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Upadhyaya Shyam K (2005) Payments for Environmental Services: Sharing Hydropower Benefits with Upland Communities,
RUPES Working Paper Series # 1. Kathmandu, Winrock Nepal.
The purpose of this Working Paper is to lay academic groundwork for better-informed public discourse and advocacy in Nepal around the issues of economic and environmental equity in the development of country's substantial hydropower resources. This paper provides another justification for sharing hydropower benefits with upland communities, indicating that conservation measures adopted by communities upstream of a hydropower project can have a significant impact on the performance of a hydropower project. It also argues that Payments for Environmental Services (PES) could be an effective mechanism for providing incentives to upland communities for enhancing and maintaining beneficial environmental services.
Upadhyaya Shyam K (2004) Displacement, resettlement, and rehabilitation issues in hydropower projects, Working Paper Series # 4.
Kathmandu, Winrock Nepal.
The development of hydropower projects often leads to displacement of many people. Such displacement may disrupt people's lives, impoverish them, and violate their fundamental rights. Paper 4 examines the extent and nature of displacement due to hydroelectricity development in Nepal. The study also reviews the process of displacement, resettlement, and rehabilitation adopted by hydroelectricity projects and suggests some measures for making this process a development opportunity.
Upadhyaya Shyam K (2004) Victims of Hydropower: Injustices in Hydropower Development, Working Paper Series # 5. Kathmandu, Winrock Nepal.
The development of a hydropower project has many benefits, but also precipitates many adverse consequences in the lives of local people. As the people hurt by a hydroelectric project and those benefited by it may not be the same, it is imperative to foster proper understanding of adverse consequences of hydroelectric projects in order to devise measures to mitigate such negative impacts in future projects.
This paper reviews the adverse consequences produced by major hydroelectric projects in Nepal and the response of hydropower developers towards them. It also identifies conditions that will induce hydropower developers to deal with such adverse impacts in a fair manner.
Upadhyaya Shyam K (2004) Benefit Sharing from Hydropower Projects in Nepal, Working Paper Series # 6. Kathmandu, Winrock Nepal.
It is essential that benefits of hydropower development are shared equitably. Although the government has periodically taken steps to reiterate the importance of hydropower development in the country, there are concerns that hydropower benefits are not distributed equitably among all stakeholders. Lately, hydropower projects have made attempts to share benefits with local people. This paper reviews the nature and magnitude of local benefits from hydropower development in Nepal and assesses the potential impact of various benefit sharing mechanisms on social equity and justice. It also identifies conditions that would promote local benefits and makes some recommendations for enhancing equity and justice.
Saurav Dev Bhatta (2004), Winrock International Nepal: "Are Electric Vehicles Viable in Kathmandu? A Cost-Benefit Perspective". Kathmandu, Winrock Nepal.
This book addresses and is expected to lead to the resolution of the long running argument between those who promote electric vehicles as an effective way to reduce air pollution in Kathmandu and the skeptics who question whether concessions on taxes and customs on EVs provides net benefits to society and point out that unmanaged disposal of lead acid batteries can also result in pollution.
Quality certification of NTFPs-Needs and support services. Study on Domestic Market of MAPs in Kathmandu Valley.
Feasibility study for organic farming in pocket areas of BDS-MaPS.
Proceedings of Nepal Tea And The World, Flavours from the Himalayas, International Tea Event, Kathmandu, Nepal, 19-20 November, 2004, Jointly Organized by HOTPA, HIMCOOP, NTPA, NTA, NTCDB, WI/NTCGDA, GTZ and AEC/FNCCI. Published by Nepal Tea and the World 2004 Secretariat, Agro Enterprise Center (AEC/FNCCI)
Financing Biogas: A Reference Manual for Microfinance Institutions in Nepal (2004).Kathmandu, Winrock Nepal.
This manual provides information to microfinance institutions about financing biogas plants with the aim of encouraging them to include biogas plants as bankable investment opportunities in their loan portfolios. The manual also provides guidance to MFIs to evaluate and manage risks associated with lending for biogas plants. This manual is available in both English and in Nepali.
Milanpur Ma Biogas. Kathmandu, Winrock Nepal.
This pictorial booklet is designed to provide awareness of micro financing biogas plants for rural users. Text pages alternate witheasy to follow illustrations to cater to the literate as well as semi-literate. In Nepali.
