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Performance and productivity changes in microfinance banks in South-West Nigeria

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  • Musa Olasupo,
  • Caroline Afolami,
  • Adebayo Shittu,
  • A.A.A. Agboola
Musa Olasupo
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
Caroline Afolami
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE (FUNAAB), ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA.
Adebayo Shittu
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE (FUNAAB), ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/BAE-13551

Published 2014-07-21

Keywords

  • Microfinance banks,
  • performance,
  • Malmquist productivity index

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Olasupo, M., Afolami, C., Shittu, A., & Agboola, A. (2014). Performance and productivity changes in microfinance banks in South-West Nigeria. Bio-Based and Applied Economics, 3(3), 271–283. https://doi.org/10.13128/BAE-13551
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Abstract

The Nigerian Microfinance sub-sector is yet to attain the desired level of global best practice. This paper thus investigated the performance and productivity changes of MFBs in South-West Nigeria, from 2006 to 2010, having had the Microfinance Policy launched in 200. From the use of relevant accounting ratios, the study revealed that only 16% of the sampled MFBs met the recommended maximum PAR value of 5% in 200. It was also revealed that 31% of the sampled MFBs reported a debt/equity ratio above the recommended value of 2 in 2006, while 32% had gearing of over 2 in 2010. The Malmquist productivity index revealed that the MFBs experienced fluctuating performances in their productivity changes, with pure technical efficiency improvements in 2007 and 2009. Overall, the performance and productivity changes experienced by the MFBs depicted a sub-sector with huge potentials and hence require nurturing to achieve its goals.

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