TITLE : FARM CREDIT SITUATION IN ASIA*

Foreword   i
Address  iii
 
Section I	SUMMARY OF FINDINGS  1
 
 
Section II REGIONAL SURVEY REPORT ON FARM CREDIT
 
1. Introductory Note on APO Survey on Farm Credit   13
2. Trends in Farm Credit in APO Member Countries   17
 
 
Section III OTHER SYMPOSIUM PAPERS
 
1. Credit Problems of Farmers in Thailand   51
2. Problems of Agricultural Lending Institutions: Bank Rakyat
   Indonesia Experience  73
3. Problems of Agricultural Lending Institutions: Focus on Pakistan
91
4. Rural Poverty and Debt Liquidation Policy in Japan in the 1930s
103
5. Why Agricultural Credit Programmes in Low Income Countries
   Perform Poorly  113
 
 
Section IV THE PHILIPPINE FARM CREDIT SITUATION
 
1. General Perspective 	   127
2. The Role of Crop Insurance in the Philippine Farm Credit System
	193
3. Farm Credit Problem: A Farmer's Viewpoint  201
4. Policies on Farm Credit: Tasks, Issues and Constraints   205
 
 
Section V THE FARM CREDIT SITUATION IN OTHER APO MEMBER COUNTRIES
	1. Bangladesh 215
	2. China, Rep. of  231
	3. Hong Kong  271
	4. India   291
	5. Indonesia  337	
	6. Japan  365
    7. Korea, Rep. of  399
    8. Nepal  423
    9. Pakistan  455
   10. Sri Lanka  495
   11. Thailand  524
 
 
Section Vl APPENDICES
1. List of Participants, Resource Speakers, Observers, Etc  561
2. Discussion Topics Outline  565
3. Programme of Activities  570