Research Outcome

1. Bharat Chalise
Remittance and its Effect on
Entrepreneurial Activities: A Case Study
from Kandebas Village Development
Committee, Nepal

2. Introduction and Background
 Nepal
 Economy of Nepal
 Migration
 Remittance
 Entrepreneurship

3. Statement of Problem
 23% of GDP of Nepal Contributed by
Remittances
 Migration rate is high (Appx. 1500
youths/day)
 Poverty decreased from 42% to 25% from
last 15 year
 Entrepreneurial activities are not satisfactory

4. Objective of the Study
 Basic objective
– To focuses and investigate the economies of
remittance and its effect in entrepreneurship
 Specific objectives
– Investment priorities as the income level of
people is increasing
– Factors affecting entrepreneurship in rural
area

5. Methodology Adopted for Study
 Research area is selected as higher
remittance collecting district
 VDC randomly selected
 77 HHs or 15 % of the household (VDC Total
539 HHs) taken as respondent household

6. Data Collection
 Data collected through Questionnaire questionire.pdf
Data collected to get following information
Current investment of
capital
Future investment plan
Business (enterprise setup)
Child education
Purchase of traditional asset
General Expense (Other)
Business (enterprise setup)
Child education
Purchase of traditional asset
General Expense (Other)

7. Result
 Descriptive Statistics
No of Respondents (Families) 77
Total Population 465
Total no of Migrants 75
Total Income before Migration $7.070.00
Total income after Remittance $31,265.00
No of enterprises before Migration 20
HHs that started enterprise from Remittance 1
Increase in Enterprises 5%
Increase in Income 342.22%

8. …..Result
14% 9%
5%
72%
Education
Traditional Assets
Business
General Expense
Current Investment Scenario of Respondents

9. …..Result
41%
41%
8%
10%
Education
Traditional Assets
Business
General Expense
Future Investment Plan of Respondents

10. Let us Compare
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
Education Traditional
Assets
Business General
Expenses
Before
After

11. Summary and Conclusion
– There is no strong evidence of increase in enterprise
even after increase in earnings due to remittance
– People are spending their major percentage of the
remittance in general purpose and encouraged to
purchase traditional assets but not attentive in new
start-ups
– People like to live classy life than before

12. Factors affecting
Entrepreneurship
 Risk bearing capacity
 Education, know-how, accessibility of
facilities and political stability
 Social inclination
 Motivation

13. Recommendation
 Development of productive Co-Operatives
 Sell of Diaspora bonds
 Education and Motivation to entrants from
government