Peru Probes Cash Payouts to Help Poor
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Peru's government is considering subsidizing some of this Andean nation's poorest people with direct monthly cash payments, President Alejandro Toledo said Thursday.
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Ohio Gov. Bob Taft is asking Ohioans to reach into their pockets to help victims of the Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster. In a statement, Taft asked for cash donations to be made to the American Red Cross International Response Fund.
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U.S. aid should focus more on reducing poverty in the poorest countries instead of being driven primarily by security concerns, a coalition of U.S.-based charities said on Thursday.
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Recent research shows some unexpected links between income and giving.
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The U.S. Justice Department is  investigating whether CIA officials lied to Congress about the  Peru aerial drug interdiction program, which remains suspended  three years after an American missionary plane was mistakenly  shot down, several U.S. government sources said on Thursday.
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Up to 600 free-to-use cash machines are to be sited in low income areas of the country, a committee of MPs says.
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SAN MANUEL INDIAN RESERVATION, Calif. -- Once steeped in poverty, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has become one of the nation's wealthiest tribes, thanks to casino gambling.
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Wednesday released $450 million in emergency funds to help poor families pay their expensive heating bills this winter.
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Jane Fumich and her team visit Cleveland's churches, public housing holiday parties and ward club meetings trying to give away the government's money &#151; without much success. A year after the Medicare overhaul became law, the Bush administration is struggling to get the poor signed up for a drug discount card that comes with &#36;1,200 in aid between now and 2006.
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Thousands are going hungry in the Andean mountain region of southern Peru, says the World Food Programme.
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US Tax officers are investigating Latin American airlines claiming that they may owe taxes on salaries for crew members.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 6 (IPS) - As donations for the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster  continue to rise, development experts are hoping that the  generosity shown by governments and citizens will mark a ânew  beginningâ in the fight against poverty.
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World leaders are hoping to put a spotlight on the growing gap between rich and poor and the failure to find &#36;50 billion a year to help more than one billion people escape extreme poverty and start sharing global prosperity.
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Police are investigating a website that claims to be collecting cash on behalf of tsunami victims.
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Poor residents will be rewarded for good behavior &#151; like $300 for doing well on school tests, $150 for holding a job and $200 for visiting the doctor &#151; under an experimental anti-poverty program that city officials detailed Monday.
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Auditors will be sent to investigate techniques used by states to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid costs to the U.S. government.
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Business & money: Â· Traders give thumbs down to $145bn aid packageÂ· Democrats say needs of poor have been ignored