@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004625,
 author = {Elvinia, Jose D.},
 journal = {国際開発研究フォーラム, Forum of International Development Studies},
 month = {Sep},
 note = {This paper is an attempt to analyze the ways government’s bureaucratic system in the service delivery to SME sector affects the day-to-day operations of small enterprises, along with other related issues such as the central-local government relations, decentralization, partnership and networking approach, and the demand-supply driven public services. It looked at the experience of the Philippine government’s policies and programs aim at SMEs’ growth, dubbed as the National SME Development Agenda. The agenda incorporates a comprehensive and integrated approach to SME development, under the national government’s direction. Apparently, the agenda is centrally planned, designed and implemented. At the lowest level of the government hierarchy, the local government unit is entirely left only to monitor and coordinate the implementation of central government actions. Hence, the role and accountability of local stakeholders are not well defined (especially the local government’s). Citing the case of Zamboanga City, the economic center of Western Mindanao region, the local government is lacking ownership, involvement, and commitment to this national initiative. Despite this national government-led support scheme, SMEs are continually facing some problems and pressures pertaining to their business operations. Analysis on the effect of national government’s support scheme at the firm level is presented, with some implications toward the end.},
 pages = {73--95},
 title = {The present state of small-scale enterprises in the Philippines under the framework of the national SME development agenda: a case study in Zamboanga City},
 volume = {30},
 year = {2005}
}