dc.contributor.author | Nghiem, Son Hong | |
dc.contributor.author | Coelli, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rao, P. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Jonathan H. Westover | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-12T00:53:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-12T00:53:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781612292458 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/373027 | |
dc.description.abstract | A large amount of donor money and government money is
spent on microfinance programs in developing countries around the
world. However, there is very little quantitative research available on the
relative efficiency of these programs. This research investigates the
efficiency of the microfinance industry in Vietnam through a survey of
46 schemes in the north and the central regions. Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) methods are used to assess the technical efficiency and
scale efficiency of the microfinance schemes. Given the lack of previous
studies in this industry, we review the various approaches to variable
selection used in the financial institutions literature and amend the socalled
"production" approach to accommodate the poverty reduction
focus of microfinance. The empirical results reveal that the average
technical efficiency scores of schemes surveyed is 80%. A second stage
regression analysis is used to assess the impact of a variety of
environmental variables upon the efficiency of the schemes. The age and
the location of the scheme are found to have a significant influence upon
efficiency. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Common Ground Publishing | |
dc.publisher.place | United States | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://theorganization.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.195/prod.8 | |
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitle | Social Entrepreneurship and Microfinance | |
dc.relation.ispartofchapter | 15 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 190 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 216 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Economic Development and Growth | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 140202 | |
dc.title | Microfinance in Vietnam | |
dc.type | Book chapter | |
dc.type.description | B1 - Chapters | |
dc.type.code | B - Book Chapters | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2013. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the publisher’s website for further information. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Nghiem, Son H. | |