Mobile phones are everywhere in the Philippines, even the slums of Manila, where people either have their own or share with others. That means the country is well suited to a new pilot project that uses text messages to distribute money earned through WFP 'cash-for-work' projects.
MANILA—After a hard day’s work rebuilding shelters and schools, and clearing flotsam out of the canals of Manila, a group of people hit by last year’s typhoon flooding all receive the same text message on their mobile phones.
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