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Inconvenient Justice argues for a more nuanced understanding of the dynamic "local" that goes beyond the realm of a cultural framework. Correspondingly, it suggests that conceptualization of the "local" needs to be problematized further to expose the tensions and hierarchies of …
The dissertation examines the impacts that limited resources and the disruption of international (i.e., trans-Himalayan) trade networks have had on the populations of Sama and Lho, highland Tibetan communities in Nepal's Nubri Valley. Using primary Tibetan sources and oral narra…
The present dissertation aims to contribute to research on relationships between foreign capital, domestic savings and output by improving on the previous empirical investigations in terms of methodology as well as in terms of treatment of the data under investigation. The South…
In this research, I investigate the ways that women maneuver for power in the household and the village setting and I examine empirically the relationship between women's power and use of contraception. I began this study because I found the measures of women's autonomy being us…
This thesis does the following: First, it examines the nature of sovereignty claims over shared natural resources, and argues that absolute sovereignty can no longer be claimed over such resources. Rather, the concept of "shared natural resources" is now the accepted basis in in…
Groundwater is used in Terai region of Nepal as a major source of drinking water since surface water is vulnerable to microbial contamination. But the presence of arsenic, a toxic element in groundwater poses a threat to human health and environment. Arsenic in groundwater is a …
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) that was developed in Madagascar in the 1980s offers resource-poor farmers the possibility of attaining higher yields without use of external inputs. Conflicting reports on the validity of SRI suggests that more research should be devoted…
In the last twenty years, anthropologists have been paying increasing attention to trans-local movements of people and cultures. Prior to this interest in anthropology, historians have been studying contacts and connections among people of different societies and cultures. In th…
This dissertation investigates IUCN's role in global biodiversity conservation policy as well as in national program development in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. It explores how nature protection priorities and approaches are promoted or addressed by IUCN, an internatio…
This dissertation identifies the sustainable policies that can reduce disparity in health care utilization, education and income from the low and middle income countries represented by Albania, Nepal, Tajikistan and Tanzania. Concentration indices are used to calculate the incom…
To understand the effects of Himalayan uplift on climate, the use of paleoclimate and paleoecologic indicators preserved in the Himalayan foreland must be implemented. The carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of materials formed at the earth's surface and preserved in the stratigrap…
Compared to other South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, Nepal has a higher maternal mortality ratio, a lower rate of skilled attendance at birth, and the highest adolescent birth rate amongst all SAARC countries. Deaths during pregnancy are particul…
Considering that the aging population in the Southeast Asian region is rapidly growing, there is an increasing need to promote the subjective well-being of older adults. However, few studies have investigated mechanisms of life satisfaction in developing countries in the Southea…
In the Western part of Nepal, in remote Himalayan villages, menstruating girls and women are banished to a faraway shed or dingy-huts because people believe that they are untouchable (B. S. Schultz). This custom is called ‘Chhaupadi’, Chhau meaning, menstruation, and Padi, meani…
The current study explored historical trauma as experienced by the Newar, an indigenous population in Nepal, communicated through idioms of distress. This generic qualitative study used historical trauma theory to answer the research question, “How do Newar adults born and raise…
This dissertation demonstrates the role of power encounter in the phenomenal growth of Christianity in Nepal. The examination of biblical, theological, historical and missiological study unveils that one of the major factors in the growth of Christianity in Nepal is power encoun…