This paper extends the analysis on microfinance and poverty from the household perspective by focusing on the role of … other economically active household members in alleviating household poverty. Results show that additional other …, results from the earnings regression analysis and logit analysis indicate congruence with generally accepted theory on poverty …

This paper examines the development of microfinance market from the household perspective as it relates to poverty … alleviation. It employs poverty decomposition and dominance analysis. The analysis was divided into four components: comparison … between male-headed and female-headed nonbeneficiary households. Results show that there is a large disparity in poverty …

In 2006, poverty incidence in the Philippines went up by 3 percentage points from 2003, marking a reversal against the … downward trend in previous poverty estimates. This upward trend went against expectations after the Philippine economy … further add to the already difficult work of reducing poverty. The MDG deadline looms ahead and time is running out in the …

equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the possible poverty and distributional effects of the removal of QR and the reduction in … headcount poverty index, both the poverty gap and the squared poverty gap indices increase. The Gini coefficient increases as … inputs in the sector, lower factor prices in agriculture, and lower factor incomes for these households. Thus, poverty in …

poverty in the Philippines using household survey data. The clear implication of the results is that, in the case of the … Philippines, an active population policy aimed at restricting family size could have an important impact on poverty reduction. …This paper shows how large family size can be an important contributor to household poverty. It presents results from …

In the last twenty years, the Philippines has gained a good progress in poverty reduction. However, compared to other … countries in the region, the Philippines is still behind. In the early years of the 21st century, more than a third of the … Philippine population lives below the poverty line. With landless status, the poor depended largely on labor with its embedded …

recommend that for microfinance programs to be effective as a poverty-alleviation tool there is a need to review and constantly … Philippines. RMFP aimed to support efforts of the Government of the Philippines to strengthen rural financial institutions by … quasi-experimental design with incoming clients of randomly selected participating microfinance institutions as the …

, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MicSMEs) and poor households. The overall policy environment for promoting microfinance … in the Philippines has indeed considerably improved since 1990, and there are signs that banks have favorably responded …