The Role of Microcredit Program and Micro Enterprises in Poverty Reduction

Atik Purmiyati (), Retno Setyowati and Marta Sabila Rakhima
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Atik Purmiyati: Faculty of Economics and Business Airlangga University B Campus Jl. Airlangga No. 4-6, Surabaya, 60286 INDONESIA.
Retno Setyowati: Faculty of Economics and Business Airlangga University B Campus Jl. Airlangga No. 4-6, Surabaya, 60286 INDONESIA.
Marta Sabila Rakhima: Faculty of Economics and Business Airlangga University B Campus Jl. Airlangga No. 4-6, Surabaya, 60286 INDONESIA.

Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 2021, vol. 55, issue 2, 29-38

Abstract: This study analyzes the technical efficiency micro-enterprises in agricultural sector and its determinants. It further investigate the effect of the microcredit program of Kredit Perniagaan Rakyat (KUR) on the efficiency of micro-enterprises in East Java Indonesia hence the poverty reduction. In achieving the aforementioned objectives, three methods are employed namely Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Tobit Regression, and Logistic Regression. The estimation results of the Micro Enterprises efficiency using DEA shows that under the assumption of Variable Return to Scale 62 percent of the samples have reached full efficiency. However, under the assumption of Constant Return to Scale, 28 percent of the samples have reached full efficiency.. The factors that influence the efficiency based on tobit regression analysis are profit, asset, credit amount, KUR access, realization tempo, age, labor, and business location. Furthermore, factors affecting poverty status based on logistic regression analysis are income, gender, KUR access, and number of household .

Keywords: Microcredit; agriculture; efficiency; micro-enterprises; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 D24 G51 I32 I38 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.17576/JEM-2021-5502-3

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