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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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Financial Crisis, Trade Finance, and SMEs : Case of Central Asia
Pasadilla, Gloria O. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper surveys studies of the importance of Central Asian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363865
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The Internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises in Regional and Global Value Chains
Lim, Hank; Kimura, Fukunari - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
globalization and economic integration in East Asia, there is significant potential for the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector …
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Asia and The G20
Drysdale, Peter; Willis, Sébastien - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
The industrial transformation of Asia is a development on a scale unprecedented in human history. Following the industrial revolution towards the end of the eighteenth century, Europe and North America each in turn came to dominate the world economy and global power. Now economic weight is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277990
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Joining Pre-existing International Production Networks : Implications for India’s Economic Integration to East Asia
Suh, Jeongmeen; Kim, Jong Duk - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278003
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Impact of Production Linkages on Industrial Upgrading in ASEAN, the People’s Republic of China, and India : Organizational Evidence of a Global Supply Chain
Machikita, Tomohiro; Ueki, Yasushi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper presents a simple model of industrial upgrading as a result of backward and forward information linkages between upstream and downstream relations. It also serves as an empirical investigation of the impact of mutual knowledge exchange on the knowledge production function using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278011
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Fiscal Policy Issues for India after the Global Financial Crisis (2008–2010)
Kumar, Rajiv; Soumya, Alamuru - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The need for fiscal consolidation and sustainability is one of the key macroeconomic issues confronting Indian economy. This paper attempts to understand India’s current fiscal situation, its likely future development, and its impact on the economy in the context of a weak...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278027
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Services as a New Engine of Growth for ASEAN, the People’s Republic of China, and India
Shepherd, Ben; Pasadilla, Gloria - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and India (“the ACI countriesâ€), are no strangers to this underlying trend … regional economies such as India and the Philippines. There is clear scope for policymakers to support expansion of this kind … General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Conclusion of a services agreement with India could provide an additional spur …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278062