Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127774 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2001-24
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Makati City
Abstract: 
This paper has reviewed existing policies and programs to encourage banks to expand their financial services to micro, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MicSMEs) and poor households. The overall policy environment for promoting microfinance in the Philippines has indeed considerably improved since 1990, and there are signs that banks have favorably responded to it. However, banks still face some constraints in expanding further their financial services to MicSMEs and poor households. This paper has discussed these constraints and recommended some measures to overcome them.
Subjects: 
microfinance
poverty
credit program
microenterprises
small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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