Jurnal Keuangan dan Perbankan
Vol 23, No 4 (2019): October 2019

Efficiency and sustainability of microfinance: Study case agribusiness microfinance institutions in Bogor

Triane Widya Anggriani (Agricultural Management and Leadership Training Center, Ministry of Agriculture Jl. Raya Puncak Km. 11, Bogor, 16720)
R. Nunung Nuryartono (Faculty of Economics and Management, IPB University Jl. Raya Dramaga, Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor, 16680)
Bambang Juanda (Faculty of Economics and Management, IPB University Jl. Raya Dramaga, Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor, 16680)
Jaenal Effendi (Faculty of Economics and Management, IPB University Jl. Raya Dramaga, Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor, 16680)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Oct 2019

Abstract

Microfinance is one of the solutions in poverty alleviation in rural areas. The existence of financial access in a rural area, with hope, low-income society can increase their revenues and eventually able to escape the circle of poverty. The agribusiness microfinance institution is the institution that provides financing services to farmers in rural areas. However, agribusiness microfinance institution is facing sustainability problems. We analyzed financial sustainability in terms of the cost-efficiency of the Agribusiness Microfinance Institution (AMFI). The study utilized a parametric approach method of Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). The sampling technique used was purposive sampling, namely AMFI possessing two years of financial reports (in the year 2016-2017) around Bogor District, there were fifteen AMFIs qualified. The result indicates AMFIs' efficiency value in Bogor District almost approaching 100%. It means that the AMFIs' financial performance in Bogor District was highly efficient. Labor cost is a very responsive variable in the total cost. However, AMFIs' labor cost was low. This matter caused administrator performance in servicing their customers to become not optimal, thus impacting the unsustainability of AMFI.JEL Classification: G21, G23DOI: https://doi.org/10.26905/jkdp.v23i4.3591

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