RAP publication 2004/11 Country Experiences in Decentralization in South Asia Report of the Subregional Workshop Kathmandu, Nepal 24 to 26 February 2004
Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific Dhaka Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, June 2004
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Objectives of the workshop
Summary of proceedings
Summary of presentations
Conclusions and recommendations

Edited country papers

Bangladesh

1 Role and experience of local government in Bangladesh

India

2 Decentralized rural local governance - the Indian experience
3 Decentralization experience in India’s Kerala State
4 Local self-governance and local development in India: challenges ahead

Nepal

5 Capacity building for participatory local planning and empowerment of rural women and rural poor through decentralization in Nepal
6 The present status of decentralization in Nepal
7 Local governments in Nepal: reappraising provisions for empowering vulnerable rural poor
8 Role and experience of local governments in financial resource mobilization in Nepal
9 Development of cooperatives in Nepal

Pakistan

10 Role and experience of local governments in empowering communities and financial resources mobilization in Pakistan
Sri Lanka

11 Devolution in Sri Lanka
12 Agriculture development strategies in support of decentralization in Sri Lanka

Regional

13 Decentralization in CIRDAP member countries: experiences and issues
14 Country experiences in decentralization in South Asia
15 FAO rural development priorities in Asia and the Pacific

Annexes

Annex 1 - List of participants and resource persons
Annex 2 - Programme schedule
Annex 3 - Inaugural address
Annex 4 - Address by the chairperson
Annex 5 - Keynote address
Annex 6 - Fourteen steps of the participatory district development planning process in Nepal