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‘Only a Few Can Afford to Go to Korea’: The Costs of Nepali Migration to South Korea

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 Korea. This paper looks at South Korea-bound migrant workers’ socio-economic characteristics...

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 seasonality. Conditions in April–June 2020 were comparable to a typical lean season even ...

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 quarter in high-income countries. Low- and middle-income coun...

Assessment of Outreach and Engagement with Prospective Migrants by the Agencies Recruiting Labourers for Foreign Employment

This study was conducted to identify the gaps in policies and practices of labour recruitment in Nepal and assess the outreach and engagement of major formal labour intermediaries, private recruitment agencies (PRAs) and pre-departure orientation training (PDOT) centres, with migrant ...

A Media Analysis of Changes in International Human Trafficking Routes from Nepal

This study examined the media portrayal of different actors involved in human trafficking from Nepal to understand the reported changes in international routes of human trafficking from Nepal after 2015. The findings of the study are based on content analysis of 480 news articles publ...

Labor Shortage and Changes in Land Use Patterns: Experiences from Migrant Communities in Ethiopia and Nepal

This brief explores how households and communities cope with labor shortages resulting from out-migration and whether labor shortages lead to any changes in land use patterns. We answer these questions by using qualitative and survey data collected under the AGRUMIG research project i...

वैदेशिक रोजगारीका लागि कामदार भर्ती गर्ने संस्थाहरूको सम्भावित आप्रवासी कामदारहरुसँग हुने भेटघाट तथा संलग्नताको मूल्याङ्कन

यो अध्ययन नेपालमा श्रमिक भर्तीसम्बन्धी नीति र अभ्यासका बिचमा रहेको असमानताहरूलाई पहिचान गर्न र निजी भर्ती...

नेपालबाट अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मुलुकहरूमा हुने मानव बेचबिखनका मार्गहरूको परिवर्तनका बारेमा समाचारहरुको विश्लेषण

यस अध्ययनमा सन् २०१५ पछि नेपालबाट अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मुलुकहरूमा हुने मानव बेचबिखनका मार्गहरूमा भएका परिवर्�...

Does Pre-departure Orientation Protect Labor Migrants? Examining Pre-departure Interventions in Nepal

This policy brief examines the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-departure orientation programs implemented in Nepal, which are aimed at improving migrant workers’ experience and making international labor migration safer....

Return, Wage Theft and Access to Justice of Nepali Migrant Workers during COVID-19

Migrant workers all over the world have faced severe economic and social impacts as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nepalis who have migrated to various countries of destination are also among those hit hardest by the pandemic. The plight of migrant workers has been exacerbated fur...

Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant Bhariyas In Darjeeling Town

his paper looks at the socio-economic impact of the pandemic on Nepali migrants working as porters in and around the Himalayan town of Darjeeling. It seeks to understand their coping mechanisms during the time of the pandemic and thereafter. It also aims to understand the pattern of t...

Nepal Labour Migration Report 2022

The Nepal Labour Migration Report 2022 summarises the major trends and activities in labour migration governance in the country. For analytical purposes, it focuses on quantitative database retrieved from the Foreign Employment Information Management System (FEIMS) maintained from 201...

Province 1 of Nepal: Migration Profile

The report provides baseline information on migration in Province 1 of Nepal by capturing most forms of migration within, from and into the province. It also provides data on returnee migrants’ skills, employment sectors of their interest and status of labour market reintegrati...

Labour Migration: Nepal in Regional and Global Processes

This paper discusses eight regional and international processes and frameworks related to labour and migration that Nepal is part of, namely: • Abu Dhabi Dialogue• Colombo Process• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation• Bali Process (on People Smuggling, Trafficking...

Impact of COVID-19 on Nepali Migrant Workers: A Case Study of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Malaysia

Migrant workers, including Nepali labour migrants, have been among the most affected by the health and economic impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Obstacles in accessing justice, a long-standing problem for migrant workers, has been further exacerbated by the pandemic. This study...

Migration and COVID-19 in context: Labor migration and the agriculture sector in Nepal

The seven countries of the AGRUMIG project – China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand – are all severely affected by the rupture in migration patterns. The impacts are a complex of factors related to movement into, within and from countries. Some countries...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

‘Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Nepal on Recruitment of Health Care Professionals’. The agreement was signed on 22nd August 2022....

Seasonal Poverty and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Poor populations in low-income countries are likely to suffer the worst of the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis. 75% of the world’s poor reside in rural agrarian areas where livelihoods fluctuate with the seasonal crop cycle. We investigate how seasonality mediates economic...

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