The study used a sample of 188 maize farmers to determine the economic efficiency of maize production in Swaziland. Descriptive statistics, Cobb-Douglas production function and Tobit regression were used to analyse the data. The results indicated technical efficiency of 64.7% suggesting that...

A recent issue in the microfinance literature is whether microfinance institutions (MFIs) are financially sustainable without a subsidy as a prerequisite for competition policy or commercialization processes. Although some recent studies have proposed relevant theoretical frameworks, empirical...

A recent issue in the microfinance literature is whether microfinance institutions (MFIs) are financially sustainable without a subsidy as a prerequisite for competition policy or commercialization processes. Although some recent studies have proposed relevant theoretical frameworks, empirical...