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"We got the capital for making the sample furniture through a P7,000 loan from ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation," said Mang Abner, a member of the country’s entrepreneurial poor.


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Microfinance saves the day

By Carla Paras-Sison | April 5, 2004 - 12:00am

Carpenter Mang Abner and wife, Nora, get orders from Manila shops and then make unique furniture out of driftwood. They started their business by displaying furniture samples in front of their home in Luisiana, Laguna....

Business As Usual

Microfinance made easier

May 6, 2002 - 12:00am

For the last three years, Bangladesh-based ASA provided technical assistance to local microfinance institutions under the Microfinance Support Project of the United Nations Development Programme. The Philippines...

Business As Usual