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Relative Efficiency of Rural Saving and Credit Cooperatives: an Application of Data Envelopment Analysis International Journal of Cooperative Studies Vol. 2, No. 1, 2013, 16-25 DOI: 10.11634/216826311302263 Relative Efficiency of Rural Saving and Credit Cooperatives: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis Kifle Tesfamariam1, Hailemichael Tesfay2 and Aregawi Tesfay3 1Department of Cooperative Studies, Mekelle University, Ethiopia 2Department of Accounting and Finance, Mekelle University, Ethiopia 3Department of Cooperative Studies, College of Business and Economics, Mekelle University, Ethiopia Saving and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) have been playing a distinct and important role in rural areas of Ethiopia in terms of outreach, volume of operation and the purpose they serve. The performance of rural financial cooperatives in the mobilization of savings and provision of credit has been inadequate. Therefore, greater degrees of efficiency among rural SACCOs would result in greater access to finance, higher profitability and increased financial services to rural people. In this study we apply the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method to evaluate the relative efficiency of SACCOs in Tigrai region of Ethiopia. Data were collected from 329 rural SACCOs during the year 2012. The result showed that the extent of technical efficiency varies across geographical location and scale size of the cooperatives. From the total of 329 SACCOs, compared to their respective peers, only 18 (5.5%) were identified as relatively efficient with the maximum efficiency score of one. The remaining SACCOs were found to be relatively inefficient with efficiency score of less than one. The average efficiency was 21.3% which indicates that there is substantial amount of inefficiency among rural SACCOs in the study area. Technical efficiency was high for larger SACCOs. In terms of geographical location, the highest mean efficiency has been observed in southern and western zones of the region with a mean score of 0.276 and 0.259 respectively. The most interesting aspect of this study was that most of the efficient rural SACCOs are the ones that received reward from the regional government for their best performance, during the year 2012. Keywords: data envelopment analysis, technical efficiency, saving and credit cooperatives Introduction services, such as saving and credit services to members. Cooperatives such as saving and credit The financial service sector in Ethiopia is composed cooperative (SACCOs) have an extensive network of formal, semi formal and informal sectors. The throughout the country. In 1991/1992, SACCOs, formal/organized sector comprises diverse range of which were only 495 (with membership of 119,799), financial service institutions such as commercial reached 10,270 in the year 2012, currently banks and other finance companies. However, the constituting the first most common type of coops in semi formal and informal sector mainly comprises the country in terms of both number and membership. small financial institutions such as saving and credit As coops, SACCOs are expected to play their share cooperatives and iqqub and iddir respectively. The in bringing about broad based development and formal financial service sector regulated by National poverty alleviation. SACCOs are permitted to take Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) comprises licensed deposit from the members and grant loan under the commercial banks, insurance companies and cooperative proclamation No. 147/1998. These microfinance. Licensed commercial banks have been proclamation, failed to recognize that SACCOs are permitted to provide all banking services. Hence, financial institutions despite the fact that they accept they play a central role within the financial services deposits and grant loans. They are not subjected to the sector. They have the capacity to provide liquidity, regulation and supervision that other formal financial and are also responsible for payment services, intermediaries are subjected to (Kifle, 2012). Although thereby facilitating for all entities to carry out their SACCOs are not regulated or supervised by the financial transactions. National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), they play a vital In addition, the emergence of member based role for the development of small and microcredit, financial institutions has also been recognized for the particularly in the rural parts of the country. provision of banking services in Ethiopia. These The only available comprehensive economic specialized institutions provide only certain financial analysis of the semi formal sector is that of Mauri ISSN 2168-2631 Print/ ISSN 2168-264X Online © 2013 World Scholars 17 K. Tesfamariam et al. (1987), Begashaw (1987) and Aredo (1993),which of SACCOs. Little empirical evidence has been brought to light the nature and relative economic generated to measure the efficiency of SACCOs. importance of this sector in Ethiopia. However, there Table 1 presents the status of SACCO in are still different aspects of the sector which need Ethiopia in terms of number, membership, savings further investigation. For example, no attempt has and loan dispersed in 2012. The table reveals that been made to investigate the efficiency of semiformal despite the importance of commercial banks, sectors (i.e., saving and credit cooperatives). The organizations based on cooperative model remained literature to date has focused only on the formal the dominant financial product/service provider. sector (bank) and has neglected the semiformal sector Moreover, SACCOs compete with other institutions in saving markets as well as lending markets. Table 1. Status of SACCOs in terms of number, membership, savings and loan dispersed. Type of SACCO Number of SACCO Membership Size Saving Loan dispersed Urban 3573 381212 994,960,169 73,185,994 Rural 6134 529063 211,358,991 179,509,934 Total 10270 910275 1,206,319,160 252,695,928 Source: FCA (2012). Though the purposes of financial cooperatives in (Ethiopia). A comparative analysis is undertaken to Ethiopia are distinct, the soundness of every identify the relative levels of SACCOs with controls organization is important as these institutions for size and geographical areas of operations. The contribute towards maintaining confidence in the next section reviews the literature related to system. Hence, providing efficient financial services efficiency in financial institutions and relates this can be a critical element of an effective poverty literature to develop methodology and the reduction and rural development strategy and also measurement of efficiency of SACCOs. contributes to the development of the overall financial system through integration of financial Research Questions markets (ADB, 2000). Although significant progress has been made in recent years, many rural financial Based on the above facts, this study seeks to address institutions generally have insufficient capital, reach, the following research questions: and capacity to provide agricultural cooperatives with -Do the SACCOs in Tigrai region operate efficiently services at the scale they need. The provision of in providing financial products/services? efficient financial products and services plays a key -Does the size of the SACCOs affect their efficiency? role in developing a robust sector and in enhancing -Does the location of the SACCOs affect their outreach which in turn will lead to greater economies efficiency? of scale, thereby improving profitability and enhancing sustainability (Sebhatu, 2012). Given this background, the SACCO sector in Ethiopia needs Overview of SACCO in Tigrai Region structural changes for diversification of its activities to enhance self-sufficiency and provide access for The primary beneficiaries of financial services rural people. For the SACCOs to perform, grow and offered by SACCOs are agricultural cooperatives and achieve sustainability while at the same time proving small enterprises. These SACCO do not exclusively to be the instruments of development and poverty target the rural or define their mission as serving the alleviation by mobilizing small savings from the poor. Their long term strategic direction is to ensure members and diversify them to the productive use in source of financing capital to agricultural the agricultural sector, it is relevant and appropriate cooperatives, financial products and services that to study the relative efficiency of SACCOs in Tigrai effectively address agricultural cooperatives key region. financial needs (i.e., input credit, investment, insurance, etc.) and to diversify the membership income and wealth base in order to build a Objectives of the Study heterogeneous and stable core of membership. The large difference across institutions suggests that The main objective of this research is to examine the SACCOs have the potential to serve a wide range of overall efficiency of rural SACCOs in Tigrai region International Journal of Cooperative Studies 18 households, primarily farmers and microenterprises region in collaboration with development in rural areas of Tigrai region (Kifle, 2012). organizations such as VOCA. Their appeal to rural The members rely on their own capital (shares) people is spreading rapidly; while demand is to foster their economic development through access evidenced by rapid growth rates in membership and to financial services-savings and credit. Since 2002, average sizes of loans dispersed and deposits. several rural SACCOs have been established in the . Table 2. Depth of outreach rural SACCOs. Indicators 2012 No of SACCO 793 Number of members 120,607 Percent of women members 38.8% Saving (Million Birr) 41.4 Capital
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