Micro - Matches

This paper examines the borrowing behavior of the households and the suitability of the loans obtained from the community oriented financial intermedi..

The paper employs an integrated CGE-microsimulation approach to analyze the possible effects of the Philippine-Japan bilateral agreements on unemploym..

This paper extends the analysis on microfinance and poverty from the household perspective by focusing on the role of other economically active househ..

This paper examines the extent of asset accumulation and saving of the households from the credit they obtained from community-oriented financial inte..

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 ..

Few studies on microfinance have delved on its development from the household perspective as it relates to poverty alleviation. This Policy Notes focu..

This Policy Notes looks at the issue of gender concerns in credit cooperatives from a different perspective. Specifically, it looks at the implication..

What led to the dynamic growth of the microfinance market in the Philippines? According to Dr. Gilberto Llanto in this Policy Notes, the microfinance ..

In recent years, the government substituted its former supply-led approach in credit financing with a more nontraditional and liberal approach: microf..

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

This paper examines the development of microfinance market from the household perspective as it relates to poverty alleviation. It employs poverty dec..

This paper uses a CGE mircosimulation approach to analyze the effects of tariff reduction on poverty and income inequality. The approach relaxes the r..

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

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

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