MEASURING COMMERCIAL BANK PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
2009 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
This paper offers to measure efficiency of banks in Sub Saharan Africa and its determining input andout put factors on two fonts. At this purpose, we applied the first font; Data Envelopment Analysis(DEA) for assessing efficiency level. The actual and target level of inputs/outputs to foster efficiencyare shown in the results. Secondly, the banks ratio analysis measuring banks performance throughreturns volatility for each bank, asset utilization and provision for bad and doubtful debts over thestudy period are all used as tools for this analysis. Our results suggest that Sub Saharan AfricanBanks are about 98.35% efficient. We are aware that the level of efficiency could be subject to up anddown swing if environmental factors influencing banks efficiency where taken into consideration.Finally, our result (DEA) is more sensitive to loans, other liabilities, other non interest expense,securities and deposit.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2009. , p. 48
Keywords [en]
Bank efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), parametric approach, nonparametric approach, stochastic frontier approach
National Category
Economics and Business
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-3736ISRN: 3736OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-3736DiVA, id: diva2:300911
Presentation
2009-06-06, E108, 00:00 (English)
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
Supervisors
Examiners
2010-03-052010-03-012010-03-05Bibliographically approved