I 2002 beløb alene de formelle pengeforsendelser fra udvandrere tilbage til udviklingslandene sig til mindst 88 milliarder amerikanske dollars - det er 54 % mere end de 57 milliarder amerikanske dollars, som de samme lande modtog i oversøisk offentlig udviklingsbistand.
In 2002, in formal remittances alone, migrants from developing countries sent back at least USD 88 billion to their countries of origin – that is 54% more than the USD 57 billion those same countries received in overseas development assistance.