Financial and social efficiency of microcredit programs of partner organizations of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund

Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Asif, Naila Nazir, Ateeq Ur Rehman Irshad, Ikram Ullah and Shabir Ahmad

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: This paper examines the financial and social efficiency of the microcredit programs offered by the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund partner organizations. Panel data concerning variables of interest are collected from Pakistan Microfinance Network, covering a minimum of 14 partner organizations (in 2005) to a maximum of 35 partner organizations (in 2014). The data is analyzed using the Data Envelopment Analysis, assuming both constant and variable returns to scale scenarios and the operational scale of the partner organizations. Trends in average efficiency scores have been analyzed to assess the mission drift of the partner organizations. Results reveal that managerial inefficiency is more pronounced than the sub-optimal production scale in all three scenarios under consideration. Moreover, trends in the efficiency scores indicated a slight mission drift of the microfinance providers. About 77.5% of the partner organizations were financially sustainable over the entire study period. The study recommends providing objective-oriented training, workshops, and seminars for managing microfinance providers.

Date: 2023
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