Impact of out Migration on Household Economy: A Case Study of Nalluvillage of Konjosyom Rural Municipality, Lalitpur

Abstract

Nepalese economy is predominantly an agricultural economy. Around 80 percent of populationlives in rural areas of the country are engaged in agriculture sector. In such a situation, most ofthe youths compel to migrate from the rural areas to urban centers for looking job opportunities. Migration is considered as trading of human services as exports, especially for enhancingthe livelihood for enormous number of people around the world. Remittances, the earning madeby absentee whom they send to in many developing countries like Nepal. As the effect ofremittance is both boom and bane for the receiving and sending country. The present study hasbeen carried in Nallu Village of Lalitpur District. The main objective of the study was to analyzethe socio-economic impacts of foreign employment and remittance and to find out whether thechange brought by remittance is sustainable or substantial. Out of 276 out migrants especiallyyouths working in Kathmandu Valley and foreign employment, only 45 respondents wereselected as sample number of the study. The study designed under case study methodology inwhich both qualitative and quantitative data were collected for analyzing researching issues.Microsoft Office Excel 2007 was used for data management. From the study, it showed that the majorities of the people engaged in other part of ourcountry Nepal are from early age group. The poor among poorest has not access over foreignemployment as they cannot manage for migration. Foreign migration, employment and laborhavealso created opportunities for employment for the labor that cannot afford to go to foreignemployment job also some returnee migrants have started to go use their skills and experience indevelopment and production sector.