In 1995, Congress eliminated the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Minority Tax Certificate Program--a nonintrusive method of encouraging increased participation of minority entrepreneurs as owners in the broadcast and cable industries. Since that time, minorities have faced increased difficulties competing in all facets of the communications industry. These difficulties can be attribut…
Many developing countries provide conditional cash transfers (CCTs) for their poorest families. In the Philippines, CCT use has expanded rapidly such that in five years the amount of transfers increased by 3,300%, with PHP34 billion (US$801 million (2)) disbursed in 2013. This expansion of deliveries has complicated government logistics. In an effort to reach the poor in all areas of the countr…