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    Innovations as response to failures in rural financial markets

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    Commercial banks will not lend to the poor and to microenterprises. The unflattering profile and lack of assets of the poor pose serious challenges to profit- maximizing financial institutions. High transaction costs make provision of small loans very costly and information asymmetry increases the risk in lending.
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    Rural finance in the Philippines: a continuing saga in policy challenges

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    How to frame efficient rural finance policies that would become potent tools for development remains a challenge to policymakers. Over the past two decades, the Philippines' rural financial market has gone through various experiences and stages of development.
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    Impact of microfinance on rural households in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    This paper reports on the impact evaluation study of the Rural Microenterprise Finance Project (RMFP) in the Philippines. RMFP aimed to support efforts of the Government of the Philippines to strengthen rural financial institutions by assisting organizations that employed the Grameen Bank Approach (GBA) in providing credit to the poor.
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    CARP institutional assessment in a post-2008 transition scenario: toward a new rural development architecture

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    The main objective of the paper is to explore possible institutional arrangements among the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), Philippines, implementing agencies in a post-2008 transition scenario for CARP.
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    The impact of the global financial crisis on rural and microfinance in Asia

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    Using data from a quick survey of various rural (RFIs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs) in East Asia, the paper tries to find out how those institutions and their clientele have been affected by the global financial crisis, how they have coped with the ongoing crisis, and what they plan to do in the future to ensure the stability of the rural financial system and the continuing access of cl
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    Poverty and agriculture in the Philippines: trends in income poverty and distribution

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    Poverty incidence in the Philippines is rising based on the national official data released by the National Statistical Coordination Board. Poverty incidence among population rose from 24.9 percent in 2003 to 26.4 percent in 2006 and then inched up further to 26.5 percent in 2009.
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    Investing in local roads for economic growth

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    Local road investments work for growth and poverty reduction in local areas. The paper highlights the importance of investing in local roads and directs attention to the critical role of local government units (LGUs) in improving the local road network. Raising additional monies to fund local roads is only partly a solution.
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    Agriculture, rural employment, and inclusive growth

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013
    At the top of the agenda of the Philippine Development Plan is inclusive growth, meaning growth that is rapid, sustained, and wide enough to matter to a broad spectrum of the population.
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    Cost Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Sitio and Household Electrification Programs

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013
    The Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) and the Household Electrification Program (HEP) are two ongoing rural electrification programs of the government. To assist the Department of Budget and Management in implementing its zero-based budgeting approach, the author assessed the 2011 SEP and HEP implementation.
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    A study of National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in three Grama Panchayats of Kasaragod District

    Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2009
    The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is a historic legislation passed by the Government of India in September 2005. It was enacted in order to address the crucial issues of unemployment and poverty in rural India. The NREGA guarantees a hundred days of unskilled employment to each household in every financial year at an equal wage rate for both male and female workers.

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