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Microfinance is an emerging important financial subsector in Asian transition countries. Its role is to improve financial access of the poor and small..

The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and rural finance markets. Innovatio..

This study assesses the state of microinsurance in the country, identifies the players and their performance, and the challenges facing microinsurance..

Why have housing reforms failed to achieve the desired improvements in housing in the Philippines? A review of trends in government housing strategies..

The paper describes the current decisionmaking structure for trade policy formulation in the Philippines and compares it with the systems in selected ..

The shift to a market-oriented credit and financial policy was expected to spur rural financing by the private sector that would help usher growth in ..

The paper traces the roots of the present fiscal problem and concludes that it is largely attributable to the deterioration of the national government..

The effectiveness and capacity by which society manages its watershed resources is mediated by different factors, namely: economic considerations—fi..

The paper analyzed the presence or absence of elements needed to have an effective system of watershed management in the Maasin Watershed, Iloilo Prov..

This paper presents a synthesis of four case studies of watershed management experiences in the Philippines, primarily to provide insight on why water..

This study is a comparative analysis of recently concluded bilateral free trade or closer economic partnership agreements including the Japan-Singapor..

Citing impressive gains in the last three years, the author points out the bright prospects for microfinance as a major source of financing for small ..

Twelve years into the implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991, it is but opportune to assess how the key features of this landmark legisla..

This feature article dissects the key economic issues that the new Philippine president faces as a new six-year term unfolds after the May presidentia..

Everyone seems to agree that the Philippines' present fiscal deficit is its most pressing problem at the moment. What brought this about? This Policy ..