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Technical efficiency of microfinance institutions: evidence from Mexico

Martinez-Gonzalez, Ariadna
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1222266486

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2008, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Agricultural, Environmental Development Economics.
The purpose is to examine the relative technical efficiency of a sample of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Mexico, through the use of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to compute efficiency scores, and to identify determinants of the differences in efficiency, through the estimation of a Tobit regression. Results for the intermediation and production approaches suggest that most MFIs have been more efficient in pursuing sustainability (proxied by the performing loan portfolio size) rather than breadth of outreach (number of clients) or have not met either goal successfully, but this trend reverted in 2007. The significant determinants of differences in efficiency are the: average size of loan, proportion of assets used as performing portfolio, percentage of FINAFIM funds, scale of operations, ratio of payroll to expenses, age, structure of the board, and for-profit status of the MFI. The results portray an incipient market, where public funding does not necessarily lead to efficiency.
Claudio Gonzalez-Vega (Advisor)
Anand Desai (Committee Member)
165 p.
Economics
relative technical efficiency; microfinance institutions; Mexico

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  • Martinez-Gonzalez, A. (2008). Technical efficiency of microfinance institutions: evidence from Mexico [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1222266486

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Martinez-Gonzalez, Ariadna. Technical efficiency of microfinance institutions: evidence from Mexico. 2008. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1222266486.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Martinez-Gonzalez, Ariadna. "Technical efficiency of microfinance institutions: evidence from Mexico." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1222266486

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