Can biometrics put a dent in humanitarian aid theft? Nothing else has

A pattern for international food aid has been set. Biometric checks that to date have been marketed as a nice-to-have or even prestige achievement in the field are being mandated.

Reportedly historic levels of food theft occurring right now in Ethiopia have so outraged United Nations and the United States aid officials that, according to Associated Press reporting, the officials want to force the use of scans before they hand out another grain.

Biometric systems were deployed several years …

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