WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While international remittances dominate the global dialogue about migration and development, they are only part of the conversation. Gallup's surveys in 135 countries between 2009 and 2010 reveal households worldwide are three times more likely get financial help from individuals within the same country (9%) than from outside the country (3%). Ten percent or more of the adult population in 43 countries report that their household in the past year received help -- in the form of money or goods -- from another individual living inside their country.
More than half of these countries are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, which also has the highest prevalence of adults receiving international remittances. In the Somaliland region, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Cameroon, Zambia, Kenya, Liberia, and Senegal, more than one in four adults live in households that receive help from individuals in the same country.
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