Major contributing factors of foreign employment

1. The major factor contributing to large-scale out-migration from Nepal is higher growth of labor force
2. Limited employment opportunities outside the farm sector (Panta, 2006) .
3. The average 3% annual growth of labor force is not matched by additional job creation;
4. The low salary structure in the economy, insecurity in the rural areas,
5. Higher demand for the labor in the industrialized Asian and Middle-east countries are the other contributing factors.
6. The Government’s liberal policies, accompanied by mushrooming growth of the manpower agencies have also played instrumental roles.
7. Currently, 700 manpower agencies are operating in Nepal.
8. Furthermore, food scarcity, distorted peace and social order are strong push factors for increasing out migration.
9. The poor people from the Mid-West and Far West are migrating to India and those who can manage the funds are migrating beyond India.