More than ever before, when you do business at that shop with all the immigrants you’re putting food on tables around the world. So says data from the World Bank.
Today, remittances collectively account for three times the official financial assistance sent to the developing world. In some countries, the ratio is far higher. Tajikistan’s emigrants send home seven times what the country gets in aid. Workers from countries such as Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Romania, Zimbabwe, and Kyrgyzstan are probably doing more to help the poor than any global conferences or philanthropic ventures.
via Prime Numbers: Big Senders | Foreign Policy.
