Remitting Behaviour of Nepalese Rural-to-Urban Migrants: Implications for Theory and Policy

G. Regmi and Clement Tisdell

Journal of Development Studies, 2002, vol. 38, issue 3, 76-94

Abstract: This article uses data for Nepal to test contemporary hypotheses about the remitting behaviour and associated motives of rural-to-urban migrants and to consider the likely impact of such remittances on rural development. Possibilities for inheritance, degree of family attachment, likelihood of eventual return to place of origin and family investment in the education of the migrants are found to be significant influences on levels of remittances by Nepalese migrants. However, in Nepal, remittances do not seem to result in long-term capital investment in rural areas and so may not promote long-term development of these areas.

Keywords: Asia; education; Nepal; migration; remittances; rural development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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