Factors affecting financial performace of oromia credit and saving share company. The case of eastern hararghe branch

By Abuammar Adem

Master's Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 3.89, language: English, abstract: Microfinance promises to reduce poverty. To achieve this amazing objective Microfinance institutions have to become strong enough in financial performance because donor constancy is not a given. Thus the question is: In what extent the OCCSCO -specific, industry-specific (MFI) and macroeconomic factors that determine OCCSCO's financial performance from the period 2013-2017, By using OLS estimation method to measure the effect of internal and external factors that affect financial performance in terms of return on asset. The researcher used SPSS 20.0 version to analyze the data that was obtained from secondary sources. The study was based on a five years secondary data obtained from AEMFI Financial performance analysis report and MOFEC economic forum report for10 selected OCCSCO in Eastern Hararghe branch. Beside this the study used primary data analysis to solicit managers, accountants and customer service officers perception towards factors affecting financial performance of Oromia credit and saving share company in Eastern Hararghe Branch. Regarding the explanatory variables, operational efficiency, GDP and size which affect OCCSCO financial performance significantly. The outcome of the study shows that Age of microfinance institutions has a positive but statistically insignificant effect on their financial performance. The other explanatory variables which is Portfolio at risk>30, Gearing ratio, capital to asset ratio and Market concentration affect negatively and not significant. The Oromia regional state MFIs policy makers and managers should give high concern to the credit risk management, expense management and large MFIs size management and also the government and policy makers should work combining both poverty reduction and financial self- sufficiency of OCCSCO.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3668986703
• ISBN13: 9783668986701
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"