Relevant literature

Breaking the Mold
An overview of the Women's Empowerment Program in Nepal.

Toward a New Paradigm for Social and Economic Change: The Evolution of Pact's Women's Empowerment Program
Explains the evolution of Pact Nepal's programs from the early genesis of the Women Reading for Development (WORD) Project to the development of its Women's Empowerment Project (WEP).

Turning the Spotlight on Rural Women: Appreciative Planning and Action and Pact's Women's Empowerment Project
Malcolm J. Odell, Jr., Ph.D. discusses the role that Appreciative Planning and Action has played in helping to implement the Women's Empowerment Program in Nepal.

Appreciative Inquiry Commons
http://appreciativeinquiry.cwru.edu/
A worldwide portal devoted to the sharing of academic resources and practical tools on Appreciative Inquiry and the rapidly growing discipline of positive change.

Lessons from the Field: Applying Appreciative Inquiry edited by Sue Annis Hammon and Cathy Royal. Practical Press Inc., 1998.
Describes application of Appreciative Inquiry processes and theory.