Weekly Report - 31 May 2012 (WR-12-21)

HAITI | Combating poverty. The government has launched a cash-transfer programme to combat extreme poverty. It will assign US$15m to a new fund over the course of the next year to guarantee education for children from poor families and, by relieving the financial burden on these families, encourage them to keep their children in school.

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