The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and …

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 …

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 …

Australia’s foreign investment regime plays an important role in Australia maintaining an open investment environment … while providing the Australian community confidence that new investment projects are in the interest of the community. Until … 2005, the foreign investment regime treated all investment sources on a non-discriminatory basis but since then some …

possibility of closing such gaps and linking the two regions through various trade and investment initiatives. The opportunities …

This paper summarizes the conceptual rationale for investment liberalization to fully exploit the potential of regional … trading arrangements. It goes on to examine the treatment of investment in emerging FTAs/RTAs in the Asia-Pacific region and … the specific investment provisions and their consistency with the existing multilateral provisions on investment, viz …

dynamics of cross border trade and investment in South Asia, exploring the potential for, and obstacles to, such trade through …

Agreements are seen as an option in creating a stable economy and in creating an environment attractive for investment. However …