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Despite the pawnshop’s recently gained popularity as an alternative source of credit, very little study has been accorded to it. To date, there is hardly any thorough study about it. This paper is an attempt to bridge that gap. It analyzes the role of pawnshops in the financial system with...
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Do guarantee programs lead to additionality in agricultural lending? Do guarantee programs contribute to small loans? Do guarantee programs encourage banks to use their own funds? Do guarantee programs reduce the cost of lending to banks and how cost effective are the guarantee programs? These...
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Analysis of the performance of rural, private commercial and private development banks indicates that while private commercial banks has done intensive savings mobilization drive outside NCR, the performance of these three financial institutions depend on their operating policy framework and the...
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This paper attempts to describe and analyze the extent of problems in the Philippine financial system, their causes, regulatory and supervisory responses to such problems and the incidence of the costs of bank failures. These are all in the hope of providing lessons that are useful in...
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While the ASEAN has achieved peace and stability in the region, it has nothing significant to boast about its economic achievements. This study examines the ASEAN financial cooperative efforts and their implications for improving intra-ASEAN trade and investment. The Philippine perspective is...
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How much support is the Philippine government giving to its export sector by means of its financing schemes? Are the small and indirect exporters given preference or assistance? How supportive is the entire export financing system in the country to the attainment of an export-driven development...
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Credit provision for small and poor households has always been the major element of nongovernment organizations in alleviating poverty. Recently, there has been a move to replicate the Bangladesh Grameen Bank in the Philippines known as Landless People’s Development Fund. This paper assesses...
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One of the issues contending the rural borrowers, who are composed of small entrepreneurs, fishermen and farmers, is the access to financial services of formal financial institutions. With this fact on hand, this article discusses the issue within the framework of asymmetry of information...
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Against the backdrop of rural financial markets, this article documents and describes Philippine rural deposit mobilization in view of the recent government attempts to reduce the urban bias of financial developments. It also examines the factors in rural economy that can contribute to the...
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This article attempts to study the Philippine experience with financial liberalization. In particular, it examines the impact of interest rate reforms on the flow of loanable funds in the organized financial market.
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