014) Controlled arenas of public policy deliberation and deficits within traditional electoral representation system have curtailed actual voice and concerns of citizens in public policy, leading to failure in policy adoption and implementation. Increasingly, actors and institutions outside the government have
Political Economy Analysis of Electricity Tariff Restructuring in Nepal (http://nitifoundation.org/resources) This report explores the political economy that led to the first effort by the government in over a decade at rationalizing consumer electricity tariff. It also documents the efforts of Niti Foundation in engaging politically to pursue this reform.
Community issues in hydropower development: Issues and Challenges (2017) Download Pdf This article is based on the presentation at the “High Level National Policy Dialogue on indigenous rights” organized by Lawyer’s Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP) on January 6-7, 2017 in Kathmandu. It provides a critical analysis of community engagement process,
Engaging in Reforming Policies in Nepal: An Analytical Documentation of Niti Foundation’s Experience in Nepal’s Hydropower Sector (http://nitifoundation.org/resources) This paper examines the Niti Foundation's unique experiences in engaging politically in the hydropower sector to achieve specific reform outcomes, as well as improve the inclusiveness and sustainability of the policy-making process in Nepal. Despite promising progress,
Basic Knowledge about Hydropower (2016) in Nepali language Download Pdf This report is prepared for general layman readers to provide basic information about hydropower projects. It lays our history of hydropower development in Nepal, basic technical terminologies used in hydropower, process of hydropower development, existing institutional mechanisms, financing sources and general local concerns regarding impacts
Benefit Sharing and Sustainable Hydropower: Lessons from Nepal (2016) (http://nitifoundation.org/resources) This report documents various typologies of benefit-sharing mechanisms that have evolved in hydropower projects in Nepal over the last four decades and critically analyses each mechanisms in terms of what works, what doesn’t, and what can be done to fine-tune these mechanisms to better suit
Shaping Nevada’s Future: What the State Can Do to Invest in College Access and Success (http://www.ihep.org/research/publications/shaping-nevadas-future-what-state-can-do-invest-college-access-and-success) This report uses a variety of existing data sources—along with interviews with state and local policymakers, K–12 and higher education officials, students, and citizens of Nevada—to explore the barriers that Nevada students face in their pursuit of postsecondary education.
Political Economy Analysis of Electricity Tariff Restructuring in Nepal (http://nitifoundation.org/resources) This report explores the political economy that led to the first effort by the government in over a decade at rationalizing consumer electricity tariff. It also documents the efforts of Niti Foundation in engaging politically to pursue this reform.
Political Economy Analysis of Local Governance in Nepal (http://asiafoundation.org/publication/political-economy-analysis-of-local-governance-in-nepal/) This report, prepared by the Asiat Foundation for AusAID, explores the evolution of local governance in Nepal and its status in a post-conflict Nepal where the “politics of consensus” has eroded into the “politics of collusion” in the form of the All Party Mechanisms. It includes