Rafael Buenaventura: Central Bank of the Philippines’ commitment to microfinance Keynote address by Mr Rafael Buenaventura, Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines), at the 2nd International Forum on Microfinance, INAFI-Philippines, Quezon City, 25 August 2004.
After 20 years since the Asian financial crisis, we now proudly see ASEAN as a region of promising world power with a strong cohesion and togetherness, owing to the ASEAN economic integration agenda. The regional integration project acknowledges and takes care of different levels of preparedness by ASEAN member states. It also upholds harmony and synergy by employing ASEAN own values. 5  16.