Case Study - Nepal

What 2 countries is Nepal bordered by?

• India

• China

What is the life expectancy at birth in Nepal?

69.7 years

What is the median age in Nepal?

29.2

What is the HDI ranking of Nepal?

0.574 with a rank of 194

What is the expected number of years of schooling in Nepal?

12.2

What is the life adult literacy rate in Nepal?

59.6%

What is the GDP in Nepal?

2702

What are the 4 most popular countries for immigration to Nepal?

• India

• Bhutan

• China

• Pakistan

What are the top 4 countries for emigration from Nepal?

• India

• Saudi Arabia

• Malaysia

• Qatar

What is one challenge of emigration from Nepal?

Loss of skilled workers

What happened in 1985?

The labour act

What is the labour act?

Facilitated arrangements for Nepali migration

What happened in the late 1980’s?

Nepali people began to migrate in significant numbers towards south east Asia and the far east

What happened in 1996?

Migration from rural to towns and abroad caused by the peoples war started by the Nepali Maoist to over through the monarch

What happened in the mid 1990’s?

Onwards migration continued towards the west but in the direction of the gulf territories

Give 2 reasons how migration flows led to independence? (economically)

• 2 million metric tons of clean petroleum products will be available to the people of Nepal at very affordable rates

• The earthquake left an estimate of 1 million Nepalese people and structures trying to rebuild their homes

Give 2 reasons how migration flows led to independence? (politically)

• There were ethnic protests in southern nepal in 2015 against the countries new constitution

• On the 14th of August 2019, the minister of foreign affairs has termed the Nepal and India relations as interdependent

1 reason as to how migration flows led to independence? (Socially)

Modi and Oli made efforts to strengthen the ties between the two countries