microfinance type based on the major factors determining micro, small and medium enterprises' access to credit from microfinance … institutions in the era of financial liberalization. The data for the study were gleaned from fourteen microfinance institutions … rationing is not influenced by the microfinance types but by the individual microfinance institutions. …

Microcredit is an innovative financial tool designed to reduce poverty and fix credit market imperfections. We use …

This paper investigates a relationship between economic governance and the dual objectives of Microfinance Institutions … (MFIs): poverty reduction and financial viability. Using an unbalanced panel of 531 MFIs the important role of other … availability and lesser time in securing property enhances the chances of MFIs in achieving their poverty reduction objective …

size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in …

and a secret saving device on solidarity in risk-sharing groups among rural villagers in the Philippines. Risk is …

We analyze trends in nursing education in the Philippines during a period of rising and falling demand for Philippine … nurses in the developed countries. Based on focus group discussion data obtained in the Philippines, we examine students …