eprintid: 5294
rev_number: 24
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
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datestamp: 2005-02-11 13:55:52
lastmod: 2015-12-25 14:38:27
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type: workingPaper
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creators_name: Devkota, Surendra R.
title: The Politics of Poverty Alleviation in Nepal : Structural Analysis of Socioeconomic Development from the Past Five Decades
ispublished: pub
subjects: 320
divisions: 702000
keywords: South Asia , Nepal , Political Science , Political Economy , Poverty
cterms_swd: Südasien
cterms_swd: Nepal
cterms_swd: Politische Wissenschaft
cterms_swd: Politische Ökonomie
cterms_swd: Armut
abstract: As Nepal opened her door for international communities, it emerged from a barter system to global economy. During the last five decades (1950/51 - 2000/01) the country has witnessed different motley politico-economic decision making systems. The initial years in 1950s after emancipation from a very autocratic regime of more than 100 years were a political mess. The second half of 1950s was in the process streamlining, but another unfortunate political incident of 1960 pushed the country in different direction. The socioeconomic development of 1961 to 1990 was very sluggish, regionally biased, and unproductive, which forced the increment of mass poverty level in Nepal. The socioeconomic progress after 1990 seems encouraging but the real achievements have been shadowed by the weakness of politico-economical characters of ruling leaders. In last 50 years, Nepal followed the modernization path and experienced lots of developmental patch-ups, which did not sustain and enhance the productivity at the local level. Rather, the country witnessed a persistent poverty in spite of huge national and international expenses. In order to break the spurring poverty level the village economy needs to be enhanced with equal emphasis on human or social and ecological capitals enrichment activities.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2005
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00005294
portal_cluster_id: p-hdpaper
portal_order: 25
ppn_swb: 1647168198
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-52942
language: eng
bibsort: DEVKOTASURTHEPOLITIC2005
full_text_status: public
series: Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics
volume: 25
issn: 1617-5069
citation:   Devkota, Surendra R.  (2005) The Politics of Poverty Alleviation in Nepal : Structural Analysis of Socioeconomic Development from the Past Five Decades.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/5294/1/hpsacp_devkota.pdf