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General
Livelihoods, Forests and Power Relation in NWFP
From vulnerability to resilience: gender, migration and social capital
Development disparities on Natural Resource Management
Development policies and livelihood realities



General

Kollmair M, Gurung GS. 2005. Marginality. Concepts and their limitations.

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Backhaus N. 2003. The Globalisation Discourse. NCCR IP6 Working Paper No. 2.

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Gamper S, Kollmair M. 2002. The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach. Input Paper for the Integrated Training Course of NCCR North-South Aeschiried, Switzerland, 9. - 20. September 2002.

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Livelihoods, Forests and Power Relations in NWFP

Shahbaz B. 2008. Sustainable development & natural resource management in Pakistan. Pakistan Observer, March 31, 2008. 1,3.

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Ali T, Ahmad M, Shahbaz B, Suleri A. 2007. Impact of participatory forest management on vulnerability and livelihood assets of forest-dependent communities in northern Pakistan. The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Volume 14, Number 2, April 2007, pp. 211-223(13)

Ali T, Ahmad M, Shahbaz B, Suleri A. 2007. Impact of participatory forest management on financial assets of rural communities in Northwest Pakistan. Ecological Economics, doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.12.017

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Ali T, Shahbaz B, Suleri A. 2006. Analysis of Myths and Realities of Deforestation in Northwest Pakistan: Implications for Forestry Extension. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology.

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Rothen A. 2006. The Impact of Forest-related international Norms in Pakistan. In: SDPI (eds.). Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, City Press, Islamabad: 69-87.

Shahbaz B, Ali T. 2006. Participatory Forest Management: Analysis of Forest Use Patterns, Livelihood Strategies and Extent of Participation of Forest Users in Mansehra and Swat Districts of Pakistan. In: SDPI (eds.). Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, City Press, Islamabad: 148-158.

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Shahbaz B, Ali T, Suleri A.Q. 2006. A Critical Analysis of Forest Policies of Pakistan: Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Netherlands.
http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=102962

Shahbaz B, Ali T, Suleri A.Q. (accepted). Impact of participatory forest management on vulnerability and livelihood assets of forest dependent people in Northern Pakistan. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology.

Steimann B. 2006. Decentralization and Participation in the Forestry Sector of NWFP, Pakistan - The Role of the State. Poster presented at the ZIL Annual Conference 2006, 9 June 2006, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

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Steimann B. 2006. Rural livelihoods in a highland-lowland context and the role of forest resources (NWFP, Pakistan). In: SDPI (eds.). Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, City Press, Islamabad: 44-65.

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Sultan-i-Rome. 2006. Governance of Forests in Swat since sixteenth Century. In: SDPI (eds.). Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, City Press, Islamabad: 88-110.

Steimann B, Geiser U. 2005. In Pakistans Wäldern gelten viele Gesetze. Wenig erfolgreiche Projekte gegen die Abholzung. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 29.6.2005: 9.

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Awais M. 2005. A Futuristic Study of Institutional Changes and Livelihood Assets of Forest Users in Mansehra District, NWFP, Pakistan. Master Thesis, Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.

Geiser U. 2005. Contested Forests in North-West Pakistan: The Bureaucracy between the ’Ecological’, the ’National’, and the Realities of a Nation’s Frontier. In: Cederlof G. and Sivaramakrishnan K. (eds.). Ecological Nationalism - Nature, Livelihoods and Identities in South Asia. South Asia edition by Permanent Black, New Delhi: 90-111. U.S. edition (2006) by Washington University Press, Seattle, WA, USA.

Sultan-i-Rome. 2005. Forestry in the Princely State of Swat and Kalam (North-West Pakistan). A historical Perspective on Norms and Practices. NCCR IP6 Working Paper No. 6.

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Geiser U, Steimann B. 2004. State actors' livelihoods, acts of translation, and forest sector reforms in northwest Pakistan. In: Contemporary South Asia, December 2004, 13(4): 437-448.

Steimann B. 2004. Decentralization & Participation in the Forestry Sector of NWFP, Pakistan – The Role of The State. NCCR IP6 Working Paper No. 7.

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Balzer N. 2003. Der Pressure-State-Response Ansatz (PSR): eine Methode zur Reduktion von Komplexität? Eine Überprüfung am Beispiel des Forstsektors der NWFP Pakistans. Diplomarbeit, Geographisches Institut der Universität Zürich.

Shahbaz B. 2003. Participation in Forest Management: Land Use and Livelihood Strategies of Forest Users in North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. In: Mertz O. ,Wadley R., Christensen A. 2003. Local Land Use Strategies in a Globalizing World: Shaping Sustainable Social and Natural Environments, Institut of Geographie, Denmark.

Shahbaz B, Ali T. 2003. Forest Friendly Development. The News on Sunday, Political Economy Section. Pakistan 19.10.2003.

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Shahbaz B, Ali T. 2003. Sustainable livelihoods framework and state of the Pakistan forests. In: Mufti S.A., Hussain S.S., Khan A.M. (eds.). Mountains of Pakistan: protection, potential and prospects. Global Change Impact Studies Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Steimann B. 2003. Decentralisation & Participation in the Forestry Sector of NWFP, Pakistan - The Role of the State. Master Thesis at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich. For summary see http://www.nccr-north-south.unibe.ch/; for extended version see Steimann B. 2004 above.

Suleri A.Q. 2003. State of Forests in Pakistan through a Pressure -State -Response Framework. In: SDPI (eds.) 2003. Sustainable Development and Southern Realities- Past and Future in South Asia. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, City Press, Islamabad, Pakistan, 47-72.

Suleri A.Q. 2002. The State of Forests in Pakistan through a Pressure-State-Response Framework. SDPI Working Paper Series, 82.



From vulnerability to resilience: gender, migration and social capital

Sultan-i-Rome. 2007. Women's right to land ownership in Swat State areas - the Swat State era and the post-State scenario. Paper presented at the International Conference 'Perspectives on Religion, Politics and Society in South Asia', Lahore, 19-20 February, 2007.

Thieme S, Siegmann K.A. 2007. Coping on women’s back: Social capital-vulnerability links through a gender lens Paper presented at the Interantional Conference in International Migration, Multi-Local Livelihoods and Human Security in The Hague, Netherlands. 30-31 August 2007. Institute of Social Sciences (ISS).

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Hamid H. 2007. Transnational migration – Addressing or Importing Risk? Paper presented at the Interantional Conference in International Migration, Multi-Local Livelihoods and Human Security in The Hague, Netherlands. 30-31 August 2007. Institute of Social Sciences (ISS).

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Hamid H, Siegmann K.A. 2007. Migration – Addressing or Importing Risk? SDPI Research and News Bulletin. Vol 14 (1), January-March 2007.

Siegmann K.A., Sadaf T. 2006. Gendered livelihoods, assets and workloads in the NWFP. In: SDPI (eds.). Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, City Press, Islamabad: 25-43.

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Siegmann K.A., Steimann B. 2005 (draft). Vulnerability and resilience in rural North-West Pakistan.

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Steimann B. 2005. Livelihood Strategies in North-West Pakistan. Results from the Sustainable Livelihoods Survey 2004, North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan). NCCR IP6 Working Paper No. 5.

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Suleri A.Q. 2004. Social Dimensions of Globalization? The Case of Pakistan. NCCR-North-South, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Journalists for Democracy and Human Rights Islamabad, Pakistan.

Munir S. 2005. Migration vs. Security of Movement. The News International. May 21, 2005. 78 KB


Development disparities on Natural Resource Management

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Development policies and livelihood realities

Thoma S. 2007. Implementation and impact of the Millennium Development Goals on development policies in Pakistan. Master Thesis at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich. (download executive summary)

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Geiser U. 2006. Civil society need not speak English. D+C, Development and Cooperation, Vol. 33, Nr. 8/9. Frankfurt.
http://www.inwent.org/E+Z/content/archive-eng/08-2006/foc_art3.html

Geiser U. 2006. Zivilgesellschaft ohne Englischkenntnisse. E+Z, Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit, Vol. 33, Nr. 8/9. Frankfurt.
http://www.inwent.org/E+Z/content/archiv-ger/08-2006/schwer_art3.html

Geiser U. 2005. The Urgency of (Not Necessarily) Policy - Oriented Research: The Example of Power Devolution and Natural Ressource Management in North-West Pakistan. In: SDPI (eds.) 2005. Sustainable Development. Bridging the Research/ Policy Gaps in Southern Contexts. Oxford: Oxford University Press Vol.I: Environment, 67-76.

Zaidi A. S. 2005. The Political Economy of Decentralisation in Pakistan. Transversal Theme "Decentralisation and Social Movements" Working Paper No. 1.

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Geiser U. 2003. Civil society, community participation, and the search for sustainable development: Questioning the categories and underlying concepts of a popular discourse. In: SDPI (eds.)(2003): Sustainable Development and Southern Realities- Past and Future in South Asia. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, city press, Islamabad, Pakistan, 197-211.

Geiser U, Müller-Böker U. 2003. Gemeinschaft, Zivilgesellschaft und Staat als sozialer Kontext des Lebensalltags in den Bergen Nepals und Pakistans. In: Jeanneret F. et al. 2003. Welt der Alpen - Gebirge der Welt. Ressourcen, Akteure, Perspektiven, Haupt Verlag, Bern.





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