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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 ...

नेपालबाट अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मुलुकहरूमा हुने मानव बेचबिखनका मार्गहरूको परिवर्तनका बारेमा समाचारहरुको विश्लेषण

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.

Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant Bhariyas In Darjeeling Town

This 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 ...

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, ...

Labour Migration: Nepal in Regional and Global Processes

Labour Migration: Nepal in Regional and Global Processes

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 ...

Rapid Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Private Recruitment Agencies in Nepal

A number of policy decisions relating to the private recruitment agencies (PRAs) have been made in Nepal, and there have been some news reports of these decisions benefiting the agencies. However, there ...

Nepali Migration to Japan and Korea: Converging Ends, Diverging Paths, and Contrasting Effects

Japan and South Korea hold the same goal of preventing unskilled foreigners from settling down while implementing different immigration policies. This paper documents the migration experiences of Nepali workers in the two ...

COVID-19 and Nepali Labour Migrants: Impacts and Responses

The pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has had enormous repercussions as a global health and safety risk and it has also reshaped the socio-economic and political landscapes. The highly infectious ...

Advancing Workers’ Rights under SDGs: Policy and Situational Analysis of Decent Work in Nepal

This study seeks to review and analyse Nepal’s legal and policy provisions as they relate to the country’s commitment to and recent progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8, particularly the ...

Returning Home: Challenges and Opportunities for Women Migrant Workers in The Nepali Labour Market

This report on returnee women migrant workers (RWMWs) draws from insights shared by 1,210 women to understand the influences, conditions, and challenges that characterize women’s migration from and reintegration to Nepal. This ...

Pathways to prevent labour exploitation in Nepal: Do pre-migration interventions work?

The South Asia Work in Freedom Transnational Evaluation (SWiFT) is a five-year programme of research and evaluation funded by the UK Department of International Development (DFID/UKAID). SWiFT assesses and informs the International ...

Governing Labour Migration in Nepal: An Analysis of Existing Policies and Institutional Mechanisms

Governing Labour Migration in Nepal looks at the legal and policy framework that regulates migrant labour originating in Nepal. It examines the country’s laws related to foreign employment, bilateral agreements signed with ...

Making Migration Free: An analysis of Nepal’s ‘free-visa, free-ticket’ scheme

This chapter seeks to understand and elucidate on the underlying aspects of the ‘zero-cost migration policy’ of Nepal, more precisely the ‘free-visa, free-ticket’ scheme, and its implications on the foreign employment sector, ...

Migration of Health Workers from Nepal

This report provides an overview of the current situation relating to the stock and outflow of Nepali health care workers to third countries. Presenting the findings of a survey with undergraduate medical ...

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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 ...

Migrant workers all over the world have faced severe economic and social impacts as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This 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 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, ...

Labour Migration: Nepal in Regional and Global Processes

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 ...

A number of policy decisions relating to the private recruitment agencies (PRAs) have been made in Nepal, and there have been some news reports of these decisions benefiting the agencies. However, there ...

Japan and South Korea hold the same goal of preventing unskilled foreigners from settling down while implementing different immigration policies. This paper documents the migration experiences of Nepali workers in the two ...

The pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has had enormous repercussions as a global health and safety risk and it has also reshaped the socio-economic and political landscapes. The highly infectious ...

This study seeks to review and analyse Nepal’s legal and policy provisions as they relate to the country’s commitment to and recent progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8, particularly the ...

This report on returnee women migrant workers (RWMWs) draws from insights shared by 1,210 women to understand the influences, conditions, and challenges that characterize women’s migration from and reintegration to Nepal. This ...

The South Asia Work in Freedom Transnational Evaluation (SWiFT) is a five-year programme of research and evaluation funded by the UK Department of International Development (DFID/UKAID). SWiFT assesses and informs the International ...

Governing Labour Migration in Nepal looks at the legal and policy framework that regulates migrant labour originating in Nepal. It examines the country’s laws related to foreign employment, bilateral agreements signed with ...

This chapter seeks to understand and elucidate on the underlying aspects of the ‘zero-cost migration policy’ of Nepal, more precisely the ‘free-visa, free-ticket’ scheme, and its implications on the foreign employment sector, ...

This report provides an overview of the current situation relating to the stock and outflow of Nepali health care workers to third countries. Presenting the findings of a survey with undergraduate medical ...

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