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Impact Assessment of National and Regional Policies Using the Philippine Regional General Equilibrium Model
Briones, Roehlano M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
For the Philippines, quantitative policy analysis should incorporate regional differences in welfare and economic structure, which arise partly from geographic constraints. However, existing CGE models offer limited analysis of regional effects or national impacts of region-specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363610
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Innovations as Response to Failures in Rural Financial Markets
Llanto, Gilberto M.; Gabrielle Roanne Laviña - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363593
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Impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in the Philippines
Kondo, Toshio; Aniceto Orbeta Jr.; Dingcong, Clarence; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
quasi-experimental design with incoming clients of randomly selected participating microfinance institutions as the … islands (Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao) and 38 microfinance institutions consisting of three types - banks, cooperatives, and … for microfinance programs to be effective as a poverty-alleviation tool there is a need to review and constantly monitor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363603
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Risk Management for the Poor and Vulnerable
Perdana, Ari A. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
should aim to provide access for the poor on saving, credit and insurance. Microfinance schemes have been applauded as a … successful best practice in providing access to saving and credit. However, microfinance institutions still have some room for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365393
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Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines
Manasan, Rosario G.; Cuenca, Janet S.; Villanueva, Eden C. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to earn income in the future. In this sense, directing education expenditures to the poor holds a promise for breaking the inter-generational transmission of poverty. Given this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363304
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Measuring the Environmental Impacts of Changing Trade Patterns on the Poor
Kalirajan, Kaliappa; VenkatachalamAnbumozhi; Singh, Kanhaiya - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
how integrated the country is with the rest of the world. Thus, it poses a continuing challenge for policy makers in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363423
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The Impact of Private Sector Growth on Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper assesses the effect of public and private sector growth on poverty in Indonesia. We use fixed capital formation growth as the proxy for the private sector and growth in government spending as the indicator of the public sector. We find that growth in both sectors significantly reduces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363529
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Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines
Manasan, Rosario G.; Cuenca, Janet S.; Villanueva-Ruiz, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to earn income in the future. In this sense, directing education expenditures to the poor holds a promise for breaking the inter-generational transmission of poverty. Given this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363579
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Policy Study on the National and Local Government Expenditures for Millennium Development Goals, 2000–2005
Manasan, Rosario G. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
and women empowerment; reduction of child mortality; improvement of maternal health; control of HIV/AIDS, malaria and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363598
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Assessing Socioeconomic Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Stone, Susan; Strutt, Anna; Hertel, Thomas - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This study attempts to quantify the links between infrastructure investment and poverty reduction using a multi-region general equilibrium model, supplemented with household survey data for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Infrastructure investment is an important step in economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363906