Pilot Survey of the Use of Labor in Backward Village Communities in Nepal

2007

This study sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) assesses the income, employment, technological level and gender differences in various income generating activities of the people in rural Nepal. The major income generating activities in the Nepalese countryside have been classified into four broad categories – agriculture, industry, commercial services and public services. This study also tries to uncover gender differences in each activity.