But Stadnik and others see all too many bolsa recipients still pimping their own children out on the streets of Sao Paolo, selling candies and trinkets instead of learning to read.

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The report also said that many grants schemes are too complex, with both funders and recipients rarely learning lessons from problems which have arisen with past schemes.

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John, who had far too many children to count on one hand (thank the Catholic Church for packaging aid with the foolish condition that its recipients not use contraception), had become an organizer for the people in his village.

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