Savings and credit associations and remittances: the case of Far West Nepalese labour migrants in Delhi, India

Susan. Thieme

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Based on data drawn from three months of field research mainly in Delhi in 2002, and household surveys in Far West Nepal between 1999-2001. Explores the issues related to migration between the two areas, migrants' participation in financial self-help associations, and the impact that these systems have on remittance patterns.

Keywords: remittance; savings and credit club; migration; migrant workers.; ILO Convention; statistical table; envoi de fonds; groupement d'épargne et de crédit; migration; travailleur migrant; convention de l'OIT; tableau statistique; remesa de dinero; grupo de ahorro y crédito; migración; trabajador migrante; Convenio de la OIT; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2003
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Published in Working paper series, Social Finance Programme.

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