I live in Washington, D.C.,but I grew up in Sindhekela, a village in Orissa, in India.我住在华盛顿特区但我是在新河克拉，印度奥里萨邦的一个小村庄长大。My father was a government worker.我父亲是个政府雇员，My mother could not read or write, but she would say to me, A king is worshipped only in his own kingdom. A poet is respected everywhere.我

And in poorer countries, smaller countries, fragile countries,conflict-afflicted countries, remittances are a lifeline,as in Somalia or in Haiti.在更穷，更小，或者正发生冲突的国家，移民汇款就如同救命稻草，比如说在索马里或海蒂。No wonder these flows have huge impacts on economies and on poor people.难怪这些资金流会对经济和贫困人口带来巨大的影响。Remittances, unlik