@article{ART002383741},
author={CHANG SOO KIM},
title={The Impact of Caste in Nepal},
journal={Journal of Regional Studies and Development},
issn={1738-3846},
year={2018},
volume={27},
number={2},
pages={83-119},
doi={10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.2.83}
TY - JOUR
AU - CHANG SOO KIM
TI - The Impact of Caste in Nepal
JO - Journal of Regional Studies and Development
PY - 2018
VL - 27
IS - 2
PB - Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development: IPAID
SP - 83
EP - 119
SN - 1738-3846
AB - This paper examines the impact of caste system in Nepal. Although caste system has been proclaimed illegal in 1963, it still exerts a vast influence in Nepalese society regarding economic, educational, medical, and social dimensions. While higher caste people tend to live in urban area, lower cast people seem to live in rural area engaging in farming activities that do not require any special knowledge to perform. Although education is open to everybody in all castes and free for primary education, lower caste people have on average a lower level of education. A lower level of education is related to a lower level of income, as evidenced by a smaller amount of remittance income for a lower caste family. It seems to be caused by an inferior educational achievement where lower caste people do not receive proper education that allows them to learn knowledge and skill necessary for foreign jobs. In addition, lower caste people have a worse health condition. Lower caste people do not seem to pay enough attention to health due to poverty and ignorance caused by a lower level of education, which in turn leads to a lower level of income.
However, the influence of cast system is getting weaker decreasing the degree of discrimination and a negative impact in society. People in lower cast tend to invest more in education and have more family members work in foreign countries. The remittance of lower caste family seems to be more important than that of higher caste family when compared with domestic income. Lower caste people also tend to believe more in Christian Protestant than higher caste people, which can be interpreted as lower caste people trying to avoid a religion that discriminates against them.
KW - caste;Nepal;discrimination;education;income
DO - 10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.2.83
ER -
CHANG SOO KIM. (2018). The Impact of Caste in Nepal. Journal of Regional Studies and Development, 27(2), 83-119.
CHANG SOO KIM. 2018, "The Impact of Caste in Nepal", Journal of Regional Studies and Development, vol.27, no.2 pp.83-119. Available from: doi:10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.2.83
CHANG SOO KIM "The Impact of Caste in Nepal" Journal of Regional Studies and Development 27.2 pp.83-119 (2018) : 83.
CHANG SOO KIM. The Impact of Caste in Nepal. 2018; 27(2), 83-119. Available from: doi:10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.2.83
CHANG SOO KIM. "The Impact of Caste in Nepal" Journal of Regional Studies and Development 27, no.2 (2018) : 83-119.doi: 10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.2.83
CHANG SOO KIM. The Impact of Caste in Nepal. Journal of Regional Studies and Development, 27(2), 83-119. doi: 10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.2.83
CHANG SOO KIM. The Impact of Caste in Nepal. Journal of Regional Studies and Development. 2018; 27(2) 83-119. doi: 10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.2.83
CHANG SOO KIM. The Impact of Caste in Nepal. 2018; 27(2), 83-119. Available from: doi:10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.2.83
CHANG SOO KIM. "The Impact of Caste in Nepal" Journal of Regional Studies and Development 27, no.2 (2018) : 83-119.doi: 10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.2.83
