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Has the insurance industry in the five ASEAN economies been fully tapped to help in fostering the development of capital markets in the region? This P..

This paper describes some emerging innovations in microfinance observed in Southeast Asian microfinance markets that make it possible for microfinance..

The President’s Budget for 2004 is the administration’s last prior to the forthcoming presidential elections in May 2004. Thus, it is but timely t..

Managing Urbanization Under a Decentralized Governance Framework (Volume 2) is a companion piece to Volume 1, which offers the institutional deta..

This paper attempts to analyze governance systems in Southeast Asia and proposes some policy suggestions that can improve governance practices in the..

This paper examines the trends in Philippine banking regulation in the past 25 years. In particular, it notes that the Philippines has followed a poli..

This issue discusses whether or not there is a need to legislate a specific policy agenda for water governance in the country. The author assesses the..

To be of continuous and reliable service to poor families with small businesses, microfinance institutions (MFIs) must operate in a sustainable ma..

With the financial services sector integrating, the question being asked is: should regulation also do the same? Must the structure of the regulatory ..

Before 1997, the East Asian economies were enjoying economic prosperity characterized by unprecedented high economic growth and low unemployment rates..

This paper attempted to test whether efficient cooperative rural banks (CRBs) have a better control of their agency costs. We used two different conce..

Has foreign entry indeed made domestic banks more efficient? Unite's and Sullivan's study, based on a sample of 16 expanded commercial banks (ECBs) an..

Is the Philippines ready to face foreign competition in the financial sector? Does it have enough supply of professionals who are capable of meeting t..

This paper describes the forces that have come to bear on the shaping of food security policy in the Philippines in recent years, and the government's..

This study classifies the laws affecting the informal sector and assesses the extent of the empowerment of the sector based on the provisions in the l..