The Emirate of Sharjah also waives utility payments for religious buildings.

About how Irena has fallen behind, again, on her phone and utility payments.

Israel's postal service offers utility payment, savings and checking accounts, as well as foreign currency exchange services from all post offices.

To press their point, they refuse to make their monthly land and utility payments of about $10.50 a month.

While her home several miles away was not touched, she was worried about meeting her mortgage and utility payments.

But facing economic reality, Mr. Luzhkov's city government has quietly moved to raise rents and utility payments.

The changes also allow the use of rent bills and utility payments to establish a credit history.

She was also behind in her utility payments, and could not afford to replace Rosario's only school uniform, which the girl had outgrown.

They call for more discipline in schools and for an end to boycotts of utility payments, and many would even support a moratorium on strikes.

"The data collected is very good because it includes utility payments and cellular phones, so it's actually more advanced than very developed countries," he said.