Poverty - Matches
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This paper reviews the literature and evidence on the population and poverty nexus. The paper situates the role of demographic changes in development,..
Discussion Papers
Using panel data from about 1,500 farm households and estimating from a logit model, the study shows that agrarian reform has had a positive impact on..
Philippine Journal of Development
This paper has reviewed existing policies and programs to encourage banks to expand their financial services to micro, small- and medium-sized ent..
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In order to promote microfinance or the provision of a broad range of financial services to poor and low-income households for their microenterprises ..
Policy Notes
Poverty incidence has been declining in the Philippines over the past 10 years. However, with the advent of the Asian crisis in 1997, there was a reve..
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The Philippines, having been integrated into the global economy, has not been spared from the financial crisis that hit Asia in July 1997. Pre-financi..
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Innovation in credit programs has alleviated poverty. The premise is that credit accessibility translates into productive activities that aid househol..
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Recent Philippine data indicate that the needs of the poor, which are met unsatisfactorily, include productive employment, access to quality education..
Discussion Papers
This issue does not comment on the alleged role of microfinancial institutions in alleviating poverty. Neither does it discuss the supposed link betwe..
Policy Notes
Despite the government’s credit program approach, access of poor households to microfinancial services has remained limited. This paper explains the..
Philippine Journal of Development
Existing official poverty statistics cannot be directly utilized for cross-country comparison. This paper illustrates why. It presents an assessment o..
Philippine Journal of Development
Credit provision for small and poor households has always been the major element of nongovernment organizations in alleviating poverty. Recently, ther..
Philippine Journal of Development
This article takes credit finance into the level of microfinancing as an anti-poverty instrument. Given proper guidance as to its viability and..
Development Research News
Despite the government’s credit program approach, access of poor households to microfinancial services has remained limited. This paper explains the..
Discussion Papers
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