Thirty-Three Facts About Philippine Agricultural Credit

This paper is an edited and expanded version of PIDS Staff Paper 87-02. It provides a number of facts and observations regarding agricultural credit, the main source of which is the ongoing program to rehabilitate the rural banks, to re-orient the concept of supervised credit and the creation of the Comprehensive Agricultural Loan Fund. This article also includes the 20-year experience of the Philippines and other selected countries in rural banking and agricultural credit.agriculture sector, banking system, rural sector, credit market

Thirty-Three Facts About Philippine Agricultural Credit

This paper is an edited and expanded version of PIDS Staff Paper 87-02. It provides a number of facts and observations regarding agricultural credit, the main source of which is the ongoing program to rehabilitate the rural banks, to re-orient the concept of supervised credit and the creation of the Comprehensive Agricultural Loan Fund. This article also includes the 20-year experience of the Philippines and other selected countries in rural banking and agricultural credit.agriculture sector, banking system, rural sector, credit market

The Globalization of Food Security: Rice Policy Reforms in the Philippines

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 responses to the emerging challenges. It attempts a political economy and public administration insight into the effectiveness and efficiency of the government's efforts to boost rice production. Public goods and policy has greater significance in rice productivity and growth than in most other commodities and services. Research and analysis that intensifies attention to public sector governance as a crucial factor in the attainment of sustainable food security is thus appropriate.rice policy reforms, Grains Sector Development Program, rice sector governance

The Globalization of Food Security: Rice Policy Reforms in the Philippines

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 responses to the emerging challenges. It attempts a political economy and public administration insight into the effectiveness and efficiency of the government's efforts to boost rice production. Public goods and policy has greater significance in rice productivity and growth than in most other commodities and services. Research and analysis that intensifies attention to public sector governance as a crucial factor in the attainment of sustainable food security is thus appropriate.rice policy reforms, Grains Sector Development Program, rice sector governance

A Particulate Basis for an Immiscible Lattice-Gas Model

We show that a phenomenological hydrodynamic lattice-gas model of two-phase flow, developed by Rothman and Keller in 1988 and used extensively for numerical simulations since then, can be derived from an underlying model of particle interactions. From this result, we elucidate the nature of the hydrodynamic limit of the Rothman-Keller model.Comment: 11 pages. Accepted for publication in Computer Physics Communication

Credit Policy and Rent-Seeking Among Small Banks in Developing Countries

This article models the small LDC bankers’ profit maximizing and decisionmaking processes in addressing policy actions. Its implications are useful for future policy reforms.banking system, econometric modeling, profitability and feasibility, Less Developed Countries

Credit Policy and Rent-Seeking Among Small Banks in Developing Countries

This article models the small LDC bankers’ profit maximizing and decisionmaking processes in addressing policy actions. Its implications are useful for future policy reforms.banking system, econometric modeling, profitability and feasibility, Less Developed Countries

Rice Policy Reforms in the Philippines: A Political Economy Perspective

Changing leaders, changing styles, changing programs--this in a way sums up why policy reforms somehow get delayed and, at times, derailed often at the expense of sustainable, long-term effectiveness. This is the situation of the rice sector policy reforms in the Philippines. Dr. Bruce Tolentino succinctly shows how in this Policy Notes.rice policy reforms, rice sector, Grains Sector Development Program