Foreign Direct

Investment and
Foreign Employment
SUBMITTED BY : SIRJANA THAPA MAGAR, PRAGATI ARYAL,
ASMITA ADHIKARI, URILA GHARTI MAGAR, POONAM
CHAUDHARY.
Foreign Direct Investment
It takes place in the form of equity or share capital
They control and participate in management of enterprise
Earn income in the form of dividends
Significance of Foreign Direct
Investment
Increase in resources
Risk-Taking
Know-how
High standard
Marketing facilities
Arguments against Foreign Direct
Investment
Limited areas
Remittance of large amounts
Increased dependence
Obsolete machinery and technology
Political interference
 FOREIGN EMPLOYEMENT
Going from one country to another country for job and to earn money is called foreign employment.
Safe and systematic foreign employment is a process as well as outcome of cross-border recruitment, and
placement, based on informed choice with promised terms and conditions of employment.
Advantages of foreign employment
Earning foreign currency
 learning different skills
 Reduce unemployment
 Develops international relation
 Increases standard of living
Disadvantages of foreign employment
 Lot of money is required
Feeling of loneliness and no stability
 Different cultures
 Lower level jobs
Scarcity of human resources for the development of one’s own country
Safety issue
 Role of foreign
employment(remittance)
Remittance:- Defined as transfer of money by foreign workers to an individual in their home country

oAbout 85% of 23 million people in Nepal live in rural areas

oOne–quarter of Nepalese population living under poverty line
oNepal becoming a member of UNO in 1955, extended its cordial relationship globally which paved the way
Nepalese workers to go abroad
Role of Remittance
One of the main source of NI
Improve socio-economic status of the workers
Development of remote areas of the nation
Poverty alleviation
Sustainable development
Contribution towards favourable BOP position