The Women Development Programme (WDP) was introduced into various villages of Nepal in 1981 under the Small Farmer Development Programme (SFDP). In the fifth year of its implementation, the donor agencies evaluated the impact of this project. The author was engaged in this evaluation project to write case studies based on field observation through the Centre for Women and Development (CWD) in 1986. The author studied four different villages, including the pre-test at Buddhanlikantha Village Panchayat in Kathmandu.
