Research Projects

Institutional Assessment of Digitization of Civil Registration and Social Security Allowance

The ‘Institutional Assessment of Digitization of Civil Registration and Social Security Allowance’ was a project commissioned by the World Bank between October 2023 - June 2024. The assessment involved a…

Political Context Analysis

DRCN has been conducting research on the implementation of federalism and functioning of subnational governments under its Political Context Analysis project since July 2023. Under this project, DRCN has been…

Observation of Post-Constitution Politics and Governance in Nepal

DRCN has been conducting a nationwide observation of the implementation of federalism, and subnational governance since January 2018. This project includes reports on the function of local and provincial governments,…

Election Observation

DRCN works to provide a critical, independent, and high-quality assessment of the elections, as well as recommendations for improving the electoral process as a part of its broader goal to…

Reconstruction and Disaster Management

In early 2019, the Nepal Reconstruction Authority (NRA) handed over several reconstruction-related responsibilities to local governments in areas affected by the 2015 earthquake. Under the new federal structure, local governments…

Political Violence Monitoring

Democracy Resource Center Nepal (DRCN), Collective Campaign for Peace (CoCAP), and Nepal Monitor are tracking elections-related incidents of political violence through DRCN’s qualitative research and analysis of quantitative data collected…

Independent Impacts and Recovery Monitoring Nepal (IRM)

On 25 April 2015, a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal. Thousands were killed, tens of thousands were injured, and hundreds of thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed. A second…

Political Transition and Constitution Implementation

Nepal entered a new phase in its democratic transition after the promulgation of the new constitution in September 2015. The constitution established Nepal as a secular, federal, democratic republic and…