Microfinance institutions are important, particularly in developing countries, because they expand the frontier of financial intermediation by providing loans to those traditionally excluded from formal financial markets. This paper presents the first systematic statistical examination of the...

Based on an international research project which examines the issues of the impacts of the export processing zones (EPZs) on the surrounding regions and communities, the author looks at the EPZ policy and discusses the formation of the Asian transnational economic network with special reference...