An Assessment of the Capacity of Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions: The Philippine Case

Despite the government’s credit program approach, access of poor households to microfinancial services has remained limited. This paper explains the microfinance policy environment in the Philippines and evaluates the institutional and financial capacity/performance constraints of MFIs. This also addresses four areas that will allow MFIs to be self-sustaining financial institutions for the poor.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Llanto, Gilberto M. ; Garcia, Edgardo ; Callanta, Ruth
Institutions:	Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Government of the Philippines
Subject:	poverty alleviation \| poverty distribution \| targeting \| microfinance institutions

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number DP 1996-12 5 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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