Migration is development
A migrant worker from Nepal’s Musahar community proves that good migration can be an equaliser of opportunities
remittance
Prosperous Gandaki is thriving
Rural areas of Nepal’s best performing province are better off than its towns
Safer migration for women
Nepal is a remittance economy, but it is mostly male migrants who get credit. What about the women?
Why Nepal’s poverty rate is stuck
After a dramatic drop in the past decade, poverty is now static despite remittances and state intervention
Brain gain into brain drain
Invest in quality higher education to deter youth out-migration and revive the economy
Homecoming
Nepal has to plan for the day when more migrant workers start coming back, so they can contribute to the economy
Poor cash-rich Nepal
The country’s coffers are full, but the economy is anemic because of poor investment climate
Brain drain into brain gain
The skills, exposure and savings of the Nepali diaspora can be harnessed to uplift Nepal
Remittonomics and conflict
The fragility of Nepal’s economy is once more highlighted by the conflict in West Asia
Business as unusual
Is Nepal’s economy on the mend, or on the verge of disaster? Experts cannot seem to make up their minds.
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