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Colorado State University
Publication Date
Spring 2020
Abstract
This research explores the ways in which non-state actors have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal and the needs present in the months before drastic increases in cases began on May 11th. In doing so, it describes how social and political inequality within Nepal has caused people experiencing the most need to be left out of early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic relief effort. This research includes a literature review which situates Nepal amidst the global pandemic as well as interviews with non-state actors currently responding in Nepal. It finds that migrant workers, daily wage earners, Dalits, Janajati/Adivasi peoples, and stateless people are experiencing the most need. The greatest need experienced due to the government lockdowns has been for food security. With this, it was found that non-state actors currently responding are challenged by a lack of communication with the Government of Nepal and a lack of population data available.
Disciplines
Asian Studies | Emergency and Disaster Management | Epidemiology | Food Security | Inequality and Stratification | Public Administration | Social Justice | South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies | Virus Diseases
Recommended Citation
Biedscheid, Jenna Mae, "Non-state Actors’ COVID-19 Response in Nepal" (2020). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 3342.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3342
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Asian Studies Commons, Emergency and Disaster Management Commons, Epidemiology Commons, Food Security Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Public Administration Commons, Social Justice Commons, South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies Commons, Virus Diseases Commons
Program Name
Nepal: Development, Gender, and Social Change in the Himalaya