But genital art elicited a very different response in Japan this week, when police arrested an artist for distributing data that enables recipients to make 3D prints of her vagina.
The service simplifies off-net money transfers and enables recipients to transact through the convenience of their own mobile phone without cashing out.
The impacts of debt crises cannot be understood without considering structural adjustment: a term that entered the international development lexicon in 1980, when the World Bank initiated loans, normally in conjunction with stabilization loans from the IMF, that enabled recipient countries to reorganize their economies in order to increase their ability to repay external creditors.
The N.E.A. states that its goal is to enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel and general career advancement, which implies that the $20,000 awards are intended to make a substantial difference in recipients' lives.
New York welfare officials say that these policies enable recipients to establish a firm footing in a job before they are removed from welfare and left to fend for themselves.
The rental subsidies, meted out under a program called Section 8, enable recipients to put 30 percent of their income toward rent at private apartments while vouchers pay for the rest.
Conservative-run Kensington and Chelsea council in London is proposing to issue credit-card style vouchers – or "gift cards" – in lieu of crisis loans, enabling recipients to buy items at certain shops, likely to be big retailers such as Tesco, Argos and Sainsbury's.
The flexibility also extends to fellowships being carried out partly abroad or deferred for up to a year to enable recipients to complete a project they are currently employed on.
TechSoup Global has distributed more than 14.1 million software and hardware product donations and enabled recipients to save more than US$4.4 billion in IT expenses to date.
The businesses are "micro," too, but in almost every case they have enabled recipients to earn enough money to lift themselves and their families out of the direst conditions.
