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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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Strengthening Financial Infrastructure
Morgan, Peter J.; Lamberte, Mario - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This study provides comparative perspectives on the current and prospective situation of financial market development in ASEAN, the PRC, and India, identifies key priorities for strengthening financial infrastructure to promote financial development and regional integration, and produces policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651643
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Microinsurance in the Philippines : Policy and Regulatory Issues and Challenges
Llanto, Gilbert M.; Almario, Joselito; Llanto-Gamboa, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This study assesses the state of micro-insurance in the country, identifies the players and their performance, and the … challenges facing micro-insurance development. The term micro pertains to the capacity of a program to handle the small, sometime …. Micro-insurance products, specifically designed with the poor in mind, will help mitigate risks and reduce the vulnerability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363597
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Developing Principles for the Regulation of Microinsurance : Philippine Case Study
Llanto, Gilberto M.; Geron, Ma. Piedad S.; Almario, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
those poor households cash flow, liquidity and earning capacities and thus, on household welfare. Demand for micro-insurance … this issue. This study seeks to provide a better understanding of the micro-insurance market in the Philippines and to draw … certain principles for micro-insurance regulation from a review of the Philippine experience with micro-insurance. The study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363599
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Multi Factor SUR in Event Study Analysis : Evidence from M&A in Singapore’s Financial Industry
Tanuwidjaja, Enrico - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper proposes a use of multi-factor seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) in event study analysis to study mergers and acquisitions in Singapores financial industry. We also study the cross-sector (banking and insurance) domestic acquisition in Singapores financial industry. By contrasting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363889
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Developing Principles for the Regulation of Microinsurance (Philippine Case Study)
Llanto, Gilberto M.; Geron, Maria Piedad; Almario, Joselito - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
member, man-made calamities and natural disasters. Demand for microinsurance products is growing and both formal and informal … microinsurance schemes have started to emerge to address this need. This paper seeks to provide a better understanding of the micro-insurance … market in the Philippines and to draw certain principles for micro-insurance regulation from a review of the Philippine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365259
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Financial Stability and Financial Inclusion
Morgan, Peter J.; Pontines, Victor - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
Developing economies are seeking to promote financial inclusion, i.e., greater access to financial services for low-income households and firms, as part of their overall strategies for economic and financial development. This raises the question of whether financial stability and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278004
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Financial Stability and Financial Inclusion
Morgan, Peter J.; Pontines, Victor - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
Developing economies are seeking to promote financial inclusion, i.e., greater access to financial services for low-income households and firms, as part of their overall strategies for economic and financial development. This raises the question of whether financial stability and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278019
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Measuring Financial Inclusion : An Axiomatic Approach
Chakravarty, Satya R.; Pal, Rupayan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper clearly demonstrates that the axiomatic measurement approach developed in the human development literature can be usefully applied to the measurement of financial inclusion. A conceptual framework for aggregating data on financial services in different dimensions is developed. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363754
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The Role of State Intervention in the Financial Sector : Crisis Prevention, Containment, and Resolution
Cho, Yoon Je - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper discusses the role of state intervention for prevention, containment, and resolution of financial crises based mainly on the Korean experience during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Crises in emerging market and developing economies tend to be more complicated than those faced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363798