Inflow
of remittance
rises 18
percent to Rs
136 billion in
first month of
current FY
(rep
27/09/2024)
Nepal
received Rs
1.445 trillion
in remittances;
704,100 Nepalis
went abroad for
work last fiscal
year (rep
18/08/2024)
Nepal
receives 1.33
trillion rupees
in remittances
in 11 months
(kh 10/07/2024)
The
Cost of
Remittances : Is
Nepal
Sacrificing Its
Future for
Present Gains?,
by Dikson Limbu
(rep 10/07/2024)
Make
Remittance Engine Of Economic
Growth, by Shyam Joshi (rn
20/06/2024)
Nepal receives
nearly Rs 1200 billion in remittances in
10 months (kh 11/06/2024)
Remittance-fuelled
economy has historically been detrimental to
Nepal : We have to treat the issue of energy
trade with India with the sensitivity it
deserves. Energy supply is a sensitive issue for
India, interview with Biswo Poudel (kp)
How
Long Will Remittance Sustain Nepal's Economy?,
by Laxman Kafle (rn 29/03/2024)
Nepal
receives Rs 105.78 billion in remittance in Magh
(rep 11/03/2024)
Remittance
is buoying a crises-ridden economy, by Kamal
Raj Dhungel (ae 28/02/2024)
Remittance:
Myths and truths : Although Nepal receives a lot
of remittance, it is quickly depleted due to the
country’s heavy imports, by Jagadish Prasad
Bist (kp 15/02/2024)
Experts
call for harnessing remittances for development
: Say the growth in remittances has fueled
imports, but the money is hardly being used in
employment-generating activities (kp
09/02/2024)
Money
foreign workers send home jumps by 25 percent :
Remittances rose to Rs733.22 billion in the
first half of the current fiscal and the foreign
exchange reserves ballooned to a record high of
Rs1.81 trillion (kp 07/02/2024), Growth,
at a cost : More remittance isn’t something to
celebrate if we can’t pump it into building
national capital (kp 08/02/2024)
Escaping
the remittance trap : Nepal should wean itself
off remittances and transition to healthier and
more sustainable growth model, by Hridesh
Gajurel (kp 28/01/2024)
Diversifying
diaspora and remittances : Nepal must come up
with strategies to ensure remittances are
repatriated by all, not just labour migrants,
by Sanjit Shrestha (kp 16/01/2024)
End
Overdependence On Remittance, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 16/01/2024)
Remittances
soar to over 6 trillion 13 billion in last five
months (kh 11/01/2024)
Remittance
inflows to surpass pre-pandemic level (ae
21/12/2023)
Remittance
outflows from Nepal surge by 46 percent to Rs
3.16 billion (rep 17/12/2023) [!!]
Remittances
surge to Rs 4.78 trillion in four months (kh
14/12/2023)
Economics
of remittance : Remittance as a source of income
and foreign exchange is unsustainable and
vulnerable in the long run, by Upen Pandey
(kp 01/12/2023)
Behind
the euphoria of higher remittance : Had it not
been for migrant workers, life would have been
tough like in countries with low foreign
currency reserves, by Deepak Thapa (kp
30/11/2023)
Remittances
witness remarkable upswing (kh
10/11/2023), Remittance
inflow sets new record; Rs 136 billion
received in a single month (rep
10/11/2023), Nepal
receives highest-ever remittances in a
month : The remittance inflow through
banking channels hits Rs136.97 billion
in the mid-September to mid-October
period, largely attributed to Nepal’s
festive season (kp 11/11/2023)
In
first two month of FY 2023/24, Nepal
received Rs 228 billion in remittances
(rep 17/10/2023)
Remittance
is keeping the Nepali economy afloat,
by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ae 12/10/2023)
Nepal
records highest-ever remittance in
Shrawan 2023 (rep 02/10/2023)
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) |