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Front Cover -- Series Title -- Title Page -- Imprint -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I -- Factual Context -- Nepal: A short country profile -- Beatrice Knerr -- Overview -- Geography -- Economy -- Demography -- Religion and ethnicity -- Environmental degradation -- Education -- Labour force -- Political framework -- Development regions -- References -- Annex -- Nepalese in the global labour market of the 21st century -- Beatrice Knerr -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical considerations

3 Extent, directions and characteristics of global labour migration3.1 Overriding trends of global labour flows -- 3.2 The market for low-skilled -- 3.3 The global labour market for highly-skilled -- 4 Global remittances -- 5 Conclusions and prospects -- References -- International Labour Migration and Remittances inNepal: an Overview -- Beatrice Knerr -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History of international labour migration from Nepal -- 3 Driving forces -- 4 Composition -- Skill level -- Migrants�a#x80;#x99; origin -- Gender composition

5 Legal Framework and Bilateral AgreementsEmployment Acts -- 6 Remittances -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Annex -- Part II -- Remittances, Living Standards and Food Security -- Determinants and impacts of international remittanceson left-behind families in rural regions of Eastern Nepal -- Ranjita Nepal and B�A�atrice Knerr -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual framework -- 3 Study area and data collection -- 3.1 Study area -- 3.2. Survey design -- 4 Data analyses -- 4.1 Model specifications -- 4.2 Specification of the independent variables

5 Results and discussion5.1 Descriptive analysis of personal characteristics -- 5.2 Factors influencing the likelihood of receiving remittances -- 5.2 Determinants of household expenditures -- 5.3 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Annex -- Remittances and long-term livelihood security in the Mountains of Nepal -- Karishma Wasti -- 1. Introduction -- 2 Methodology and data base -- 2.1 Profile of the research area -- 2.2 Sampling -- 2.3 Data Analysis -- 3 Migrants�a#x80;#x99; personal characteristics, destinations, and remittances:descriptive analysis

3.1 Migrants�a#x80;#x99; personal characteristics3.2 Amounts and determinants of remittances -- 3.3 Use of remittances -- 4. Determinants of the use of remittances -- 4.1 Factors influencing loan repayment -- 4.2 Factors influencing consumption -- 4.3 Factors influencing investment -- 5 Conclusions and recommendation -- References -- Measuring the Impact of Migration on Households�a#x80;#x99; Food Security -- Amina Maharjan, Siegfried Bauer and Beatrice Knerr -- 1. Introduction -- 2 Methodology and data base -- 3 Definitions and indicators of food security

""Perception of households�a#x80;#x99; food security""

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