Friday, March 30, 2012

Philippines: Plan to use biometrics to stop fraud

Village leaders deprive allowances to beneficiaries of a poverty alleviation programme (Gulf News)
The social welfare department has proposed to use biometrics in areas where corruption has affected the beneficiaries of the government's poverty alleviation scheme that provides health and school allowances to poor school children, a senior official said.



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