ANC - Matches

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 Notes outlines the sad experience of the supply-led credit policy and subsidized direct credit programs (DCPs) in the Philippines. Said failure h..

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..

This paper has reviewed existing policies and programs to encourage banks to expand their financial services to micro, small- and medium-sized ent..

This book is a critical study on housing subsidies, one of the principal instruments the government uses to provide the lower income segment of the po..

How does local banks view the entry of foreign banks in the Philippine banking system? This issue’s feature article not enlightens the DRN readers.

The paper provides an assessment of the Community Mortgage Program as a government-housing program for households belonging to the lowest income decil..