Micro - Matches

This paper assesses one of the pillars of the "Big Push" for micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) development of the Department of Trade and Ind..

Inclusive business (IB) is a private sector approach to providing goods, services, and livelihoods on a commercially viable basis, either at scale or ..

Mr. Jiro Tsunoda, senior advisor at the Industrial Development and Public Policy Department of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), met ..

This study assesses the effectiveness of the strategy and the complementary interventions of the Sustainable Livelihood Program's Self-Employment Assi..

Disasters are bad for business specifically for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These catastrophic events can compromise capital, logistics, prod..

This study looks at the effectiveness of the strategy and the complementary interventions of the Sustainable Livelihood Program`s Self-Employment Assi..

Filipino women are active as entrepreneurs. Data from the Department of Trade and Industry for 2009 show that 54 percent of enterprises are owned by w..

The paper argues for increasing women`s economic opportunities in the APEC region and states that women`s participation in the economy is skewed towar..

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing poverty incidence by half by next year will be unattainable even by 2025, according to a discussion..

EVEN if the national government invests heavily on poverty reduction through higher taxes and Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans, the Philipp..

A study by the government think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) warns against any attempt to adopt populist credit programs b..

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) should reconsider its policy of general moratorium on bank branching in order to enhance the efficiency and sust..

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) should reconsider its policy of general moratorium on bank branching in order to enhance the efficiency and sust..

Illness or injury, death of a family member, man-made calamities and natural disasters have a devastating effect on those poor households’ cash flow..

Microinsurance--insurance services for low-income households--has emerged as a phenomenon in recent years. This Policy Notes draws attention to the ne..