This paper provides a systematic investigation of agricultural systems practiced in the uplands by starting with a formal treatment of the shifting cu..

The manner by which the government has chosen to finance the fiscal deficit in the given period and the economic consequences of financing of governme..

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 h..

Very little has been written about the informal credit markets (ICMs) despite their prevalence in the economies of LDCs. This is probably due to the i..

Less developed countries are usually characterized by a dualistic financial system: the formal and informal credit system. One form of the latter is t..

In its attempt to characterize the existing financing schemes of the footwear manufacturing industry in Marikina, this paper investigates and document..

In recent years, Japan has been experiencing unprecedented current account surpluses, a trend that is being predicted as likely to continue in the nex..

Devaluation in the presence of an external debt will generally lead to a fall in real output and a rise in prices. Central to this paper is the model ..

This paper determines whether or not there is a rule for financing public debt that the public can discern. Specifically, it determines the nature of ..

This report presents a practical methodology for the assessment of the economic impact of soil erosion, illustrates the methodology with results from ..

This paper reviews the monetary and credit policies that directly or indirectly bear on the rise and fall of informal credit markets. It also describe..

Utilizing flexible functional forms as well as incorporating methods for treating zero observations in household survey data, this paper attempts to c..

This paper makes a brief review of the good intentions that has resulted to the world’s worst financial recession. It offers several measures necess..

This paper reviews the trends in rural banking during the past ten years with an emphasis on deposit mobilization. Results indicate that while there h..

There has been a growing interest in the rural financial sector mainly due to the ongoing reforms in the financial system that is headed towards a mor..