Books and Reports

The Nepal Labour Migration Report 2024 provides an overview of Nepali workers’ participation in foreign employment with a focus on the fiscal years 2022/23 and 2023/24. The report provides an update on recent developments in migration governance in Nepal, discusses trends in labour ...

The Safer Migration (SaMi) Programme (previously SaMi Project) was launched in 2011 as a collaborative effort between the governments of Nepal and Switzerland to prioritise the rights and welfare of Nepali migrants and their families. Currently in its third phase (16 September 2018 �...

In the context of the high significance of remittances to the national economy, Status of Remittances in Nepal examines the trends and scale of remittance inflows into the country—from decades past to the present day. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the volume of remitt...

This paper aims to fill this gap, examining the interplay between pre-migration and post-return contextual factors, migration conditions abroad and circumstances of return to study how they impact the reintegration process of returnee women migrant workers (RWMWs) into Nepal’s labou...

Despite the economic benefits of labour migration, migrant workers often encounter significant challenges pre-migration, in destination country and after returning home undermining their wellbeing and rights. Among the various challenges migrant workers face, imprisonment, their acces...

This study, as part of the Korea Returnee Migrant Project, K-HaMi (Korea Happy Migration, 2022-2028) project, was conducted to better understand the expectations and needs of Nepali migrant workers returning from South Korea, with a focus on the challenges they face in reintegration. ...

The annotated bibliography incorporates 216 journal articles, research reports, books, dissertations on child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in Nepal. It also includes all the policies and legal frameworks on child labour, forced labour and trafficking in Nepal, along wit...

The issue of reintegration carries utmost importance for Nepal due to the temporariness of labour migration from the country. The popular destination countries such as the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Malaysia have restrictive policies for integration into host societies, re...

State of Migration in Nepal uses publicly accessible information to provide an overview of the current state of different forms of migration in Nepal. Drawing mainly upon national-level surveys and censuses conducted over the last decade and more, it seeks to examine patterns of migr...

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 process of recruitment of Nepali migrant workers, decent work in the ...

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 by government institutions, including the National Population and Housin...

This working paper provides an overview of quantitative surveys on migration in Nepal, including various national censuses, with a specific focus on their methodologies. It aims to document the evolution and key characteristic of migration surveys, and proposes to answer the following...

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...

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 ...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...