Based on interviews with officers and workers in four banks and four insurance companies in each country.

Examines the role of financial institutions in transferring remittance and macro-economic background against which such transfers takes place; evaluates use of remittance, the characteristics and needs of remittance sending/receiving persons; explores the possible role of micro-finance institutions...

Explores how public actors, especially in home countries, link foreign direct investment (FDI) to labour and employment issues.

Provides an overview of the approaches central banks in developing Asia have taken towards promoting economic stability and employment. It looks at ways central banks are concerned with labour market outcomes, and what central bank policies have done to promote employment. The paper also...

Based on a survey of 275 clients of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Lusaka. Analyses the economic stresses to which low-income entrepreneurs are vulnerable, examines their coping strategies and assesses the potential demand for microinsurance and other risk-managing financial services such...

Analyses the creation (in 1998) and evolution of the Professional Association of Mutual Financial Institutions, describes the history of the Association including the challenges and problems it faced and continues to confront.

Describes and assesses micro-finance schemes operating in the Kalookan City, Quezon City and Marikina.