ANC - Matches

This paper attempted to test whether efficient cooperative rural banks (CRBs) have a better control of their agency costs. We used two different conce..

Has foreign entry indeed made domestic banks more efficient? Unite's and Sullivan's study, based on a sample of 16 expanded commercial banks (ECBs) an..

Is the Philippines ready to face foreign competition in the financial sector? Does it have enough supply of professionals who are capable of meeting t..

This paper describes the forces that have come to bear on the shaping of food security policy in the Philippines in recent years, and the government's..

Microfinance banks have, through the years, shown a remarkable ability to reach low-income borrowers, most of whom do not have bankable assets to serv..

This Notes outlines the sad experience of the supply-led credit policy and subsidized direct credit programs (DCPs) in the Philippines. Said failure h..

This literature review characterizes the structure and performance of the agricultural distribution sector in the Philippines. Drawing from previous s..

This study evaluates the absorptive capacity of a government agency for domestic and external funds. It takes the case of the Department of Public Wor..

This study classifies the laws affecting the informal sector and assesses the extent of the empowerment of the sector based on the provisions in the l..

This paper has reviewed existing policies and programs to encourage banks to expand their financial services to micro, small- and medium-sized ent..

This book is a critical study on housing subsidies, one of the principal instruments the government uses to provide the lower income segment of the po..

How does local banks view the entry of foreign banks in the Philippine banking system? This issue’s feature article not enlightens the DRN readers.

The paper provides an assessment of the Community Mortgage Program as a government-housing program for households belonging to the lowest income decil..

In order to promote microfinance or the provision of a broad range of financial services to poor and low-income households for their microenterprises ..

This book is a collection of 15 exhaustive studies on the recent East Asian financial crisis. This volume attempts to understand the nature and c..