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New figures for old stories: Migration and remittances in Nepal

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  • Michael KOLLMAIR

    (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal)

  • Siddhi MANANDHAR

    (NCCR North-South South Asia Coordination Office, Kathmandu, Nepal)

  • Bhim SUBEDI

    (Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal)

  • Susan THIEME

    (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Abstract

Labour migration and remittances are major economic main-stays for Nepal’s economy. However, there is still insuffi-cient documentation on scale and significance of this proc-ess. Estimations of migration figures suggest that real num-bers are several times higher than official statistics show. Therefore this article contributes to the emerging debate of the last years comparing latest national statistics with own empirical data. The paper concludes that the total numbers of migrants calculated by the authors closely corresponds with official statistics, while amount of remittances seems to be higher indeed, highlighting once more that labour migra-tion and remittances are an important mainstay of Nepal’s economy.

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  • Michael KOLLMAIR & Siddhi MANANDHAR & Bhim SUBEDI & Susan THIEME, 2006. "New figures for old stories: Migration and remittances in Nepal," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 3(2), pages 151-160, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:3:y:2006:i:2:p:151-160
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    1. Arland Thornton & Prem Bhandari & Jeffrey Swindle & Nathalie Williams & Linda Young-DeMarco & Cathy Sun & Christina Hughes, 2020. "Fatalistic Beliefs and Migration Behaviors: A Study of Ideational Demography in Nepal," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 39(4), pages 643-670, August.
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    3. Stéphanie Jaquet & Thomas Kohler & Gudrun Schwilch, 2019. "Labour Migration in the Middle Hills of Nepal: Consequences on Land Management Strategies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-19, March.
    4. Suresh Chaudhary & Yukuan Wang & Amod Mani Dixit & Narendra Raj Khanal & Pei Xu & Bin Fu & Kun Yan & Qin Liu & Yafeng Lu & Ming Li, 2020. "A Synopsis of Farmland Abandonment and Its Driving Factors in Nepal," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-22, March.
    5. Ibrahim Sirkeci & Jeffrey H. Cohen & Dilip Ratha, 2012. "Migration and Remittances during the Global Financial Crisis and Beyond," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 13092.
    6. Arland Thornton & Nathalie E. Williams & Prem Bhandari & Linda Young-DeMarco & Cathy Sun & Jeffrey Swindle & Christina Hughes & Yu Xie, 2019. "Influences of Material Aspirations on Migration," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 56(1), pages 75-102, February.
    7. Jessica Pearlman & Lisa D. Pearce & Dirgha J. Ghimire & Prem Bhandari & Taylor Hargrove, 2017. "Postmarital Living Arrangements in Historically Patrilocal Settings: Integrating Household Fission and Migration Perspectives," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 54(4), pages 1425-1449, August.
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