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Migration and development
Year of Publication: 2016
A quick scan of recent interventions suggests that most of the attempts to maximise the benefits of migration are limited to improving the skills of migrant workers, providing trainings to migrant returnees, ...
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Counting heads
Year of Publication: 2016
Despite the long history of Nepali migration to India definite numbers are difficult to come by.
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Not just a ticket
Year of Publication: 2015
Without imparting skills to migrant workers, the free visa policy will only generate unproductive remittances.
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Educated and unemployed
Year of Publication: 2015
More women are pursuing education degrees, but it will be difficult to gainfully engage them in work.
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A numbers game
Year of Publication: 2014
The sex ratio in the 2011 census is significantly biased as it does not include Nepalis working abroad.
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Sex and the citizen
Year of Publication: 2014
Given the long history of migration from Nepal, there is nothing new about stories of wayward wives.
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Not-so-beautiful game
Year of Publication: 2014
It is in Nepal’s national interest that Qatar retains the rights to the 2022 World Cup.
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From Katari to Qatar
Year of Publication: 2014
Beset by political troubles, the Nepali state, both directly and indirectly, has forced its citizens to migrate.
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Across the border
Year of Publication: 2014
India is a relatively safer destination for Nepalis in comparison to countries in the Gulf and Malaysia.
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In an inhospitable land
Year of Publication: 2014
The government seems hardly concerned about a population that has helped keep the economy afloat.
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Situational bigotry
Year of Publication: 2014
In the harsh conditions of the Gulf and Malaysia, discriminatory mindsets are sidelined by occupational hazards.
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