This case study is one of three carried out at selected sites in India, Nepal, and Pakistan to look at the phenomenon of migration, and the flow of remittances, in the western Hindu Kush-Himalayas. Migration in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas (HKH), as in other mountain areas of the world, is not a new phenomenon. In the next decade, migration will continue to grow in the HKH and other mountain areas of the world, driven by the global financial crisis, food insecurity, climate change, globalisation, and escalating income disparities. As mountain migration is a highly engendered process, with mostly men leaving and women staying behind, it is of particular importance to better understand the effects of this mostly male outmigration in order to develop (gender) sensitive solutions to improve the development relevance of remittances. To address the lack of information, three case studies were carried out in India, Nepal, and Pakistan looking at migration in general, and the flow of remittances in particular, at the different sites. The present report presents the results of the case study in Uttarakhand, India.
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