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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..

This paper is a preliminary review of the state of competition in the insurance industry of selected Asian countries. In particular, it explores how c..

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

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

One result of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis was greater awareness of the need for closer financial and monetary cooperation. This paper makes a..

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..

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鈥檚 Budget for 2004 is the administration鈥檚 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..