Llanto, Gilberto M.; Fukui, Ryu - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2003
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 …—agricultural banks, microfinance banks, microfinance NGOs, financial cooperatives and other indigenous financial systems—have to reach …