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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)
Remittance
as share of gross domestic product: Nepal top recipient among LDCs
(kp 18/12/2014), Remittance
income grows marginal 0.8pc: Central bank fears continuity of the trend
may give a jolt to stability being enjoyed at present (ht
20/12/2014)
Remittance
inflows decline for second straight month (kp 18/11/2014)
Remittance
down 4pc, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 23/10/2014), BoP
position worsens as remittance flow declines: Country's BoP recorded
deficit of Rs 10.2b in first two months od 2014/15 (rep
23/10/2014), Remittance
income falls four per cent: Central bank suspects overseas workers’
dependency on informal channels increasing (ht 28/10/2014)
Seek
its Productivity: Remittance inflows that account for the largest share
of foreign exchange earnings reach their peak during the festivals,
mainly Dashain, by Shalinta Sigdel (sp 18/10/2014)
Remittance
growth rate, exports fall drastically (ht 30/09/2014)
‘Need
to build resilient economy’: UN and ADB call on government to reduce
reliance on remittance (ht 12/09/2014)
Use
it right: Given increasing role of remittance in Nepali economy, we
need to formulate separate remittance policy, by Birendra Bahadur
Budha (rep 09/09/2014)
Remitting
knowhow: Returning migrants bring back positive social norms, better
business practices, confident self-identities and technical skills,
by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 05/09/2014)
Foreign
returnees see investment scope in Nepal, by Keshav Sharan
Lamichhane (rep 30/08/2014)
Provide
Incentives To Migrant Workers, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 20/08/2014)
Remittance
mobilization: There is a great inflow of remittance money but most of
it spent in consumption and we are not able to institutionalize capital
formation system, by Rajesh Gautam (rep 27/05/2014)
Nepal
gets Rs 1.5bn as remittance daily (ht 13/05/2014)
Foreign
grants, remittance drive up BoP surplus: A boost to foreign
exchange reserve is one of the benefits (ht 19/02/2014), NRB
data reveals trade statistics not encouraging (ht 19/02/2014)
Dependence
on remittances: The sustainability factor, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht
10/01/2014)
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