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A glossary of constitutional terms / Jill Cottrell & Surya Dhungel. - Stockholm : International IDEA, 2008. - 116 p. Nepal is at a critical juncture and is poised to debate about and draft a new constitution through a constituent assembly and to strengthen the nation's commitment to the rule of law. While debating and constitution making amount to political action, drafting a constitution and its supporting laws are more technical processes, which are no less important. So care must be taken while drafting a new constitution. Constitutions are legal texts and must be written in a style that is objective, clear and precise. To reflect the intentions of the law makers, drafters of constitutions and other laws must understand the full meaning of legal terms and the implications that the words used will have and then use the clearest words and formulations consistently. As legal texts are reference documents and normative guides, the words and formulations used in legal texts must be chosen with care, knowing that they will be subject to review and interpretation over time. Today the drafting of a constitution and supporting laws calls for a special style of writing that can be understood by ordinary people and not only by select groups of judges and lawyers. Many legal terms, initially developed through Latin-based languages, literally get lost or mangled in translations, or are defi ned by varied users in differing contexts, creating ambiguity and confusion. International IDEA seeks to support the constitutional process in Nepal through the development of this glossary of constitutional and legal terms. The purposes of this glossary are threefold: to establish Nepali equivalents of English constitutional terms, to standardize Nepali terminologies and to contribute to the development of plain language drafting of legal and constitutional texts at this critical juncture. This glossary is the product of the wonderful teamwork undertaken by Nepali translators and constitutional experts. A number of constitution-related words have emerged during the last couple of years in the Nepali political discourse. The team debated and deliberated on these words, their proper application and recorded them in this glossary with a view to standardizing them and ensuring consistency of practice and understanding. Besides the glossary, another important consequence of this exercise in translation was the creation of a network of translators working on the same topics and themes.
http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/rarebooks/downloads/IDEA_Glossary_Con...
Keywords: Dictionaries, General references, Nepal, Nepali, Nordic Perspective, Politics and society, Publications, South Asia, Sweden,

Self-description: "The Aceh Research Training Institute (ARTI) was established [in Mar 2007 - ed.] in response to the devastation caused to institutions training young Acehnese by the tsunami of 26 December 2004. The project is a three-year commitment between Indonesian and Australian universities as part of the AusAID Aceh Rehabilitation Program (ARP). [...] One of the objectives of the Aceh Research Training Institute is to train individual researchers to undertake high-quality relevant research. The expanded research training is three-tiered and brings together academics from throughout Australia and Indonesia to work in partnership with academics in Aceh." Site contents: * About Us (Project Background, Project Governance, Project Team); * Activities (Research Capacity Building, Partnerships) * Kegiatan (Pelatihan Penelitian, Kemitraan); * Contact Us (Melbourne, Banda Aceh); * Useful Links (incl. Asia Institute, Universitas Syiah Kuala (Unsyiah), Aceh Institute, Asia Research Institute, Aceh.Net, USINDO, Universitas Malikussaleh (UniMal)).
http://www.arti.unimelb.edu.au/
Keywords: Aceh, General references, Indonesia, Research, Southeast Asia,

The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research organisation headquartered in Kabul. AREU's mission is to conduct high-quality research that informs and influences policy and practice. AREU also actively promotes a culture of research and learning by strengthening analytical capacity in Afghanistan and facilitating reflection and debate. Fundamental to AREU’s vision is that its work should improve Afghan lives. AREU was established in 2002 by the assistance community working in Afghanistan and has a board of directors with representation from donors, UN and other multilateral agencies, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Current funding for AREU is provided by the European Commission (EC), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Bank, and the governments of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. AREU's predecessor, the Strategic Monitoring Unit (SMU), was first envisaged as part of the UN's 1998 Strategic Framework for Afghanistan. It was thought that the development of an independent, analytical unit could provide the capacity to "help the assistance community measure progress against strategic objectives" and to document "how principles are being applied on the ground." There was broad support from the assistance community for the creation of such a unit and in 2000, the SMU was established with a board of directors of equal UN, NGO and donor representation. The dramatic developments of 2001 and their impact on the nature of assistance work in Afghanistan led to a decision by the Afghanistan Programming Body (APB) in February 2002 to refocus SMU's work towards research and evaluation. The unit's name, mission and activities were changed to reflect this shift. Today, AREU has evolved from a small research unit to a mid-sized organisation by expanding its research programmes, core activities, and staff levels.
http://www.areu.org.af/
Keywords: Afghanistan, Development, Development. Poverty, General references, Research, Social conditions, South Asia,

Self-description: "In the age of globalisation, Asia and Africa are experiencing dramatic economic development alongside frequent wars and armed conflict. At the Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, we aim to carry out interdisciplinary research in the area of conflict resolution as a key to comprehensively understanding, and practically solving, conflict situations. [...] Our four research teams carry out research into the following areas; 1) conflict resolution: nations & international relations, 2) environments & resources, 3) culture & networks, and 4) poverty & development." SIte contents: * About the Afrasian Centre; * Research Activities (#The Afrasian Centre, # Research Group 1 - An Agent or a Barrier? The Role of the Nation in Conflict Resolution, # Research Group 2 - International Political Economy and Conflict Resolution: Conflicts over resources and energy, U.S foreign policy towards Middle East and the relationship with oil, Dimensions of conflicts over resources and prospect of regime formation as a means to resolve existing disputes and frictions, Regional and international disputes over Iran's nuclear development policy, WTO negotiations on agricultural production in Asia, Global warming and its impact on Asia and Africa, Problems surrounding Asian migrant workers in the Middle East, The prospect of regional cooperation on energy in Asia. # Research Group 3 - Is Culture the Answer? The Role of Networks and Culture in Conflict Resolution, # Research Group 4 - Poverty and Regional Development in the Process of Conflict Resolution);
http://www.afrasia.ryukoku.ac.jp/eng/info/index.html
Keywords: Conflicts. Terrorism, East Asia, General references, Japan, Peace-building, Research,

Anianet is a professional network that connects Chinese scholars to their counterparts in America and Europe. The website is mainly in English but with explanations in Chinese. It offers a number of resources for Chinese scholars: a jobs page and professional tips on topics such as getting published, writing grants, creating effective oral and poster presentations, and organizing a professional meeting
http://www.anianet.com
Keywords: China, East Asia, General references, Research,

This site consists of a searchable collection of specialist bibliographies compiled by the editors of AnthroGlobe electronic journal. The AnthroGlobe Bibliographies are hosted by Coombsweb: The Asian StudiesServer, a scholarly information system of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. The bibliographies are listed by country or geographic area, such as Brasil, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, etc. and also by specialist topic, like Charmstones, Foraging Peoples, Fishing Activities and Fieldwork, research methods and ethnography in sociocultural anthropology. There is also a links section with links to other anthropological bibliographic sites and short descriptions of what these sites offer.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Biblio/biblio_index.html
Keywords: Bibliographies, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, General references, Melanesia, Oceania, Polynesia, Southeast Asia,

'This paper summarizes the methodological strategies and choices employed in an ongoing research project in Indonesia. The project seeks to (a) understand the trajectories that local level conflicts take, and the factors that lead to resolution, stalemate, or escalation; (b) examine the impact of the Kecamatan Development Project (KDP), a massive World Bank-financed community-driven development project, on the ability of communities to manage conflict; and on that basis (c) make recommendations to those designing and implementing related community-driven development and conflict mediation projects in Indonesia (and, where relevant, elsewhere). Because the aim of the KDP and Community Conflict Negotiation Study is to uncover program impacts, it grapples with the difficult empirical task of generating evidence to support causal inference. Beyond measuring any changes in conflict management capacity, the evaluation seeks to directly attribute those changes to their causal sources, disentangling direct and indirect KDP program effects from other forces.' By Patrick Barron, World Bank Rachael Diprose, University of Oxford Claire Q. Smith, London School of Economics Katherine Whiteside, Brown University Michael Woolcock, University of Manchester
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/01/2...
Keywords: Conflict resolution, Conflicts. Terrorism, General references, Indonesia, Research, Research methods, Southeast Asia,

Recognising the lack of adequate data on trafficking, IOM launched a pilot research project to identify “best practice” in data collection on trafficking, and to prepare a situation report by government agencies in four ASEAN member countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand). This extensive report presents the findings of that research. The report looks at the data presently available from government sources in the four countries studied and highlights some of the issues that need to be addressed in order to improve data on trafficking over time. The report discusses lessons learned from the country studies, including common challenges facing each of the four countries. Key recommendations include: * countries need to use the definition of trafficking in the UN Trafficking Protocol as the regional standard for collecting data on trafficking * countries need to establish a mechanism for the collection of qualitative and quantitative data to prevent trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and to prevent victims of trafficking from re-victimisation * coordination and cooperation on data collection needs to be improved at the regional level by establishing a “focal point on trafficking data collection” within each country * templates for data collection need to be developed
http://www.iom.int/jahia/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/shared/mainsite/publishe...
Keywords: Cambodia, Crime, General references, Human trafficking, Indonesia, Law and legislation, Philippines, Research, Research methods, Southeast Asia, Thailand,

Asian Affairs is produced and published by by Larkincil International Ltd, a private consulting company based in Hong Kong providing policy makers, transnational group executives and major think-tanks with a strategic perspective of Asian affairs through specific research studies and confidential reports. asian affairs is dedicated to regular studies and analysis of Asia, South, Southeast and East Asia, particularly in the field of international relations, economics and financial affairs.The purpose of Asian Affairs is to strengthen communication and understanding and to offer a platform of exchange of information between Asia and Europe in the field of regulations, policies and economic trends and business cooperation.
http://www.asian-affairs.com/Frametop/think-tank.html
Keywords: Bangladesh, Central Asia, China, East Asia, General references, In Focus, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 08, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, North Korea, Philippines, Research, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam,

AAI, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany. Self-description: "The focus in research at the Asien-Afrika-Institut is about the geographic area from the West of Africa to Indonesia. The focuses are the history and nowadays language, culture, society and economy. The Asien-Afrika-Institut is host for quite a number of research projects. [...] Departments of the Asien-Afrika-Institut: Sprache und Kultur Japans, Sprache und Kultur Chinas, Arbeitsbereich fuer Koreanistik, Sprachen und Kulturen Suedostasiens, Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, Geschichte und Kultur des Vorderen Orients, Afrikanistik und Aethiopistik."
http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
Keywords: Culture, EU and Asia, Economic issues, General references, Research,