Transnational Labour Migration, Livelihoods and Agrarian Change in Nepal

Taylor & Francis

Transnational Labour Migration, Livelihoods and Agrarian Change in NepalThe Remittance Village\nAuthor(s): Ramesh Sunam\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367471569, 978-0367471569\nSynopsis\nThrough the prism of a Nepali remittance village, this book critically examines poverty and livelihood dynamics remade through transnational labour migration and remittances, and their interrelationships with land, rural labour and agriculture.\n\nThe concept of The Remittance Village emphasises rural peoples transnational mobilities as a key feature of contemporary dynamics in many parts of the Global South, which are reconfiguring rural social, economic and ecological textures. Sunam challenges complacent linear narratives that assume new opportunities such as transnational migration, and remittances provide better pathways for the rural poor to come out of poverty, as well as narratives that understate the importance of lan.