Remittances from overseas workers make up a tenth of the Philippines' economy, and are important enough to have forced the pace of anti-money laundering reforms to avoid risking any interruption to the flow of money from overseas through the banking system.

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Japanese-Koreans have used remittances from relatives overseas as start-up capital for new trading businesses.

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Gambia has sparse natural resource deposits and a limited agricultural base, and relies in part on remittances from workers overseas and tourist receipts.

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