. It also explores the role of microfinance in supporting the utilization of the trade facilitation initiatives. The role … of microfinance in this context is to complement trade facilitation measures in order to allow the poor to benefit from …

the Philippines / Arsenio Balisacan and Rosemarie Edillon -- 7. Micro-finance and poverty reduction in Asia / John Weiss …1. Experiences with poverty targeting in Asia : an overview / John Weiss -- 2. Poverty targeting in India / Pradeep … Srivastava -- 3. Poverty targeting in Indonesia / Ari A. Perdana and John Maxwell -- 4. Poverty targeting in the People …

socioeconomic transformation, the current state of development, the high level of poverty in these countries (except Malaysia), the …This article examines the role of the state in development, and the question of poverty, inequality and regional … disparity in selected ASEAN countries Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines in the context of both internal and …