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       Factors Affecting Financial Sustainability of Microfinance
                              Institutions
                                          Anand K. Rai (Corresponding author)
                                     Army Institute of Management and Technology,
                                    Plot M-1, Pocket P-5, Greater Noida (U.P.), India.
                                 Tele: 91-9811743141 E-mail: anandleo19@hotmail.com

                                                      Sandhya Rai
                                Institute of Management Studies, C 238,Bulandshar Road
                                             Lal Quan Ghaziabad (U.P.) India.
                                Tele: 91-9278221238 E-mail: raisandhya@gmail.com

Abstract
Millions of people in developing countries have been given access to formal financial services through
microfinance programs. Nevertheless, millions of potential clients still remain un-served and the demand for
financial services far exceeds the currently available supply. Given significant capital constraints, expansion of
microfinance programs remains a formidable challenge facing the microfinance industry. Moreover, it is
observed that microfinance organizations have had various degrees of sustainability. One such sustainability is
the financial sustainability. Financial sustainability has been defined by various researchers differently. As such
there is no clear cut definition of the word financial sustainability. The MIX Market and various other agencies
like ACCION, Women’s World Banking etc. have attempted to define the term financial sustainability in their
own limited way. Therefore this paper attempts to find out the factors which affect the financial sustainability
and thereafter propose a more comprehensive and representative model for financial sustainability and create an
index to observe the financial performance of microfinance sector. The financial data of microfinance institutions
from India and Bangladesh suggests that the capital/ asset ratio, operating expenses/loan portfolio and portfolio
at risk> 30 days are the main factors which affect the sustainability of microfinance institutions.
Keywords: Microfinance, Financial Sustainability, Portfolio at Risk>30 days, Capital to Asset ratio, Operating
expenses to Loan portfolio

1. Introduction:
Millions of people in developing countries have been given access to formal financial services through
microfinance programs. Nevertheless, millions of potential clients still remain un-served and the demand for
financial services far exceeds the currently available supply. Given significant capital constraints, expansion of
microfinance programs remains a formidable challenge facing the microfinance industry. Moreover, it is
observed that microfinance organizations have had various degrees of sustainability. One such sustainability is
the financial sustainability. Financial sustainability has been defined by various researchers differently. As such
there is no clear cut definition of the word financial sustainability. The MIX Market and various other agencies
like ACCION, Women’s World Banking etc. have attempted to define the term financial sustainability in their
own limited way.
The Financial Self Sufficiency is an approximate indicator of the impact of subsidies on an organization’s
sustainability. In an environment where grants represent less than 1% of the sources of funds of MFIs
(Microfinance Institutions) the FSS calculation is no longer relevant. Since profit rates are also running at quite
high levels and very few MFIs are now making losses, the Operational Self Sufficiency too is not a very
interesting indicator. Therefore this paper attempts to propose a more comprehensive and representative model
for financial sustainability and create an index to observe the financial performance of microfinance sector.

2. Research Objectives: The study is focused on achievement of following two objectives:
        1. To study the factors affecting financial sustainability of microfinance institutions.
        2.   To create a financial sustainability index for the microfinance sector.

3.Literature Review: Different literatures noted that financial sustainability is one of the areas that we need to
look at to assess the performance of micro finance institutions.
The MIX Market defines the term financial sustainability as having an operational sustainability level of 110%
or more, while operational sustainability is defined as having an operational self-sufficiency level of 100% or


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more. The operational self-sufficiency measure is defined as: total financial revenue /financial expense +
operating expense.
Yeron in 1992 discussed that the two most important objectives for a rural financial institutions to be successful
are financial self-sustainability and more outreach to the target rural population. Financial self-sustainability is
said to be achieved when the return on equity, net of any subsidy received, equals or exceeds the opportunity cost
of funds.
According to Khandker et al. (1995), the concept of sustainability of microfinance can be divided into four
interrelated ideas; namely, financial viability, economic viability, institutional viability and borrower viability.
Financial viability relates to the fact that a lending institution should at least equate the cost per each unit of
currency lent to the price it charges its borrowers (i.e. the interest rate). Economic viability relates to meeting the
economic cost of funds (opportunity cost) used for credit and other operations with the income it generates from
its lending activities.
Regarding indicator of financial sustainability, Khandker et, al. (1995) pointed out that loan repayment
(measured by default rate) could be another indicator for financial sustainability of MFIs; because, low default
rate would help to realize future lending.
Meyer (2002) noted that the poor needed to have access to financial service on long-term basis rather than just a
onetime financial support. Short-term loan would worsen the welfare of the poor (Navajas et al., 2000).
Meyer (2002) also stated that the financial un-sustainability in the MFI arises due to low repayment rate or
un-materialization of funds promised by donors or governments.
Meyer (2002) indicated, "Measuring financial sustainability requires that MFIs maintain good financial accounts
and follow recognized accounting practices that provide full transparency for income, expenses, loan recovery,
and potential losses."
ACCION and Women’s World Banking have also given some popular tools for the performance indicators and
standards for MFIs. Similarly Women’s World Banking categorized performance indicators into qualitative and
quantitative parameters. The emphasis is on MFIs achieving minimum agreed performance standards and taking
significant incremental steps to improve performance.

4. Research Methodology: In this section a brief overview of various dimensions of the research, tools and
techniques and methods used to achieve two research objectives has been discussed.

4.1 The Data:
The research is analytical and empirical in nature and makes use of secondary data. The population for the study
is all MFIs of India and Bangladesh. The data has been sourced from Microfinance Information Exchange, USA
(www.mixmarket.org). The sample period undertaken for the first objective is from the year 2005-06 to
2009-10. For the second objective, the data is taken for the year 2009-10.

4.2 The Sample:
4.2.1 Sample Frame:
The sample frame is the list of target population. The sample frame in this study is all those MFIs of India and
Bangladesh which are reporting their performance data to Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) USA.
4.2.2 Sample Size:
Further to do a regression analysis, the data on 26 microfinance institutions (MFIs) of India and 26
microfinance institutions of Bangladesh are collected from the Microfinance Information Exchange (or the
MIX), a not-for-profit private organization that aims to promote information exchange in the microfinance
industry. The database contains observation per institution from the Year 2005-06 to the Year 2009-10 for both
the countries.
4.2.3 Sampling Technique and Procedure:
The institutions selected, are based in large part on the quality and extent of their data. The quality of the MFIs
have been seen and judged on the basis of their legal form, their age and the frequencies with which theses MFIs
are reporting data to MIX. Some of the MFIs belong to NBFC category while others belong to NGO category.
Similarly, MFIs can also be categorized as Young, Mature and Old.
Simple random sampling is chosen for analyzing the performance of MFIs of India and Bangladesh. In order to
choose 26 MFIs from India and 26 MFIs from Bangladesh, all MFIs reported their data from 2005-06 to 2009-10
to MIX were listed down. In case of India, 70 such MFIs were found while in case of Bangladesh, 26 MFIs
reported their data for the said period. Each of these 70 Indian MFIs were then given a unique number. Twenty
six MFIs were then chosen by simple random sampling method. Same procedure is adopted for the selection of
sample for MFIs of Bangladesh.

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4.3 Models and Techniques:
4.3.1 Multiple Linear Regression Analysis:
To Find out the factors affecting Financial sustainability a Multiple Linear Regression analysis is carried out in
respect of Indian MFIs and Bangladesh MFIs for data of 5 years i.e. from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
 A multiple regression equation can be expressed as:
Y = αi + β1 X1it + β2 X2it + β3 X3it + β4 X4it + β5 X5it + β6 X6it + β7 X7it +β8X8it +εi --------------- (1)
Where:
Y= dependent variable {(Operational Self Sufficiency (OSS) in percentage for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’)}
αi = Constant
β1= Regression coefficient of Capital/Assets ratio
X1it = Independent variable Capital/Assets ratio for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’
β2 = Regression coefficient of Number of active borrowers
X2it = Independent variable Number of active borrowers for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’
β3 = Regression coefficient of Yield
X3it = Independent variable Yield firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’
β4 = Regression coefficient of Operating expense/loan portfolio
X4it = Independent variable Operating expense/loan portfolio for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’
 β5 = Regression coefficient of Portfolio at risk> 30 days
X5it = Independent variable Portfolio at risk> 30 days for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’
β6 = Regression coefficient of Women borrowers
X6it = Independent variable Women borrowers for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’
β7 = Regression coefficient of Debt Equity ratio
X7it = Independent variable Debt Equity ratio for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’
β8 = Regression coefficient of Inception
X8it = Independent variable Inception for firm ‘i’ during time period’t’
εi = Error term
In order to develop the financial sustainability index model, the outcome of multiple linear regression is used
along with scaling and weighted average.

5. Findings and Results:

5.1 Financial Factors Affecting Sustainability of Indian MFIs:
The value of adjusted R square explains that 50.2 percent of the variation in dependent variable i.e. Operational
Self Sufficiency (proxy for sustainability) is due to variations in independent variables taken together namely
Number of Active Borrowers, Percent of Women Borrowers, Age of MFIs, Debt/Equity ratio, Capital/Assets
ratio, PAR>30 days, Borrower per Staff Member, ROE and Yield (Table-5.1). This leaves 49.8 percent
unexplained. The value of R square is significant, indicated by p value (0.000) of F statistics as given in ANOVA
Table-5.2. This informs that the independent variables, taken together as a set, are significantly related to
dependent variable. The multiple correlation is therefore highly significant.
Table-5.3 shows that the values of p are 0.008, 0.000, 0.000 and 0.000 for the indicators: Number of Active
Borrowers, Capital/Assets ratio, Yield and Operating Expense/Loan Portfolio respectively. These values are less
than the level of significance (0.05). Therefore, the null hypotheses are rejected and, it can be concluded that
these indicators influence the dependent variable OSS. Other independent variables are not significant thereby
not making a significant contribution to the prediction.

5.2 Financial Factors Affecting Sustainability of the MFIs of Bangladesh:
The value of adjusted R square explains that 54 percent of the variation in dependent variable i.e. Operational
Self Sufficiency (proxy for sustainability) is due to variations in independent variables taken together namely
Number of Active Borrowers, Percent of Women Borrowers, Age of MFIs, Debt/Equity ratio, Capital/Assets
ratio, PAR>30 days, Borrowers per Staff Member, and Yield (Table-5.4). This leaves 46 percent unexplained.
Value of R square is significant, as indicated by p value (0.000) of F statistics shown in ANOVA Table-5.5.
This informs that the independent variables, taken together as a set, are significantly related to dependent
variable. The multiple correlation is therefore highly significant.
Table 5.6 shows that the values of p are 0.004, 0.017, and 0.000 for the indicators PAR>30 days, Operating
Expense/Loan Portfolio, and Capital/Assets ratio respectively. These values are less than the level of significance

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(0.05). Therefore, the null hypotheses are rejected and it can be concluded that these indicators influence the
dependent variable OSS.
Now, it can be observed that the factors common to both these countries that affect the financial sustainability
are Capital/ asset ratio and Operating expenses/Loan Portfolio. Therefore these indictors have been included
along with Operational Self Sufficiency to create Sustainability index. Many researchers like Khandelkar, Yeron
etc. have suggested to include repayment rate for the checking the sustainability of MFIs. Therefore Portfolio at
Risk is taken as proxy for repayment rate and included in creation of sustainability index.

5.3 Methodology to Develop the Financial Sustainability Index: In order to develop a model for financial
sustainability index, following steps are involved.
Step-1: The model for financial sustainability will be developed by using four financial indicators. These are
Indicator-1 Portfolio at risk>30 days Past Due
Formula: Unpaid principal balance of past due loans (with overdue > 30 days) / Total Gross outstanding portfolio
Standard: PAR > 30 days at less than 10%
Indicator-2 Capital to Asset Ratio
Formula: Capital / Total Assets
Standard: Capital Adequacy at more than 15%
Indicator-3 Operating expense/loan portfolio
Formula: Total Operating Cost / Average outstanding Portfolio
Standard: Operating cost ratio at less than 20%
Indicator-4 Operational Self sufficiency
Formula: Operating income (Loans + Investment) / Operating Cost + Loan Loss Provisions + Financing Cost
Standard: Operating Self- sufficiency at 100%
These indicators have been chosen based on literature review and the results of regression analysis of factors
affecting sustainability of Indian MFIs and Bangladesh MFIs.
The standards of each of the above parameters are taken from secondary source ACCION, RBI and Sa-Dhan.
Step-2: In the second step, a weight is assigned to each of these financial indicators. The weight has been assigned
analyzing the importance of indicators used by different microfinance research agencies worldwide.
It has been found, as shown in Table-5.9 that the indicator PAR> 30 days is most important as it is used by all 6
agencies. Similarly, the other indicators like Capital/ Assets ratio and Operational Self Sufficiency have got the
least importance as four out of six agencies are using them for the performance evaluation. Table-5.7 shows the
weight of each indicator.
Step-3: In the third step, each indicator has been given a range. These indicators have to be converted into same
scale so that a common measurable score, based on the financial performance of an MFI may be given to each
of these indicators for a particular year. The score of standard of each indicator has also been calculated based on
the scale.
Table-5.8 shows the range of indicators and the score of standards.
One year data on four indicators for the MFI have been collected and then converted into a common measurable
scale. This is necessary to give a score to an MFI on these indicators. A score to the standards of these financial
indicators will also be set.
Scaling for PAR: Since the standard is less than 10% and trend is decreasing therefore (100 – PAR) will be
considered for converting the data from 0 to 100 scales.
The same procedure will be applicable for Operating Expense to Loan Portfolio.
For other two indicators the scaling will be used as per normal standard as has been shown in Fig-5.1.
Step-4: In the fourth step, the total score of the standards is calculated by multiplying indicator’s weight with
score of indicator’s standard and adding it. The total score of the standards is considered as sustainability index
for the base year.
Total score of the standards = 90*W (PAR) +15* W (C/A ratio) + 80*W (Operating Expenses/Loan Portfolio) +
50* W (OSS) = 90*0.32+15*0.21+80*0.26+50*0.21 = 63.25 (score for the sustainability index for the base year
2010); Where W is weight
Step-5: In the final step, the sustainability score for Indian MFIs for the year 2010, using the sustainability
index model, is calculated. Top 10 MFIs of India, which contributes 80% of the total loan portfolio, have been
taken for the calculation of sustainability index (refer Table-5.10). The weight has been assigned to each of these
companies, based on their Gross Loan Portfolio. The weighted averaged sustainability index comes out to be
75.34 for the year 2010. It can also be used on single MFI to check whether, the MFI is financially sustainable or
not.


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Significance of the Model: This model of financial sustainability Index for microfinance institutions is more
comprehensive. With the help of this model, the MFIs can quantify the level of financial sustainability. This will
also be used to create a sustainability index for various countries and help the regulator identifying the strong
and weak areas of the sector. In addition, the existence of new model is also expected to facilitate MFIs to access
to capital markets. Having access to sustainability information may reduce some of the transaction uncertainty.
This model may be considered as one more step in the process of the emergence of the microfinance standards.



6. References:
Adongo, J. & Stork, C. (2005). Factors Influencing the Financial Sustainability of Selected Microfinance
Institutions in Namibia, NEPRU Research Paper 39.
Khandker, Shahidur, R., Khalily, Baqui & Khan, Zahed (1995). Grameen Bank: Performance and Sustainability,
Discussion Paper (306), Washington, D.C.: World Bank.
Meyer, R. L. (2002). Track Record of Financial Institutions in Assisting the Poor in Asia, ADB Institute Research
Paper (49).
Navajas, S., Schreiner, M., Meyer, R. L., Gonzalez-Vega, C. & Rodriguez-Meza, J. (2000). Micro Credit and
the Poorest Of The Poor: Theory and Evidence from Bolivia, World Development 28(2), Elsevier Science Ltd.,
pp. 333-346.
Srinivasan, N. (2010). Microfinance India. State of the Sector Report 2009, New Delhi.
Sa- Dhan (2003). Technical Tool Series 1: Tracking Performance Standards of Microfinance Institutions: an
Operational Manual, Sa- Dhan publication, New-Delhi.
Sa- Dhan (2005). Side by Side: a Slice of Microfinance Operations in India, Sa- Dhan publication New Delhi.
Sa-Dhan (2008). Tracking Financial Performance Standards of Microfinance Institution, An Operational
Mannual Technical Tool Series-1, Sa-dhan Microfinance Resources Centre. New Delhi.
Yaron, Jacob (1992). Successful Rural Finance Institutions, Discussion Paper (150), Washington, D.C., World
Bank.
Zeller, Manfred & Meyer R. L. (2002). The Triangle of Microfinance: Financial Sustainability, Outreach, and
Impact, s.n., Baltimore, USA.

                                     Fig: 5.1 Scale of Financial Indicators:
                                                       PAR> 30 days
                                        0 --------------------------------90---------100
                                                   Capital to Assets Ratio
                                        0------15------------------------------------100
                                             Operating expense/loan portfolio
                                        0----------------------------80-------------100
                                               Operational Self Sufficiency
                                        0--------------------50---------------------100



            Table- 5.1: Model Summary of Linear Regression for Sustainability of Indian MFIs


                                                                Std. Error of the
 Model        R        R Square Adjusted R Square                    Estimate              Durbin-Watson

   1        .729a         .531              .502                     21.80319                  2.113

a. Predictors: (Constant), Debt/Equity, PAR, BPSM, ACTB, WB, CA, YIELD, ROE, OELP
b. Dependent Variable: OSS



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                                                 Table-5.2: ANOVA (b)


           Model               Sum of Squares        df           Mean Square           F            Sig.

     1        Regression          76518.310           9            8502.034        17.885            .000a


               Residual           67503.808          142            475.379


                 Total           144022.119          151

a. Predictors: (Constant), Debt/Equity, PAR, BPSM, ACTB, WB, CA, YIELD, ROE, OELP
 b. Dependent variable: OSS

             Table-5.3:      Coefficients (a) of Financial Factors affecting Sustainability of Indian MFIs


                                                   Standardized
                Un-standardized Coefficients       Coefficients                             Co linearity Statistics


     Model               B          Std. Error         Beta             t        Sig.       Tolerance        VIF

 (Constant)        106.797           13.341                           8.005      .000


     ACTB          6.743E-6           .000             .160           2.710      .008         .945           1.058


      WB            -.086             .132            -.039           -.647      .519         .886           1.129


     PAR            -.486             .485            -.059          -1.002      .318         .958           1.043


     ROE             .034             .018             .139           1.915      .058         .624           1.603


     BPSM           -.011             .009            -.080          -1.254      .212         .808           1.238


      CA             .705             .175             .275           4.026      .000         .705           1.419


     YIELD          1.914             .276             .470           6.926      .000         .718           1.393


     OELP           -2.789            .268            -.787          -10.417     .000         .578           1.731


Debt/Equity          .032             .043             .057           .740       .460         .564           1.773

a.    Dependent Variable: OSS




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                Table-5.4: Model Summary of Linear Regression for Sustainability of Bangladesh MFIs
                                                                                                       Std. Error of the
        Model                      R                  R Square           Adjusted R Square                 Estimate
            1                    .768(a)                .590                       .540                   20.97656
a    Predictors: (Constant), Debt/Equity, ACTB, C_A, Inception, PAR, YIELD, OELP, WB
b    Dependent Variable: OSS


                                                       Table-5.5: ANOVA (b)

    Model                               Sum of Squares           df      Mean Square               F               Sig.
        1           Regression             41748.144             8          5218.518             11.860           .000(a)
                     Residual              29041.049             66           440.016
                        Total              70789.194             74
a Predictors: (Constant), Debt/Equity, ACTB, C_A, Inception, PAR, YIELD, OELP, WB
b Dependent Variable: OSS


            Table-5.6:       Coefficients (a) of Financial Factors affecting Sustainability of Bangladesh MFIs

                                  Un-standardized         Standardized
Model                               Coefficients          Coefficients         t          Sig.     Co linearity Statistics

                                               Std.
                                    B         Error            Beta                                Tolerance         VIF

    1           (Constant)       70.949      682.482                        .104          .918

                Inception         .055         .351            .014         .158          .875         .744         1.344

                 ACTB           5.01E-007      .000            .035         .381          .705         .730         1.370

                   WB             -.835        .553            -.152       -1.510         .136         .612         1.634

                  PAR             -.493        .164            -.290       -3.002         .004         .664         1.506

                  OELP           -1.466        .598            -.235       -2.451         .017         .674         1.483

                  C_A             .778         .193            .400        4.024          .000         .629         1.591

                 YIELD            1.126        .643            .163        1.752          .084         .718         1.394

             Debt/Equity          .109         .223            .045         .488          .627         .737         1.358

a    Dependent Variable: OSS



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                                            Table-5.7: Weight for the Indicators
 S. No.                     Indicators                       No. of agencies using Indicators         Final weight


    1                  PAR>30 days past due                                 6                               0.32

    2                  Capital to Assets ratio                              4                               0.21

    3               Operational Self Sufficiency                            4                               0.21

    4             Operating expense/loan portfolio                          5                               0.26


                                      Table-5.8: Indicators Range and standard
                           Indicators                                           Standards                    Score of
                            Range                                                                           Standards

PAR>30       days                                               0–      Less than or equal to 10%                  90
                              100 %
Capital to Assets ratio                                0 – 100 %       More than or equal to 15 %                  15

    Operational self sufficiency                    0 - 200 %                   Above 100%                         50

        Operating expense/loan portfolio         0 – 100 %              Less than or equal to 20%                  80




              Table-5.9: Common measures of Financial Performance used by different agencies
Indicators                                       ACCION MIX           Planet         SEEP           WOCCU          WWB
                                                                      Rating         Network
OUTREACH

1. No. of Active borrowers                                   YES                     YES            YES            YES

2. No. of women borrowers                                    YES                                                   YES

PORFOLIO QUALITY

1. Repayment rate                                                                                                  YES

2. Portfolio at risk                             YES         YES      YES            YES            YES            YES

3. Arrears rate                                                                      YES            YES

4. Loan Loss Rate                                YES                  YES            YES

5. Loan loss provision rate                      YES         YES                     YES            YES            YES

PRODUCTIVITY

1. No. of loan per credit officer                            YES                     YES                           YES

2. Amount of loan per credit officer                                                 YES                           YES

3. Ratio of credit officer to total staff        YES         YES      YES



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EFFICIENCY

1. Cost per borrower                                     YES                         YES                         YES

2. Cost per unit of money lent                YES        YES                         YES                         YES

3.Operational efficiency                      YES        YES           YES           YES          YES

4.   Administrative efficiency                           YES           YES

SUSTAINABILITY

1. Operational sustainability                            YES           YES           YES                         YES

2. Financial sustainability                              YES           YES           YES                         YES

PROFITABILTY

1. Return on assets                           YES        YES           YES           YES          YES            YES

2. Return on equity                           YES        YES           YES                        YES

3. Yield on Portfolio                                    YES                                      YES            YES


                Table-5.10:     Financial Sustainability Index for Indian Microfinance Institutions
                                                                                           GLP                   Weigh
                              CA                OELP            PAR                OSS       Million             ted
SN     MFIs           CA      Score    OELP     Score   PAR     Score        OSS   Score   $            Weight   Score

1      SKS            23.7    23.7     10.1     89.9    0.22    99.78        150   75      960          0.28     76.03
       SPANDAN
2      A              16.7    16.7     5.4      94.6    0.13    99.87        180   90      787          0.23     78.96

3      SHARE          11.3    11.3     8.2      91.8    0.16    99.84        154   77      376          0.11     74.36
       BANDHA
4      N              10.45   10.45    5.43     94.57   0.13    99.87        158   79      332          0.10     75.33

5      AML            11.1    11.1     6.34     93.66   0.77    99.23        146   73      315          0.09     73.77

6      BASIX          14.1    14.1     15.9     84.1    2.5     97.5         114   57      172          0.05     68.00

7      SKDRDP         4.8     4.8      4.8      95.2    0.31    99.69        112   56      136          0.04     69.42

8      EQITAS         36.5    36.5     8.1      91.9    0.11    99.89        145   72.5    134          0.04     78.75

9      GV             12      12       11.8     88.2    0       100          125   62.5    134          0.04     70.58

10     UJJIVAN        25.9    25.9     19       81      0.46    99.54        116   58      82           0.02     70.53

       Total                                                                               3428         1.00

                                                                                           S. Index (2010):      75.34




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  • 1. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3, No.6, 2012 Factors Affecting Financial Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions Anand K. Rai (Corresponding author) Army Institute of Management and Technology, Plot M-1, Pocket P-5, Greater Noida (U.P.), India. Tele: 91-9811743141 E-mail: anandleo19@hotmail.com Sandhya Rai Institute of Management Studies, C 238,Bulandshar Road Lal Quan Ghaziabad (U.P.) India. Tele: 91-9278221238 E-mail: raisandhya@gmail.com Abstract Millions of people in developing countries have been given access to formal financial services through microfinance programs. Nevertheless, millions of potential clients still remain un-served and the demand for financial services far exceeds the currently available supply. Given significant capital constraints, expansion of microfinance programs remains a formidable challenge facing the microfinance industry. Moreover, it is observed that microfinance organizations have had various degrees of sustainability. One such sustainability is the financial sustainability. Financial sustainability has been defined by various researchers differently. As such there is no clear cut definition of the word financial sustainability. The MIX Market and various other agencies like ACCION, Women’s World Banking etc. have attempted to define the term financial sustainability in their own limited way. Therefore this paper attempts to find out the factors which affect the financial sustainability and thereafter propose a more comprehensive and representative model for financial sustainability and create an index to observe the financial performance of microfinance sector. The financial data of microfinance institutions from India and Bangladesh suggests that the capital/ asset ratio, operating expenses/loan portfolio and portfolio at risk> 30 days are the main factors which affect the sustainability of microfinance institutions. Keywords: Microfinance, Financial Sustainability, Portfolio at Risk>30 days, Capital to Asset ratio, Operating expenses to Loan portfolio 1. Introduction: Millions of people in developing countries have been given access to formal financial services through microfinance programs. Nevertheless, millions of potential clients still remain un-served and the demand for financial services far exceeds the currently available supply. Given significant capital constraints, expansion of microfinance programs remains a formidable challenge facing the microfinance industry. Moreover, it is observed that microfinance organizations have had various degrees of sustainability. One such sustainability is the financial sustainability. Financial sustainability has been defined by various researchers differently. As such there is no clear cut definition of the word financial sustainability. The MIX Market and various other agencies like ACCION, Women’s World Banking etc. have attempted to define the term financial sustainability in their own limited way. The Financial Self Sufficiency is an approximate indicator of the impact of subsidies on an organization’s sustainability. In an environment where grants represent less than 1% of the sources of funds of MFIs (Microfinance Institutions) the FSS calculation is no longer relevant. Since profit rates are also running at quite high levels and very few MFIs are now making losses, the Operational Self Sufficiency too is not a very interesting indicator. Therefore this paper attempts to propose a more comprehensive and representative model for financial sustainability and create an index to observe the financial performance of microfinance sector. 2. Research Objectives: The study is focused on achievement of following two objectives: 1. To study the factors affecting financial sustainability of microfinance institutions. 2. To create a financial sustainability index for the microfinance sector. 3.Literature Review: Different literatures noted that financial sustainability is one of the areas that we need to look at to assess the performance of micro finance institutions. The MIX Market defines the term financial sustainability as having an operational sustainability level of 110% or more, while operational sustainability is defined as having an operational self-sufficiency level of 100% or 1
  • 2. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3, No.6, 2012 more. The operational self-sufficiency measure is defined as: total financial revenue /financial expense + operating expense. Yeron in 1992 discussed that the two most important objectives for a rural financial institutions to be successful are financial self-sustainability and more outreach to the target rural population. Financial self-sustainability is said to be achieved when the return on equity, net of any subsidy received, equals or exceeds the opportunity cost of funds. According to Khandker et al. (1995), the concept of sustainability of microfinance can be divided into four interrelated ideas; namely, financial viability, economic viability, institutional viability and borrower viability. Financial viability relates to the fact that a lending institution should at least equate the cost per each unit of currency lent to the price it charges its borrowers (i.e. the interest rate). Economic viability relates to meeting the economic cost of funds (opportunity cost) used for credit and other operations with the income it generates from its lending activities. Regarding indicator of financial sustainability, Khandker et, al. (1995) pointed out that loan repayment (measured by default rate) could be another indicator for financial sustainability of MFIs; because, low default rate would help to realize future lending. Meyer (2002) noted that the poor needed to have access to financial service on long-term basis rather than just a onetime financial support. Short-term loan would worsen the welfare of the poor (Navajas et al., 2000). Meyer (2002) also stated that the financial un-sustainability in the MFI arises due to low repayment rate or un-materialization of funds promised by donors or governments. Meyer (2002) indicated, "Measuring financial sustainability requires that MFIs maintain good financial accounts and follow recognized accounting practices that provide full transparency for income, expenses, loan recovery, and potential losses." ACCION and Women’s World Banking have also given some popular tools for the performance indicators and standards for MFIs. Similarly Women’s World Banking categorized performance indicators into qualitative and quantitative parameters. The emphasis is on MFIs achieving minimum agreed performance standards and taking significant incremental steps to improve performance. 4. Research Methodology: In this section a brief overview of various dimensions of the research, tools and techniques and methods used to achieve two research objectives has been discussed. 4.1 The Data: The research is analytical and empirical in nature and makes use of secondary data. The population for the study is all MFIs of India and Bangladesh. The data has been sourced from Microfinance Information Exchange, USA (www.mixmarket.org). The sample period undertaken for the first objective is from the year 2005-06 to 2009-10. For the second objective, the data is taken for the year 2009-10. 4.2 The Sample: 4.2.1 Sample Frame: The sample frame is the list of target population. The sample frame in this study is all those MFIs of India and Bangladesh which are reporting their performance data to Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) USA. 4.2.2 Sample Size: Further to do a regression analysis, the data on 26 microfinance institutions (MFIs) of India and 26 microfinance institutions of Bangladesh are collected from the Microfinance Information Exchange (or the MIX), a not-for-profit private organization that aims to promote information exchange in the microfinance industry. The database contains observation per institution from the Year 2005-06 to the Year 2009-10 for both the countries. 4.2.3 Sampling Technique and Procedure: The institutions selected, are based in large part on the quality and extent of their data. The quality of the MFIs have been seen and judged on the basis of their legal form, their age and the frequencies with which theses MFIs are reporting data to MIX. Some of the MFIs belong to NBFC category while others belong to NGO category. Similarly, MFIs can also be categorized as Young, Mature and Old. Simple random sampling is chosen for analyzing the performance of MFIs of India and Bangladesh. In order to choose 26 MFIs from India and 26 MFIs from Bangladesh, all MFIs reported their data from 2005-06 to 2009-10 to MIX were listed down. In case of India, 70 such MFIs were found while in case of Bangladesh, 26 MFIs reported their data for the said period. Each of these 70 Indian MFIs were then given a unique number. Twenty six MFIs were then chosen by simple random sampling method. Same procedure is adopted for the selection of sample for MFIs of Bangladesh. 2
  • 3. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3, No.6, 2012 4.3 Models and Techniques: 4.3.1 Multiple Linear Regression Analysis: To Find out the factors affecting Financial sustainability a Multiple Linear Regression analysis is carried out in respect of Indian MFIs and Bangladesh MFIs for data of 5 years i.e. from 2005-06 to 2009-10. A multiple regression equation can be expressed as: Y = αi + β1 X1it + β2 X2it + β3 X3it + β4 X4it + β5 X5it + β6 X6it + β7 X7it +β8X8it +εi --------------- (1) Where: Y= dependent variable {(Operational Self Sufficiency (OSS) in percentage for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’)} αi = Constant β1= Regression coefficient of Capital/Assets ratio X1it = Independent variable Capital/Assets ratio for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’ β2 = Regression coefficient of Number of active borrowers X2it = Independent variable Number of active borrowers for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’ β3 = Regression coefficient of Yield X3it = Independent variable Yield firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’ β4 = Regression coefficient of Operating expense/loan portfolio X4it = Independent variable Operating expense/loan portfolio for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’ β5 = Regression coefficient of Portfolio at risk> 30 days X5it = Independent variable Portfolio at risk> 30 days for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’ β6 = Regression coefficient of Women borrowers X6it = Independent variable Women borrowers for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’ β7 = Regression coefficient of Debt Equity ratio X7it = Independent variable Debt Equity ratio for firm ‘i’ during time period‘t’ β8 = Regression coefficient of Inception X8it = Independent variable Inception for firm ‘i’ during time period’t’ εi = Error term In order to develop the financial sustainability index model, the outcome of multiple linear regression is used along with scaling and weighted average. 5. Findings and Results: 5.1 Financial Factors Affecting Sustainability of Indian MFIs: The value of adjusted R square explains that 50.2 percent of the variation in dependent variable i.e. Operational Self Sufficiency (proxy for sustainability) is due to variations in independent variables taken together namely Number of Active Borrowers, Percent of Women Borrowers, Age of MFIs, Debt/Equity ratio, Capital/Assets ratio, PAR>30 days, Borrower per Staff Member, ROE and Yield (Table-5.1). This leaves 49.8 percent unexplained. The value of R square is significant, indicated by p value (0.000) of F statistics as given in ANOVA Table-5.2. This informs that the independent variables, taken together as a set, are significantly related to dependent variable. The multiple correlation is therefore highly significant. Table-5.3 shows that the values of p are 0.008, 0.000, 0.000 and 0.000 for the indicators: Number of Active Borrowers, Capital/Assets ratio, Yield and Operating Expense/Loan Portfolio respectively. These values are less than the level of significance (0.05). Therefore, the null hypotheses are rejected and, it can be concluded that these indicators influence the dependent variable OSS. Other independent variables are not significant thereby not making a significant contribution to the prediction. 5.2 Financial Factors Affecting Sustainability of the MFIs of Bangladesh: The value of adjusted R square explains that 54 percent of the variation in dependent variable i.e. Operational Self Sufficiency (proxy for sustainability) is due to variations in independent variables taken together namely Number of Active Borrowers, Percent of Women Borrowers, Age of MFIs, Debt/Equity ratio, Capital/Assets ratio, PAR>30 days, Borrowers per Staff Member, and Yield (Table-5.4). This leaves 46 percent unexplained. Value of R square is significant, as indicated by p value (0.000) of F statistics shown in ANOVA Table-5.5. This informs that the independent variables, taken together as a set, are significantly related to dependent variable. The multiple correlation is therefore highly significant. Table 5.6 shows that the values of p are 0.004, 0.017, and 0.000 for the indicators PAR>30 days, Operating Expense/Loan Portfolio, and Capital/Assets ratio respectively. These values are less than the level of significance 3
  • 4. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3, No.6, 2012 (0.05). Therefore, the null hypotheses are rejected and it can be concluded that these indicators influence the dependent variable OSS. Now, it can be observed that the factors common to both these countries that affect the financial sustainability are Capital/ asset ratio and Operating expenses/Loan Portfolio. Therefore these indictors have been included along with Operational Self Sufficiency to create Sustainability index. Many researchers like Khandelkar, Yeron etc. have suggested to include repayment rate for the checking the sustainability of MFIs. Therefore Portfolio at Risk is taken as proxy for repayment rate and included in creation of sustainability index. 5.3 Methodology to Develop the Financial Sustainability Index: In order to develop a model for financial sustainability index, following steps are involved. Step-1: The model for financial sustainability will be developed by using four financial indicators. These are Indicator-1 Portfolio at risk>30 days Past Due Formula: Unpaid principal balance of past due loans (with overdue > 30 days) / Total Gross outstanding portfolio Standard: PAR > 30 days at less than 10% Indicator-2 Capital to Asset Ratio Formula: Capital / Total Assets Standard: Capital Adequacy at more than 15% Indicator-3 Operating expense/loan portfolio Formula: Total Operating Cost / Average outstanding Portfolio Standard: Operating cost ratio at less than 20% Indicator-4 Operational Self sufficiency Formula: Operating income (Loans + Investment) / Operating Cost + Loan Loss Provisions + Financing Cost Standard: Operating Self- sufficiency at 100% These indicators have been chosen based on literature review and the results of regression analysis of factors affecting sustainability of Indian MFIs and Bangladesh MFIs. The standards of each of the above parameters are taken from secondary source ACCION, RBI and Sa-Dhan. Step-2: In the second step, a weight is assigned to each of these financial indicators. The weight has been assigned analyzing the importance of indicators used by different microfinance research agencies worldwide. It has been found, as shown in Table-5.9 that the indicator PAR> 30 days is most important as it is used by all 6 agencies. Similarly, the other indicators like Capital/ Assets ratio and Operational Self Sufficiency have got the least importance as four out of six agencies are using them for the performance evaluation. Table-5.7 shows the weight of each indicator. Step-3: In the third step, each indicator has been given a range. These indicators have to be converted into same scale so that a common measurable score, based on the financial performance of an MFI may be given to each of these indicators for a particular year. The score of standard of each indicator has also been calculated based on the scale. Table-5.8 shows the range of indicators and the score of standards. One year data on four indicators for the MFI have been collected and then converted into a common measurable scale. This is necessary to give a score to an MFI on these indicators. A score to the standards of these financial indicators will also be set. Scaling for PAR: Since the standard is less than 10% and trend is decreasing therefore (100 – PAR) will be considered for converting the data from 0 to 100 scales. The same procedure will be applicable for Operating Expense to Loan Portfolio. For other two indicators the scaling will be used as per normal standard as has been shown in Fig-5.1. Step-4: In the fourth step, the total score of the standards is calculated by multiplying indicator’s weight with score of indicator’s standard and adding it. The total score of the standards is considered as sustainability index for the base year. Total score of the standards = 90*W (PAR) +15* W (C/A ratio) + 80*W (Operating Expenses/Loan Portfolio) + 50* W (OSS) = 90*0.32+15*0.21+80*0.26+50*0.21 = 63.25 (score for the sustainability index for the base year 2010); Where W is weight Step-5: In the final step, the sustainability score for Indian MFIs for the year 2010, using the sustainability index model, is calculated. Top 10 MFIs of India, which contributes 80% of the total loan portfolio, have been taken for the calculation of sustainability index (refer Table-5.10). The weight has been assigned to each of these companies, based on their Gross Loan Portfolio. The weighted averaged sustainability index comes out to be 75.34 for the year 2010. It can also be used on single MFI to check whether, the MFI is financially sustainable or not. 4
  • 5. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3, No.6, 2012 Significance of the Model: This model of financial sustainability Index for microfinance institutions is more comprehensive. With the help of this model, the MFIs can quantify the level of financial sustainability. This will also be used to create a sustainability index for various countries and help the regulator identifying the strong and weak areas of the sector. In addition, the existence of new model is also expected to facilitate MFIs to access to capital markets. Having access to sustainability information may reduce some of the transaction uncertainty. This model may be considered as one more step in the process of the emergence of the microfinance standards. 6. References: Adongo, J. & Stork, C. (2005). Factors Influencing the Financial Sustainability of Selected Microfinance Institutions in Namibia, NEPRU Research Paper 39. Khandker, Shahidur, R., Khalily, Baqui & Khan, Zahed (1995). Grameen Bank: Performance and Sustainability, Discussion Paper (306), Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Meyer, R. L. (2002). Track Record of Financial Institutions in Assisting the Poor in Asia, ADB Institute Research Paper (49). Navajas, S., Schreiner, M., Meyer, R. L., Gonzalez-Vega, C. & Rodriguez-Meza, J. (2000). Micro Credit and the Poorest Of The Poor: Theory and Evidence from Bolivia, World Development 28(2), Elsevier Science Ltd., pp. 333-346. Srinivasan, N. (2010). Microfinance India. State of the Sector Report 2009, New Delhi. Sa- Dhan (2003). Technical Tool Series 1: Tracking Performance Standards of Microfinance Institutions: an Operational Manual, Sa- Dhan publication, New-Delhi. Sa- Dhan (2005). Side by Side: a Slice of Microfinance Operations in India, Sa- Dhan publication New Delhi. Sa-Dhan (2008). Tracking Financial Performance Standards of Microfinance Institution, An Operational Mannual Technical Tool Series-1, Sa-dhan Microfinance Resources Centre. New Delhi. Yaron, Jacob (1992). Successful Rural Finance Institutions, Discussion Paper (150), Washington, D.C., World Bank. Zeller, Manfred & Meyer R. L. (2002). The Triangle of Microfinance: Financial Sustainability, Outreach, and Impact, s.n., Baltimore, USA. Fig: 5.1 Scale of Financial Indicators: PAR> 30 days 0 --------------------------------90---------100 Capital to Assets Ratio 0------15------------------------------------100 Operating expense/loan portfolio 0----------------------------80-------------100 Operational Self Sufficiency 0--------------------50---------------------100 Table- 5.1: Model Summary of Linear Regression for Sustainability of Indian MFIs Std. Error of the Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Estimate Durbin-Watson 1 .729a .531 .502 21.80319 2.113 a. Predictors: (Constant), Debt/Equity, PAR, BPSM, ACTB, WB, CA, YIELD, ROE, OELP b. Dependent Variable: OSS 5
  • 6. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3, No.6, 2012 Table-5.2: ANOVA (b) Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig. 1 Regression 76518.310 9 8502.034 17.885 .000a Residual 67503.808 142 475.379 Total 144022.119 151 a. Predictors: (Constant), Debt/Equity, PAR, BPSM, ACTB, WB, CA, YIELD, ROE, OELP b. Dependent variable: OSS Table-5.3: Coefficients (a) of Financial Factors affecting Sustainability of Indian MFIs Standardized Un-standardized Coefficients Coefficients Co linearity Statistics Model B Std. Error Beta t Sig. Tolerance VIF (Constant) 106.797 13.341 8.005 .000 ACTB 6.743E-6 .000 .160 2.710 .008 .945 1.058 WB -.086 .132 -.039 -.647 .519 .886 1.129 PAR -.486 .485 -.059 -1.002 .318 .958 1.043 ROE .034 .018 .139 1.915 .058 .624 1.603 BPSM -.011 .009 -.080 -1.254 .212 .808 1.238 CA .705 .175 .275 4.026 .000 .705 1.419 YIELD 1.914 .276 .470 6.926 .000 .718 1.393 OELP -2.789 .268 -.787 -10.417 .000 .578 1.731 Debt/Equity .032 .043 .057 .740 .460 .564 1.773 a. Dependent Variable: OSS 6
  • 7. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3, No.6, 2012 Table-5.4: Model Summary of Linear Regression for Sustainability of Bangladesh MFIs Std. Error of the Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Estimate 1 .768(a) .590 .540 20.97656 a Predictors: (Constant), Debt/Equity, ACTB, C_A, Inception, PAR, YIELD, OELP, WB b Dependent Variable: OSS Table-5.5: ANOVA (b) Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig. 1 Regression 41748.144 8 5218.518 11.860 .000(a) Residual 29041.049 66 440.016 Total 70789.194 74 a Predictors: (Constant), Debt/Equity, ACTB, C_A, Inception, PAR, YIELD, OELP, WB b Dependent Variable: OSS Table-5.6: Coefficients (a) of Financial Factors affecting Sustainability of Bangladesh MFIs Un-standardized Standardized Model Coefficients Coefficients t Sig. Co linearity Statistics Std. B Error Beta Tolerance VIF 1 (Constant) 70.949 682.482 .104 .918 Inception .055 .351 .014 .158 .875 .744 1.344 ACTB 5.01E-007 .000 .035 .381 .705 .730 1.370 WB -.835 .553 -.152 -1.510 .136 .612 1.634 PAR -.493 .164 -.290 -3.002 .004 .664 1.506 OELP -1.466 .598 -.235 -2.451 .017 .674 1.483 C_A .778 .193 .400 4.024 .000 .629 1.591 YIELD 1.126 .643 .163 1.752 .084 .718 1.394 Debt/Equity .109 .223 .045 .488 .627 .737 1.358 a Dependent Variable: OSS 7
  • 8. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3, No.6, 2012 Table-5.7: Weight for the Indicators S. No. Indicators No. of agencies using Indicators Final weight 1 PAR>30 days past due 6 0.32 2 Capital to Assets ratio 4 0.21 3 Operational Self Sufficiency 4 0.21 4 Operating expense/loan portfolio 5 0.26 Table-5.8: Indicators Range and standard Indicators Standards Score of Range Standards PAR>30 days 0– Less than or equal to 10% 90 100 % Capital to Assets ratio 0 – 100 % More than or equal to 15 % 15 Operational self sufficiency 0 - 200 % Above 100% 50 Operating expense/loan portfolio 0 – 100 % Less than or equal to 20% 80 Table-5.9: Common measures of Financial Performance used by different agencies Indicators ACCION MIX Planet SEEP WOCCU WWB Rating Network OUTREACH 1. No. of Active borrowers YES YES YES YES 2. No. of women borrowers YES YES PORFOLIO QUALITY 1. Repayment rate YES 2. Portfolio at risk YES YES YES YES YES YES 3. Arrears rate YES YES 4. Loan Loss Rate YES YES YES 5. Loan loss provision rate YES YES YES YES YES PRODUCTIVITY 1. No. of loan per credit officer YES YES YES 2. Amount of loan per credit officer YES YES 3. Ratio of credit officer to total staff YES YES YES 8
  • 9. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3, No.6, 2012 EFFICIENCY 1. Cost per borrower YES YES YES 2. Cost per unit of money lent YES YES YES YES 3.Operational efficiency YES YES YES YES YES 4. Administrative efficiency YES YES SUSTAINABILITY 1. Operational sustainability YES YES YES YES 2. Financial sustainability YES YES YES YES PROFITABILTY 1. Return on assets YES YES YES YES YES YES 2. Return on equity YES YES YES YES 3. Yield on Portfolio YES YES YES Table-5.10: Financial Sustainability Index for Indian Microfinance Institutions GLP Weigh CA OELP PAR OSS Million ted SN MFIs CA Score OELP Score PAR Score OSS Score $ Weight Score 1 SKS 23.7 23.7 10.1 89.9 0.22 99.78 150 75 960 0.28 76.03 SPANDAN 2 A 16.7 16.7 5.4 94.6 0.13 99.87 180 90 787 0.23 78.96 3 SHARE 11.3 11.3 8.2 91.8 0.16 99.84 154 77 376 0.11 74.36 BANDHA 4 N 10.45 10.45 5.43 94.57 0.13 99.87 158 79 332 0.10 75.33 5 AML 11.1 11.1 6.34 93.66 0.77 99.23 146 73 315 0.09 73.77 6 BASIX 14.1 14.1 15.9 84.1 2.5 97.5 114 57 172 0.05 68.00 7 SKDRDP 4.8 4.8 4.8 95.2 0.31 99.69 112 56 136 0.04 69.42 8 EQITAS 36.5 36.5 8.1 91.9 0.11 99.89 145 72.5 134 0.04 78.75 9 GV 12 12 11.8 88.2 0 100 125 62.5 134 0.04 70.58 10 UJJIVAN 25.9 25.9 19 81 0.46 99.54 116 58 82 0.02 70.53 Total 3428 1.00 S. Index (2010): 75.34 9
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