The New Lahures: Foreign Employment and Remittance Economy of Nepal |
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Remittances and Rural Livelihoods | 1 |
The Remittance Economy of Nepal | 29 |
Migrant Workers Abroad | 45 |
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access to employment accounted Adhikari agriculture average billion Brahmin cent central Chettri contribution countries dalit David Seddon DFID earnings East and South economy of Nepal elsewhere in Nepal emigration employed employment abroad estimated ethnic groups farm food security foreign employment foreign labour migration Germey Gulf Gurung hill regions importance increase India Indian army involved in foreign Kaski District Kathmandu Post Lahchok land Living Standards Survey Magars mainly majority manpower agencies migration and remittances Mumbai Nawalparasi District Nepal Rastra Bank Nepalese Nepali migrant workers Nepali workers NLSS non-farm income numbers of Nepalis official figures overseas particularly Pokhara population proportion Punjab Raghunathpur received remittances recruitment relatively remittance economy remittances from abroad remittances sent back rural areas rural economy rural livelihoods seasonal migration significant social South East Asia study conducted terai transfers urban value of remittances village wage labour western hills women workers abroad