Rural - Matches

In her final note for the PJD 2009 second semester issue, Ms. Jennifer Liguton bids farewell as the Philippine Journal of Development`s (PJD) managing..

Recent literature indicates the significant role played by rural infrastructure in improving agricultural productivity in developing economies. While ..

In an effort to complement the 2008 disability survey conducted in Metro Manila, the University of Tokyo and the Philippine Institute for Development ..

The Philippines has made a major push toward development of biofuel, enacting biofuels mandates and subsidies by the Biofuels Law. To maintain food se..

What is the effect of infrastructure on growth, in particular, on agricultural productivity? How critical is it in raising agricultural productivity? ..

The main objective of the paper is to explore possible institutional arrangements among the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) implementing ..

The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and rural finance markets. Innovatio..

This book, which is co-published with the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), provides a review of carefully selected literature and descriptio..

How to frame efficient rural finance policies that would become potent tools for development remains as a challenge to policymakers. Over the past two..

To be of continuous and reliable service to poor families with small businesses, microfinance institutions (MFIs) must operate in a sustainable ma..

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

Innovation in credit programs has alleviated poverty. The premise is that credit accessibility translates into productive activities that aid househol..

Attaining a better future remains slippery as a slick thief to many rural folks. In fact, despite growth in the Philippine agriculture, an impr..

This study deals with the health care needs of rural poor in Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental. Focusing on small-scale farmers and fishermen, landless la..

Regardless of the growth and rehabilitation of several financial institutions in the last decade, a large number of borrowers have not yet been served..