East and Southeast Asia and Latin America – which have experienced particularly rapid economic growth in recent decades – have fared the best in terms of reducing hunger. Sub-Saharan Africa has, after a quarter-century of economic stagnation, made some progress over the last decade, but it maintains the highest rate of under-nutrition worldwide.
同时，尽管过去五年里外籍人士的就业和收入均有所下降，但汇款在消除贫困、减少饥饿、改善饮食和增加农业投资等领域都有很大帮助。全球汇款金额为官方发展援助额的三倍，近年来官方发展援助已成为富国削减预算的重灾区。