Impacts of Remittance on Rural Livelihood: A Case Study of Ward No. 1 And 2 of Bhimeshwor Municipality, Dolakha
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2016
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This study entitled “Impacts of Remittance on Rural Livelihood: A Case Study of Ward No. 1 &
2 of Bhimeshwor Municipality, Dolakha” was conducted with the objectives to analyze the
pattern of use of remittance, assess the contribution of remittance in economic status of the
people before and after remittance and evaluate challenges ofproductive use of remittance in the
study area. This study is mainly based on the primary information and the data collected by using
the questionnaire of household survey, checklist of field observation & schedule of key
informant interview. As per need some of the relevant secondary data were also used to
enrichment this study. This study has used descriptive cum explorative research design because
this study attempts to describe the situation of study area basically before and after in-flow of
remittance.
Study has found that before going for foreign employment the sample populations were engaged
in different sectors like agriculture, labor, job etc. Out of the total respondents, 29 percent was
engaged in agriculture, 18 percent in business, 12 percent were labor, 15 percent in job and the
rest were unemployed. As occupation in foreign countries most of them have been working as an
industrial labor in foreign land. The figure shows that the workers working as household worker
are only 6 percent. It is due to the lack of skills and education before foreign employment.
From the survey, it was found that the workers in foreign employment had an income between
41000 and 100000 per month. This was a lot more than what they used to have before
foreign employment. The remitted amount was spent on different sectors like health, education,
land, house, etc. Out of total surveyed56 percent of the sample population gone for foreign
employment was found married. After marriage, the workers were unable to feed the family in a
proper way. There was comparatively more responsibility in a married man to unmarried. So,
they chose foreign employment for the betterment of their family
No doubt, remittances contribute largely to the national economy. The remittances sent home by
the migrants affect development at both the household and national levels. At the household
level, remittances help to reduce poverty, improve standard of living and attain higher
educational levels. At the macro level, remittances could be used for entrepreneurship and
productive investment which in turn increases job opportunities and income of the people. At the
same time, remittance inflows help to augment foreign exchange reserves and improve the
current account position. Despite these facts,many issues have beenraiseddue to foreign
employment. The various problems like lack of manpower, unproductive use of remittance,
negative psychology on the children and other various social conflicts have been found due to
foreign employment.
Foreign Employment has no longer solution to eradicate the problems like poverty,
unemployment, and cannot root-out from the list of less-developing countries. Utilization of
remittance income in productive sector has been a major concern. Major portion of remittance
has been spent for consumption purpose and such consumption is attributed to imports which
consequently has enriched trade deficit. Study has concluded that the foreign employment is not
a permanent solution for development of Nepal.
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Remittance, Rural Livelihood, Labor Permit Situation, Dolakha District