Shrikrishna Upadhyay

Upadhyay worked with the Agriculture Development Bank for 28 years, leaving in 1990.{{cite news |author=Staff |title=Rural Pockets Need Development Focus |url=http://www.nepalnews.com/contents/2011/englishweekly/spotlight/aug/aug19/focus.php |work=Nepalnews.com |volume=5 |number=5 |date= August 19, 2011 |access-date=2014-08-14 }} From 1991 to 1994, he served as a member of the National planning Commission and was in charge of the Poverty Alleviation Programme.{{cite book |author=Jan Sharma |title=Democracy without roots |year=1998 |publisher=Book Faith India |pages=32 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5JiOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Krishna+Upadhyay%22 |isbn=9788173031113 }}

In 1991, he was the founder of the organization SAPPROS, Support Activities for Poor Producers of Nepal.{{cite web|url=http://www.sappros.org.np/|title=Who we Are |publisher=SAPPROS|access-date=14 August 2014}} His notable books are Pro-Poor Growth and Governance in South Asia–Decentralization and Participatory Development, and Economic Democracy through Pro-Poor Growth.{{cite web|url=http://wealthofthecommons.org/contributor/shrikrishna-upadhyay|publisher=wealthofthecommons.org|title=Wealth of Commons - Shrikrishna Upadhyay|access-date=14 August 2014}}

In 2010, he was recognized for his work in alleviating poverty as a winner of the Right Livelihood Award.{{cite news |author=Malin Rising |title=Rights activists share Alternative Nobel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/30/AR2010093000782.html |work=Washington Post |agency=Associated Press |date=September 30, 2010 |access-date=2014-08-13 }}{{cite web |title=Shrikrishna Upadhyay / SAPPROS (Nepal) |url=http://www.rightlivelihood.org/upadhyay.html |publisher=Right Livelihood Award|access-date=19 February 2011}} Asked if there was a common formula for bringing villages out of poverty, he advocated a "participatory approach and involving people in the planning, design, execution and management of small projects in rural areas [that] will enhance their capacity and increase impact and sustainability."{{cite news |author=Staff |title=Co-winner of the 2010 Rights Livelihood Award, Shrikrishna Upadhyay of SAPPROS talks about Nepal's current development status |url=http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=17535 |work=Nepali Times |number=523 |date=8 Oct 2010 |access-date=2014-08-13 }}

• {{cite book |editor= Ponna Wignaraja |author=Shri Krishna Upadhyay |chapter=Strengthening the Base through Participatory democracy for Transition to Sustainability |title=Economic Democracy through Pro Poor Growth |year=2009 |publisher=SAGE Publications India |pages=109–123 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6vaHAwAAQBAJ&q=Shrikrishna+Upadhyay&pg=PA109 |isbn=9788132101277 }}
• {{cite book |editor= Ponna Wignaraja |author=Sri Krishna Upadhyay |author2=Govinda Koirala |chapter=Women-led Pro-Poor Growth with Supportive Decentralization in Nepal|title=Pro-Poor Growth and Governance in South Asia: Decentralization and Participatory Development |year=2004 |publisher=SAGE |pages=305–337 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tg_5PJYFuW8C&q=%22Srikrishna+Upadhyay%22&pg=RA6-PA305 |isbn=9780761997986 }}
• {{cite report |author= Shree Krishna Upadhyay |author2= S. B. Khadka. |title=The role of agricultural credit in the transformation of the hills: the Nepalese experience |year=1990 |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |url=http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=QZ1996000062}}

• Right Livelihood Award, 2010

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