Acknowledgments
he authors acknowledge financial support from the U.K. Department for International Development and the World Bank. Many organizations and individuals contributed their time to provide input and advice on agriculture policy processes in Nepal. We especially thank the Government of Nepal, including the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the Ministry of Agri- culture and Cooperatives, the Ministry of Finance, and Rastra Bank. Winrock International organized a trip to meet with local farmers and discussed their agricultural interventions in depth. The Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) graciously provided data on Nepal’s conflict. We are grateful for the intel- lectual contributions of Tunga S. Bastola (CBS), Gershon Feder (IFPRI), Pro- fessor Bishwambher Pyakuryal (Tribhuvan University), Sushil Pyakural (INSEC), Shyam S. Ranjitkar (World Bank), Mona Sur (World Bank), and three anony- mous reviewers. We thank Joseph Green for his excellent research assistance and Jose Funes for advice on constructing maps.
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