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Migrant Workers' Recruitment in Nepal: A Schism Between Law and Reality
The brief discusses the recruitment process undertaken by Nepali migrant workers and analyses the effectiveness of various laws, policies and restrictions enforced by the government of Nepal.
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Unscrupulous Recruitment and Precarious Employment of Nepali Migrant Workers
Year of Publication: 2023
Published by: CESLAM
Through analysis of 15,340 cases of 22,148 of individual migrant workers registered at Pravasi Nepali Coordination Committee (PNCC) during the period between 2014 and 2022, this study identifies the situation of the ...
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Migration and Its Two-Way Relationship with Rural Change: Lessons from China, Ethiopia, Moldova, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco and Thailand
Year of Publication: 2023
The AGRUMIG project was a comparative analysis of experiences from Europe, Asia and Africa, and explored the impact of migration on the trajectory of agricultural change in rural areas.
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Women Migrant Workers from Nepal: Key Statistics
Year of Publication: 2023
This paper presents some of the key statistics relating to Nepali women’s migration for foreign jobs. The findings are based on an analysis of publicly available migration-related data and raw datasets provided ...
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Outmigration and Labor Mobility Issues and Policies in Nepal
Year of Publication: 2023
Published by: CESLAM
This policy brief assesses the implications of recent migration trends in Nepal using data from the studies conducted in Bhojpur and Dhanusha districts under the AGRUMIG research project.
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Migration Governance and Agricultural and Rural Change: Findings from a Consultation Workshop in Madhesh Province of Nepal
Year of Publication: 2023
Published by: CESLAM
This paper presents key points raised and discussed at a workshop organised in Janakpur, the capital of Madhesh Province of Nepal, in July 2022, on agricultural and rural changes in the context ...
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Migrant Workers’ Savings, Remittance Transfers and Remittance Use in Nepal
Year of Publication: 2023
Published by: CESLAM
Using data from a sub-national survey of 1225 households in Koshi Province, this brief discusses Nepali migrant workers’ earnings from overseas employment and households’ remittance-spending behaviour.
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Recruitment Cost, Fraud and Redressal in Foreign Labour Migration from Nepal
Year of Publication: 2023
Published by: CESLAM
Using data from a sub-national survey of 1225 households, this paper discusses the recruitment cost for foreign labour migration and the various kinds of fraud experienced by Nepali workers in the process ...
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जनगणना, ‘अनुपस्थित’ जनसंख्या र नजन्माइएका छोरीहरू
नेपालमा महिला र पुरुषमध्ये कसको संख्या बढी छ ? सर्वसाधारणदेखि कतिपय जनसंख्या अध्येतासम्मले सजिलै दिने उत्तर हो— महिलाको । हुन पनि झट्ट हेर्दा नेपालको जनसंख्याको संरचना महिलाअनुकूल नै भएजस्तो देखिन्छ । राष्ट्रिय तथ्यांक कार्यालयले केही ...
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Migration governance and agrarian and rural development: Comparative lessons from China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand
This policy brief draws together key comparative lessons on different types of migration governance interventions in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand and examine how they support positive feedback loops ...
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Returnee Migrant Workers in Nepal: Status of Employment, Skills and Access to Government Programmes
Year of Publication: 2023
Published by: CESLAM
The brief draws from the findings of a sub-national survey conducted in March and April 2021 for a larger study on the status of migration in Koshi Province.
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फ्री भिसा फ्री टिकट नीतिले पार्ने फरक
यो नीति परिमार्जनका पक्ष–विपक्षमा विभिन्न सार्वजनिक फोरममा बहसहरू हुँदै आएका भए पनि तिनले उक्त नीति कायमै रहँदा वा नरहँदा के फरक पर्ला भनेर स्पष्ट पार्न सकेका छैनन् । यो लेखले उक्त नीतिको प्रभावकारिताको ...
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Making sense of diversity in agrarian and rural change outcomes of labor out-migration through comparative analysis: First lessons from China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand
The paper discusses the preliminary findings of a qualitative comparative analysis of 19 rural regions in seven countries (China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand), pursued under the AGRUMIG research project, ...
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फ्री भिसा, फ्री टिकट : विरोधाभासपूर्ण नीति
म, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षामन्त्रीले श्रमिकहरूले इजाजतपत्रवाला संस्थाहरू (म्यानपावर) लाई भर्ना सेवाशुल्कका रूपमा दिनुपर्ने १० हजार रुपैयाँलाई समयसापेक्ष बनाउने म्यान्डेटसहित नीति पुनरवलोकन गरी सरकारलाई सुझाव दिन कार्यदल गठन गरेसँगै सन् २०१५ देखि ...
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‘Only a Few Can Afford to Go to Korea’: The Costs of Nepali Migration to South Korea
Year of Publication: 2023
Published by: CESLAM
Although South Korea has emerged as a preferred work destination for Nepali migrants in recent years, there is a clear dearth of studies on the issues of Nepali workers’ migration to South ...
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COVID-19 through the Lens of Seasonal Agriculture in South Asia
75% of the world's poor reside in rural areas where the local economy is tied to agriculture. We interpret new panel data on COVID-19 from Nepal and Bangladesh in relation to agricultural ...
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COVID-19 and Mental Health in 8 Low- And Middle-Income Countries: A Prospective Cohort Study
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated mitigation policies created a global economic and health crisis of unprecedented depth and scale, raising the estimated prevalence of depression by more than a ...
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