Remittance
economy : Our economy can collapse anytime soon
unless the govt comes up with plans for robust
industrial growth (ht 19/09/2023)
Remittances
surge by 25.8% in first month of FY 2080/081
(kh 17/09/2023), Country
receives Rs 116 billion plus remittance in first
month of current fiscal year (kh 18/09/2023)
Esewa
Money Transfer, Enjaz Payment Services sign pact
to facilitate remittance services : Nepalis
living and working in Saudi Arabia can now send
remittances to Nepal through any of the 150
Enjaz Payment branches or using Enjaz App POS,
kiosks and web channels (kp 22/08/2023)
Monthly
remittances eclipse 100 billion rupees, annual
surge tops 1.2 trillion rupees! (kh
18/08/2023), Remittance
inflow increased by 21.2 per cent (rn
18/08/2023)
Remittance
inflows pose Dutch Disease risk in Nepalese
economy, by Suraj Ghimire (kp 16/08/2023)
Nepalis
working abroad keep home fires burning :
Remittance inflows totalled a staggering Rs1.11
trillion in the first 11 months of the fiscal
year ended mid-June, the central bank says,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/07/2023)
Remittance
inflows up by 22.7 percent in current fiscal (kh
10/07/2023), Highest
inflow of remittance: Over Rs 1.1 trillion received in
11 months (rep 10/07/2023)
Remittance
use in productive sector: Challenges and opportunities,
by Sandip Poudel (ht 26/06/2023)
The
Formality of Informal Remittance Channels, by Aslesh
Shrestha and Anuj Tiwari (rep 16/06/2023)
Average
monthly inflow of remittances stands at one billion
(rep 09/06/2023)
Digital
remittance in today’s changing world, by Aashish
Dahal (ae 22/05/2023)
Monthly
remittance inflow hits all-time high in Chaitra (ae
11/05/2023)
Remittance
increases by 24.2 percent in 9 months (kh
10/05/2023)
Escaping
the remittance trap : Nepal is facing a vicious cycle of
rising costs, migration and falling farm output, by
Gopi K Khanal (kp 10/05/2023)
More
Nepalis in South Korea are sending remittances through
formal channels : Remittance firms are overwhelmed by
foreigners wanting to send money home on Saturdays and
Sundays, by Prithgvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/05/2023)
Hamro
Pay and Hamro Remit Integrate for Faster Remittance
Service (kh 17/04/2023)
Remittance
inflows increase 25.3 percent in eight months (kh
11/04/2023)
Surge
in labor approvals and remittance inflow (ae
20/03/2023)
Outward
Remittance: Foreigners working in Nepal sent Rs
4.01bn back home in this fiscal (ae
17/03/2023)
Remittance
inflow increases 27.1 percent in six months
(nlt 12/03/2023), Nepal’s
remittance earnings continue to grow, reaching
Rs689.88 billion : 482,475 Nepalis left for
foreign jobs in the first seven months of the
current fiscal year (kp 13/03/2023)
Remittance
inflows jump 24 percent to Rs585.08 billion :
The central bank said that the country’s economy
has been in the recovery phase (kp
07/02/2023), Remittance
inflow rises 24.3 per cent in H1 (ht
07/02/2023)
Utilising
Remittances For Development, by Shyam Prasad
Mainali (rn 04/02/2023)
Remittance
inflows hit Rs480.50 billion in first five months :
Official statistics show that 347,340 new and re-entry
labour permits were issued in the first five months of
the current fiscal year ended mid-December 2022 (kp
14/01/2023)
Formalising
Remittance Is Not Easy, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
03/01/2023)
Don’t
count on remittance : Recession in high-income countries
can hit the economies of middle-income countries, by
Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 29/12/2022)
Nepal
receives Rs 378 billion in remittance in four months
(kh 16/12/2022), Remittance
inflows to Nepal up by record 20 percent
The country received Rs378.04 billion in the first four
months of the current fiscal year (kp 16/12/2022)
Repercussions
of remittance economy : The advantages of remittance
inflow into poor countries such as Nepal are too obvious
to miss, by CK Lal (kp 07/12/2022))
World
Bank projects Nepal’s remittance inflow increase by US$
8.5 billion (kh 03/12/2022), Nepal’s
remittance earnings to rise to USD 8.5 billion in 2022
from USD 8.2 billion: WB, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
04/12/2022)
Remittance
inflow sees 17 percent rise (rn 16/11/2022)
Climate
change may hurt Nepal’s remittance earnings : Migrant
workers sent home Rs1 trillion in the last fiscal year,
making it the primary lifeline of the country’s economy,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/11/2022)
Country
receives Rs 187 billion remittance (kh 21/10/2022)
Nepal
receives record Rs 1 trillion in remittances (nlt
17/08/2022), Remittances
inflow crosses Rs 10 billion in FY 2021/022 (kh
17/08/2022) [1.000 billion?], Nepal’s
remittance earning crosses Rs1 trillion mark : Rise
attributed to dollar appreciation, growth in outbound
worker numbers, by Pawan Pandey (kp 17/08/2022)
Foreign
employment revival : Remittances rebound after the
pandemic, offering Nepal some respite from an economic
crisis (nt 12/08/2022)
Rs
904 billion remittance inflow recorded in 11
months (kh 11/07/2022), Nepal
receives Rs 904 billion remittance in 11 months
(nlt 12/07/2022)
Making
Remittance Transfer Safer, by Ramesh Aryal
(rn 07/07/2022)
Remittance
inflows swell by 0.2 percent in ten months of
this fiscal (kh 10/06/2022)
Remittance
: Encourage legal channels, by Jagadish
Dahal (ht 08/06/2022)
Using
remittance for the better of the Nepali economy
: How Nepal can convert remittance to savings,
investment and entrepreneurship thereby making
it a means of sustaining the national economy,
by Prience Shrestha (nlt 16/05/2022)
Nepal
receives remittances amounting to over Rs 724
billion in nine months (kh 11/05/2022)
Remittance
For Economic Development : Exporting labour
abroad is a lucrative business as shown by the
contribution of remittances to the national
economy. However, this has created problems in
the rural areas, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
19/04/2022)
How
remittance is fuelling agricultural risks and
unplanned sprawl : In 1989, the urban cover
occupied just 221.1 sq km of the Tarai, but this
had increased to 930.22 sq km by 2016.
Agriculture’s share in the GDP has fallen
markedly over a decade, by Aakriti Ghimire
(kp 14/04/2022)
Remittance
inflow improved slightly during mid-Feb and mid-March
(rep 12/04/222)
Remittance
slowdown, low capex continue to dent deposits, by
Kiran Lama (ht 29/03/2022)
Decoding
remittances : The Nepal government needs to focus on
being a facilitator instead of a controller, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 22/03/2022)
Remittance
inflow decreases by 4.9 percent (kh 11/03/2022), Remittance
drops, forex reserves under pressure (ht 12/03/2022)
Remittance
declines by 5.5 percent in first six months of FY
2021/22 (kh 09/02/2022)
Remittance
Inflow Continues To Decline (rn 14/01/2022)
Experts
urge providing incentives to remittance senders to use
banks : Officials suspect that large sums of money are
being diverted through informal channels using cash
bonuses, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/12/2021)
Remittance
fall for fourth straight month : Nepal’s central bank
officials say remittance has decreased because the
imports of gold through informal channels has thrived
(kp 16/12/2021), Remittance
Inflow Down By 7.5% ( rn 16/12/2021)
Falling
remittance inflows linked to ‘illegal’ gold imports : As
foreign exchange reserves get hit, authorities step up
efforts to curb entry of unauthorised yellow metal,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/12/2021)
Remittance
Economy: Appealing or Appalling?, by Atindra Dahal
(rep 04/12/2021)
The
remittance paradox : Sans intervention, overseas markets
which suck dollars like a vortex are here to stay,
by Kamal Parajuli (kp 18/11/2021)
Remittance
Tumbles By 7.6 Per Cent Amid Liquidity Shrink (rn
16/11/2021), Remittance
drops for the third straight month : The fall has
sparked concern that any significant decline could
disturb the structure of the economy at the macro level,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/11/2021)
Remittance
inflows decrease 6.3 percent in first two months (kh
25/10/2021)
Falling
remittances, foreign currency reserves worrisome amid
resurging imports :Nepal’s imports surged by 75.7
percent while remittances fell by 18.1 percent in the
first month of the new fiscal year, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 26/09/2021)
Remittance
up by Rs 100 billion, by Rudra Khadka (rep
25/08/2021), Remittance
flow increasing (kh 27/08/2021)
Remittance
hits Rs961 billion, an all-time high in the time of
Covid-19 : The flow of capital from immigrants reached a
record high despite labour migration dropping to a
16-year low, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/08/2021)
Country
receives 870.94 billion remittance in first 11 months of
current FY (kh 15/07/2021)
Labour
migration : A sound policy is required to make
productive use of the remittance, instead of squandering
it on importing luxury goods (ht) 02/07/2021)
Remittances
rise by 8.6 per cent in first eight months (ht
13/04/2021)
Remittance
inflows: Defying projections, by Bhubanesh Pant (ht
29/12/2020)
258
Billion Remittance In Three Months, Up By 12.6 Per Cent
(rn 25/11/2020), Remittance
inflows surged 12.6pc in Q1 (ht 26/11/2020)
Remittance
to Nepal may drop to $7.4 billion in 2020, World Bank
says : Nepal Rastra Bank rejected the assumption saying
growth trends indicate sustained inflows, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 31/10/2020) [See: COVID-19:
Remittance Flows to Shrink 14% by 2021 : International
migration to fall in 2020 for the first time in recent
decades (World Bank 29/10/2020)], Remittance
inflow surges by 8.1 percent in two months amid COVID-19
(kh 01/11/2020)
Remittance
flow defies expectations to record a strong 8 percent
growth : Nepalis abroad sent home Rs165.73 billion in
the first two months despite a virus-ravaged world
economy, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/10/2020)
Nepal
sees robust growth in remittance inflow despite Covid-19
pandemic (kp 26/09/2020) [???],
Remittance
surges 23pc in first month of FY 20-21 : Economist says
the real impact of COVID-19 pandemic in foreign jobs
sector not visible yet (ht 26/09/2020)
Remittance
defies projections of a massive drop : Nepal received Rs
100.16 billion in remittance, an all-time high during
mid-June to mid-July—the last month of the last fiscal
year, by Sangam Prasain kp 25/08/2020)
Less
money coming in: The virus has slashed remittance flows,
so it is necessary to make the most of what you have,
by Shankar Ghimire (kp 14/08/2020)
Nepal
may see 28.7 percent contraction in remittance in 2020,
highest in the developing Asia, ADB says: But Nepal
Rastra Bank says as China’s demand for oil will create
jobs in Gulf countries, Nepal may not see a big
contraction on remittance earnings despite the pandemic,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/08/2020)
Failing
our migrant workers: One would have expected the present
government to be more attuned to the challenges faced by
workers in destination countries, by Deepak Thapa
(kp 09/07/2020)
As
the world slowly reopens after lockdowns, remittance
inflows begin to improve: After a significant slump in
the month of Chaitra, there has been a slight increase
in inflows, and officials believe that the downturn will
not be as bad as predicted, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 29/06/2020)
Maximising
Benefits Of Corona-Hit Remittance, by Kamal Parajuli
(rn 11/06/2020)
Impact
of COVID-19 on remittances, by Bhubanesh Pant (ht
03/06/2020)
Remittance
income plunges 51pc (ht 18/05/2020), Remittance
down by 132.35 percent (kh 18/05/2020)
Impact
of COVID-19 on Nepal’s Remittance Economy & Foreign
Employment, by Sunil Kumar Chaudhary (kh 16/05/2020)
COVID-19
Takes Heavy Toll On Remittance Inflow (rn
24/04/2020)
COVID-19'S
Impact On Labour Migration: Remittance Inflows To Reduce
By 20% (rn 23/04/2020), Remittances
to Nepal projected to slump by 14pc (ht 23/04/2020)
[???]
Nepal’s
remittance-dependent economy braces for upheaval amid
Covid-19 pandemic: Money sent by workers abroad has not
declined yet, but the future looks uncertain as
countries that host Nepali labourers impose travel bans,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/03/2020)
In
one Nawalpur village, women are using remittance to
start businesses and prevent their husbands from
migrating again: When remittance is plied into the
productive sector, it can end the cycle of migration and
provide a safety net for migrant families, by
Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 07/03/2020)
Rethinking
remittance and reform: Targeted policies are needed to
break the cycle of remittance coming in and going out to
pay for imports, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (kp 26/01/2020)
Remittance
is making Nepalis lazy: Report (ht 16/01/2020)
Ban
on Malaysia, lower labor demand send remittances down by
Rs 7 billion (rep 19/12/2019)
Encourage
remittance inflows: But not dependency syndrome, by
Bhubanesh Pant (ht 09/12/2019)
Remittance
Through Informal Channel, by Kamal Parajuli (rn
14/11/2019)
Remittance
inflow drops after almost four years (ht
24/10/2019), Remittances
plummet despite festive season, high exchange rate
(rep 24/10/2019)
Nepali
workers send home over Rs 879 billion: Despite
double-digit growth in remittance inflows, the country,
however, struggles to manage the foreign currency
reserve due to the swelling trade deficit, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 02/09/209)
Remittance
is great, but what of the workers suffering abroad?
National politics play a factor in youth seeking
employment abroad, by Prabha Poudyal (kp 14/07/2019)
Billions
of rupees enter the country as remittance. Where does it all
go? Studies show the majority of the amount sent back by
migrant workers is used for ‘daily consumption’ and in
unproductive ways, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
04/06/2019), Remittance
inflows: Benefits outweigh costs, by Bhubanesh Pant (ht
04/06/2019), Making
sense of the money: Remittance is a great earner, but it’s not
contributing to economic growth (kp 05/06/2019)
The
good and the bad: It is necessary to examine whether
remittance is a blessing or a curse for the economy, by
Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp 28/05/2019)
Nepal
is 19th largest receiver of remittances with $8.1 billion,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/04/2019)
Remittance
inflows up 28.5 percent despite drop in worker departures,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 16/03/2019), Remittance
inflow jumped 29% to Rs 516 billion in seven months (rep
16/03/2019)
Erosion
of
economic base: The reality is that the high dependence on
remittance will further weaken our social and economic bases,
by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 20/02/2019)
Govt
urged
to bring down remittance fee: Migrants are obliged to
pay 4.5pc service charge on an average while sending
$200 through formal channels (ht 08/02/2019)
Remittances
surge 32pc despite drop in migrant outflow, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/01/2019)
Remittance
inflows reach Rs312b in first 4 months, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 25/12/2018)
Remittance
grows by record 37.3% despite fall in worker migration
(rep 26/11/2018)
Economy
of emotions: Let’s bring in remittance as much as we can
through skills but not at the cost of our emotional
wellbeing, by Narayan Mourya (rep 07/11/2018)
Myagdi
receives Rs 1 billion in remittances this festive season,
by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep 07/11/2018)
Remittance
swells on strong dollar: Workers’ transfers jumped by
33.4 percent to Rs 154.2 billion (rep 31/10/2018), Remittance
inflow increases by 33.4pc (ht 31/10/2018)
Remittance
inflows reach Rs73.95b in first month, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 29/09/2018)
Costs
of
remittance: Evidence shows remittance-receiving families
indulge in more lavish lifestyles and do not take up
income generating activities, by Nilam Sangroula
(rep 19/09/2018)
Remittance
growth
rebounds as US dollar appreciates, oil price recovers:
Nepal received Rs 755.06 billion in remittances in FY
2017/18 (rep 26/08/2018)
Remittances
swell
despite drop in migrant departures: The NRB report shows
that 342,426 individuals were given approval for foreign
employment in the first 11 months (mid-August to
mid-June) of this fiscal year, down 8.2pc (kp
17/07/2018)
Youth
Outflow and Remittance, by Lal Deosa Rai (kp
25/06/2018)
Toward
better
economy: Nepal’s economy would have long collapsed
without remittances for imports have sky-rocketed while
exports continue to plummet, by Kedar Neupane (rep
16/05/2018)
Remittance
for
development It can be used more productively by
promoting savings, but there is no doubt that remittance
has increased the standard of living of recipients,
by Bhubanesh Pant (kp 07/05/2018)
Weight
of
remittance: The government should formulate sound and
sustainable policies and programmes to retain the youths
within the country (ht 30/04/2018)
Increasing
remittance: More pain than gain, by Atindra Dahal
(ht 19/04/2018)
Spend
the money wisely: Nepal receives a massive amount in
remittance, which can and should be used for development,
by Udayan Regmi (kp 25/03/2018)
Recovery
in remittance income fails to lift BoP (kp
19/03/2018)
Widening
Trade Deficit, Decreasing Remittance, by Nandala
Tiwari (rn 19/03/2018)
End
the
stigma: Women migrants, like their male counterparts,
send remittance, and eventually bring new skills back
home. Don’t they deserve respect?, by Roni Pradhan,
Dhaubhadel (kp 09/03/2018)
Should
the
river run dry: Remittance is a significant contributor
to the economy but its instability makes it unviable to
fuel sustained growth, by Bhubanesh Pant (kp
02/03/2018)
A
game changer: Remittance can be channelled towards the
creation of programmes for the economic empowerment of
women, by Bikash Gupta, Needika Adhikari and Arshia
Karki (kp 25/02/2018)
Remittance
inflow
drops for third month in a row: Remittance inflow
has been falling on the drop in number of Nepalis
leaving the country for employment purpose (kp
14/02/2018)
Remittance
risks: Due to declining remittance and a depleted
workforce, Nepal’s economy is nearing zero productivity,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 23/01/2018)
A
remittance corridor: It is high time the government
became serious about adverse impacts of hundi on the
national economy, by Dhananjay Shah (kp 19/01/2018)
Go
easy on the spending: Nepalis are living the high life
with remittance, but what happens when it dries up?,
by Gunakar Bhatta (kp 10/01/2018)
Remittance
may take a hit as Saudi, UAE plan to introduce VAT
(ht 28/12/2017)
Remittance
inflow
drops: The fall of 1.4 percent may not be brief
interruption, as remittance growth has hit a saturation
point: NRB (kp 25/12/2017), Negative
remittance growth could exert pressure on country’s BoP
(ht 25/12/2017)
Best
value: Remittances from Nepali migrants can lead to
progress if diverted from consumption to capital
formation, by Miriam Shendroff (kp 05/12/2017)
Repeating
history: Acknowledge this: remittance income will taper
and imports will continue to rise (kp 07/11/2017)
Nepal
to face turbulence as remittance flow ‘drops’, by
Rupak D. Sharma (kp 17/10/2017)
MoLE
preparing to set up remittance fund, by Sabin Mishra
(ht 19/09/2017)
Slowing
remittance growth squeezes BoP surplus (kp
27/08/2017), Remittance
growth retarded to below five per cent last fiscal
(ht 29/08/2017)
Hundi
in South Korea: Nepalis’ remittance channel, by
Dhananjay Shah (ht 27/07/2017)
What
if
remittances dried up? Investment in the productive
sector can transform Nepal’s economy and put it on a
self-sustaining path, by Serene Khatiwada (kp
16/07/2017)
‘30pc
coming
in via informal channels’ (kp 14/07/2017), Lawmakers
seek
incentive package on remittance (ht 14/07/2017), Slowdown
in remittances growth worries lawmakers, by Sagar
Ghimire (rep 14/07/2017)
Remittance,
rice
and real estate: An example of how a remittance-based
economy can wreck thriving agriculture in one of Nepal’s
most fertile valleys, by Yuvaraj Shrestha (nt
14/07/2017)
The
job
issue: Ongoing Gulf row should prod Nepal into
becoming less dependent on remittances (ht
12/07/2017)
Remittance
inflow
from Qatar likely to be adversely hit (ht
21/06/2017)
Remittance
growth
retards (ht 11/06/2017)
Bank
accounts must in Nepal for people heading abroad to
work: Decision aims at bringing remittances through
formal channel, by Sagar
Ghimire (rep
30/05/2017)
‘Remittances
a symptom of chronic problem’ (rep 24/05/2017)
Current
account in deficit as remittances growth slows (rep
17/05/2017)
Remittance
growth slows on drop in number of outbound workers:
Inflation cools down to 3.3 percent (rep 18/03/2017)
Remittance
inflows:
Avoiding dependence, by Bhubanesh Pant (ht
07/03/2017)
The
good
and the bad: We need to conduct a careful study of both
positive and negative effects of Nepal’s
remittance-driven economy, by Suvekshya Gautam (kp
02/02/2017)
Remittances
growth continues to slow (rep 19/01/2017)
Nepal
top
remittance recipient economy in proportion to GDP in
Asia in 2015 (ht 07/12/2016)
Remittance
growth slows to 3.2 percent: Nepal received Rs 171.8
billion in the first quarter (rep 19/11/2016)
US
envoy:
Focus on job creation as era of remittance-led growth is
ending: The ambassador says foreign investors want
certainty and do not like high opportunity cost of doing
business in Nepal, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp
22/10/2016)
Rebound
in
remittance inflow fails to prevent BoP from posting
deficit (kp 22/10/2016)
Making
most
of remittances: Vision and strategies, by Mayumi
Ozaki (ht 20/10/2016)
Remittance
inflows:
Risks and realities, by Bhubanesh Pant (ht
14/10/2016)
Migrant
worker departures settle at new low post quakes, by
Ram Saran Tamang (rep 08/10/2016)
Most
remittance
recipient households save to buy assets, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 29/09/2016), Role
of
remittance: The amount of remittance can be much higher
than what has been reported by the WB if all the
remittances are sent through formal channels (ht
30/09/2016)
Cash
outflow
surpasses inflow amid slashed remittance: Balance of
payments posts deficit of Rs 2.1b first time in two
years, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 23/09/2016), Ease
in
remittance growth likely to pose downside risk (ht
23/09/2016), Remittances
decline as number of outbound workers falls, by
Sagar Ghimire (rep 23/09/2016)
Waiting
for
an industrial revolution: Failure to foster
entrepreneurship is driving Nepalis abroad for work,
by Manish Jha (nt 23/09/2016)
Remittance
pitfalls:
Nepal needs urgent reforms to deal with challenges
stemming from a deceleration in remittance inflows,
by Chandan Sapkota (kp 20/09/2016)
Figures
to
fret about: Besides aiding poverty reduction, remittance
has also led to a rise in trade deficit, by Bijendra
Man Shakya (kp 11/09/2016)
Is
almost
all remittance spent on consumption? ... Maybe not: 28
percent of money sent from abroad is saved, says NRB
report, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 08/09/2016), How
to
spend it: Govt should devise policies to make best use
of remittances (kp 09/09/2016)
Remittance
growth
slows to 7.7 percent in 2015-16, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 27/08/2016)
Remittance
And The Recent Alarm, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
15/08/2016)
Malaysia
top
remittance sending country to Nepal: However, remittance
inflows from Malaysia might be hit in the future as the
number of workers going there dropped sharply in the
last fiscal year, by Bibek Subedi (kp 05/08/2016)
The
remittance trade-off: There should be a careful and
dispassionate analysis of the economic costs of
remittance, by Suvanga Parajuli (rep 03/08/2016)
One
pc
currency depreciation raises remittance inflow by 1.17
per cent (ht 01/08/2016)
Remittance
growth
plummets to 8.6 per cent (ht 17/07/2016)
Remittance
growth
witnesses slowdown (ht 19/06/2016)
WB
says
Nepal could face slowdown in remittances (kp
16/06/2016), Over
reliance
on remittance risky: WB, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
16/06/2016)
Remittance
growth
rate falls for 5 mths straight, by Bibek Subedi and
Roshan Sedhai (kp 19/05/2016)
WB:
Remittance
inflows soared after earthquake: Migrant workers sent
$6.6 billion to their families in 2015, up 20.9pc
year-on-year, by Bibek Subedi (kp 15/04/2016), Utilising
Remittance For Economic Growth, by Kushal Pokharel
(rn 15/04/2016)
Remittances
and
microfinance Risks, hurdles and opportunities, by
Bhubanesh Pant (ht 16/03/2016)
Courting
cash:
The state has not been able to utilise the inflow of
remittance productively, by Rudra Prasad Dahal (kp
01/03/2016)
Costly
cash:
For Nepal the objective should be to decrease the share
of remittance in the national economy, by Prakash
Chandra Lohani (kp 29/02/2016)
Unsafe
workplaces:
The lifeline of Nepal’s economy is threatened by
conflict in West Asia and weak currencies, by Om
Astha Rai (nt 29/01/2016)
Managing
Migration For Development, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
22/01/2016)
Remittance:
A
mixed blessing; While remittances helped cushion the
effect of the earthquake to some extent, families of the
migrants were torn apart by the disaster, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 16/01/2016)
Nepali
outbound
stalls as economy heads downhill: The country’s
deteriorating business environment has affected the travel
plans of Nepali holidaymakers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/10/2015)
Remittance
jumps
to Rs53b in first month (kp 03/10/2015), Current
account
posts surplus of Rs 8bn: Remittance income grew by 26.3
per cent to Rs 53.27 billion (ht 03/10/2015)
Spend
it
wisely: Remittance should be used to create jobs, generate
income and boost entrepreneurship, by Dutta Shree
Duwadi (Khanal) (kp 20/09/2015)
Role
of
remittances: Reconstruction and recovery, by Bhubanesh
Pant (ht 24/08/2015)
NRB
report
on macro economy: BoP surplus doubles, thanks to
remittance (kp 20/06/2015), Daily
remittance
inflow at Rs 2.10bn (ht 20/06/2015), Nepal
inflation
cools down to 7.1 percent, by Sujan Dhungana (rep
20/06/2015)
Relaying
remittance:
Remittances can form a safety net for households
vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters,
by Bhartendu Mishra (kp 29/05/2015)
Remittance
up
as migrants send home more money (ht 23/05/2015)
Bad
idea:
The practice of government sending workers abroad will
discourage private sector, make redress of migrant
grievances harder and increase corruption, by Neelam
Adhikari (rep 20/04/2015)
No
improvement
in remittance inflow (ht 14/04/2015)
Bringing
it
back home: Remittance must be treated practically, not
ideologically, for it to lead to economic growth, by
Saloman Rajbandhi (kp 08/04/2015)
Slowdown
in
remittance inflow continues (kp 17/03/2015), Remittance
inflow
continues to decelerate, growth only 2.9pc (ht
17/03/2015)
What
a
waste: Nepal has neither been able to utilise its
population dividend nor the remittances sent in by young
people, by Subhash Nepali (kp 18/02/2015)
Productive
use
of remittances: To spur economic growth, by
Bhubanesh Pant (ht 16/02/2015)
Use
it
wise: For productive utilization of remittance it must
be channeled into capital formation, by Subas
Chandra Dahal (rep 10/02/2015)
Remittance
inflow
rises (ht 18/01/2015)
Money
matters:
Migrant workers need to be informed about the best ways to
use and invest remittance, by Bikram Manandhar (kp
04/01/2015) |