|
Table 5.4:
Yearly Remittance flow by country of Employment (region) in 1997
|
Region
|
Workers (Estimated)
|
Remittances (Estimated in NRS billion)
|
Workers (Possible)
|
Remittances (Possible in NRs billion)
|
|
The West
|
15,000
|
4.4
|
15,000
|
4.4
|
|
The Gulf
|
40,000
|
1.5
|
40,000
|
1.5
|
|
East and South East Asia
|
44,000
|
23.0
|
44,000
|
23.0
|
|
India
|
250,000
|
6.0
|
1,000,000
|
40.0
|
|
Others
|
1,000
|
-
|
1,000
|
-
|
|
Total
|
35,000
|
35.0
|
1,100,000
|
69.0
|
Source: Seddon ET all Critical Asian Studies 2002. |