New figures for old stories: Migration and remittances in Nepal

Michael Kollmair (), Siddhi Manandhar (), Bhim Subedi () and Susan Thieme ()
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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

Migration Letters, 2006, vol. 3, issue 2, 151-160

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.

Keywords: Nepal; labour migration; remittances (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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