Report / Case study

The Implications of Closing Civic Space for Sustainable Development in Nepal

author(s) Nazneen, S. - Thapa, D.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
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Nazneen, S. and Thapa, D. (2019) ‘The Implications of Closing Civic Space for Sustainable Development in Nepal’, mimeo, IDS and ACT Alliance

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Abstract

This report on Nepal is one of a set of four country case studies designed to study the implications of closing civic space for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The case study was commissioned in response to the wave of legal, administrative, political and informal means to restrict civic space and the activities of civil society actors in countries around the world in the past decade. Based on a literature review and conceptual framework developed for the study (see also Hossain et al 2018), the report documents how changing civic space in Nepal, a country characterized as a competitive democracy with strong commitment to inclusion, has impacted on development outcomes, with a focus on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) outcomes to do with SDG 4 (access to education) SDG 5 (gender equality), SDG 6 (access to water and sanitation), SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions), and the principles of inclusion and ‘leaving no one behind’. This work is part of the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) programme

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