The top three coping strategies used are deferring payment of utility bills, lowering the quality and quantity of food intake, and borrowing".
Alior's "Kill Bill" campaign promised free and easy payment of utility bills, and signed up many customers for accounts and loans.
The thing is, landlords would only have an incentive to invest in efficiency if the landlord were the one responsible for the payment of utility costs.
"Rural consumers will particularly benefit from money transfers and, for urban consumers used to online services, we are enabling services such as payment of utility bills, purchase of train and movie tickets, top-ups, all through their mobile phones.
The startup is onto an idea that other remittances companies like YC-backed and Latin America-focused Regalii are addressing in switching to direct payment of utility or school bills from pure cash transfers.
Furthermore, some of the payment options offered, such as direct payment of utility and commercial bills, are of little use to the urban poor, who lack direct utility connections and extra spending money.
The three circulars list various types of cost or expense item (such as travel expense, maintenance expense, payroll salaries, lobbying costs, purchase of materials, payment of utility bills, etc)., and establishes whether each is either allowable or unallowable.
There is also a need to explore more closely the incentives that these particular health workers prefer, such as payment of utility bills, access to loans at good conditions to facilitate home building, or the receipt of building materials in kind.
He cracked down on electricity theft and non-payment of utilities bills while giving amnesties to students and the unemployed.
He added that the corporation is looking at what happens with non-payment of utility bills to draw comparisons.
Making monthly payments for utilities, phone, etc. (78% of men, 83% of women) Paying credit card bills (74% of men, 81% of women) General financial planning/budgeting (68% of men, 65% of women) Making mortgage or rent payments (59% of men, 59% of women).
