Using a qualitative approach, based on extensive fieldwork and surveys, this article examines how participatory institutions in Nepal perform affect local planning. The evidence points to mixed outcomes: citizen participation can improve planning, especially with regard achieving planning efficacy equity; at the same time, it sometimes yields no such effects or may produce negative including raising expectations, skewing priorities producing faulty compartmentalization, besides adding...

This article examines how socio-economic status and social mobilisation are linked to local government performance management in Nepal. As part of reform, Nepal adopted a policy selected governments empower communities for their effective participation. Our results show that have significant relationship with management. Female literacy, example, is strongly significantly associated management, while area has positive but population only weak relationship. In contrast, poverty negative...

Participation of ordinary people in shaping the developmental priorities at local level is often regarded as a vehicle to enhance quality development policies, plans, and programmes. This study empirically examines Nepali case municipal-level planning process understand how were offered participation opportunities through informal forums. Findings suggest that forums can be conducive for articulating presence voice citizens process. The contributes participatory literature by showcasing...

To what extent the legislature represents views of all social groups is a central question in multiethnic societies like Nepal. The results from descriptive and inferential statistical analysis representatives 1959 to 2013 show existence prolonged unequal representation caste/ethnic A few subgroups peoples have historically created 'creamy layer' throughout political systems. Although women some excluded identities gained substantial seats later period, progress for many groups, particularly...

Abstract Based on extensive fieldwork in two rural villages, this paper qualitatively examines how social mobilization initiatives influence local government (LG) performance Nepal. LG mobilized community people to empower them for their effective participation planning and decision-making processes. Comparing with the prior period of mobilization, evidence demonstrates that promises boost through empowering communities enhance agency entitlements, promoting democratic citizen participation,...