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Microfinance is an emerging important financial subsector in Asian transition countries. Its role is to improve … alleviation. This paper provides an overview of rural finance and microfinance development in transition countries in Southeast … banks, microfinance banks, microfinance NGOs, financial cooperatives and other indigenous financial systems - have to reach …
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This paper describes some emerging innovations in microfinance observed in Southeast Asian microfinance markets that … make it possible for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to reach a greater number of poor households on a sustainable basis …
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This study assesses the state of microinsurance in the country, identifies the players and their performance, and the challenges facing microinsurance development. The term micro pertains to the capacity of a program to handle the small, sometime irregular cash flows of poor households, who have...
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This paper looks at the existing credit programs for smallholders, including agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). It also assesses the Agrarian Production Credit Program, which is a program being implemented in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and the Land Bank of the...
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Establishing financially inclusive ecosystems for low-income clients, including small and medium enterprises, has become a rising global concern. The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor and the World Bank estimate that around 2.7 billion adults worldwide do not have access to credit,...
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This paper contributes to the literature on financial inclusion in the Philippines by examining three key financial services, namely, savings, credit, and insurance, and identifying individual socioeconomic characteristics that are associated with access to these financial services. Financial...
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This study looks at the effectiveness of the strategy and the complementary interventions of the Sustainable Livelihood Program's Self-Employment Assistance Kaunlaran (SLP SEA-K). The SLP SEA-K uses a microcredit strategy which intends to provide credit access to the poor, improve the ability of...
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