Sustainability has both an institutional and a financial dimension. Financially self sustainability, operational sustainability, subsidy dependency index, return on assets, and return on equity are the common indicators of sustainability. There are two levels of self-sustainability against which MFIs are measured. These are financial self sufficiency and operational self sufficiency. 6.4a Financial Self-Sufficiency Financial Self-Sufficiency indicates whether or not enough revenue has been earned to cover both, direct costs - including financing costs, provisions for loan losses, and operating expenses - and indirect costs, including the adjusted cost of capital. Those Microfinance institutions which are having FSS ratio greater than 100% …show more content…
Some empirical works have substantiated the fact that MFIs charging higher interest rates are best performers. Also studies shows that MFIs charging high interest rates have achieved efficiency and became financially sustainable. (see Robinson, 1996; Conning, 1999; and Cull, Kunt and Morduch , …show more content…
If an organization is not financially self sufficient, the SDI can be calculated to find out the rate at which interest rate needs to be increased to cover the same level of costs with the same level of resources( Ledgerwood, 1999) Dunford( 2000) argues that a really good, sustainable social enterprise is not highly dependent on subsidies but also not necessarily subsidy free. 6.4b Operating self sufficiency Operating self-sufficiency is a percentage (%), which indicates whether or not enough revenue has been earned to cover the Microfinance Institution's (MFI's) total costs – operational expenses, loan loss provisions and financial
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Today’s college students are bombarded with ads, commercials and mailings telling us that we need to spend money to be happy. At the same time, many of us come to college very ill-equipped to handle our finances. Financial literacy, defined as "the ability to use knowledge and skills to manage one's financial resources effectively for lifetime financial security," is important in our money matters as well as academic performance. Based on your understanding of financial literacy and experience (or lack thereof) of personal finance, 1) pick two personal finance topics (including but not limited to: credit cards, student loans, budgeting, saving, banking, and investment, etc.)
Financial Feasibility Introduction (Business Plan- Financial projections and evaluation) financial feasibility can be defined as an assessment of all aspect of the business that is related to finance. It evaluates the cost of starting and running a business. Other aspect considered includes start-up capital, expenses, revenues, and investor income and disbursements After conducting a market analysis on the avocado smoothie market, it is very important that the market potential for the avocado smoothie mix is encouraging. However, it is important to evaluate the projected financial plan and projection o the company The financial feasibility of the Business Proposal is analysed and presented as follows with the Detailed
The lifestyle of people across the world is developing rapidly. As there is a growing concern for people about the lifestyle and way of living, the scope for the microfinance industry is also at a growing pace. A large number of people across the world prefer finance for the purpose of purchase of consumer durables as well as lifestyle products. As the credit card EMI options are more expensive, people prefer NBFCs for the purpose of consumer durable loans. The project done in bajaj finserv explains the role of NBFCs in the consumer durable loans and the procedure undertaken in order to disburse the consumer durable loans.
Adelman, P. J., & Marks, A. M. (2010). Entrepreneurial Finance. (5 ed.). Bedford, Texas: Prentice Hall.
Below is an example of my monthly expenditure budget, which will show my expected expenses per a month. All my fixed costs will remain constant throughout year but the variable costs like petrol will vary between months depending on sales. So based on my budget my business will have to make R42650 every month in order to break even, any money earned above that will be profit. The petrol expense will completely depend on sales but the remainder of the expenses will be very similar every month. Water and electricity is also a variable cost. The mini bar will need more alcohol when stock runs low so the alcohol cost will also change every month. Pre-operating expenses are expenses the business has to make in order to get the business up and running. The business cannot start operating without these expenses being paid. A business like this has many pre-operating expenses, which makes it require a lot of capital. Our residences are equipped with the best of the best security system to prevent crime or thievery. Every one of our vehicles has good condition seat belts available for each passenger; we have a medical aid bag and a fire extinguisher as well as all the required air
1.Christen, Robert Peck; Rosenberg, Richard & Jayadeva, Veena “Financial institutions with a double-bottom line: implications for the future of microfinance” (July 2004)
This notion of big data, of which the importance increases day by day, has started to present new solutions to the challenges in these fields by helping to develop new methods in many areas. One of these areas is the concept of sustainable economic development that contains the solutions to various issues in the world. Although there are many definitions of the concept of sustainable economic development, the utmost frequently used definition is as follows, "a development model that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” [Brundtland report]. In other words, it signifies the programming of today's and future's life and development so that it will enable the needs of future generations to be met by keeping a balance between the human being and nature without exploiting the
An important term that is cropping up everywhere nowadays is “Microfinance”. It is important for every person interested in the field of finance to be aware of this term, as in the coming days Microfinance is expected to be one of the brightest and the most appealing sector of the Indian Economy.
The objective of this essay is to illustrate and highlight the role of social entrepreneurship in regards to an actual social enterprise, as well as to make an analysis of the business model applied by the social enterprise. Since the 1990s, the notions of “social enterprise” and “social entrepreneurship” are increasingly gaining more recognition as they indoctrinate new dynamics within the third sectors which include non-profit sectors, voluntary sectors and the social economy, where innovative solutions are created with a social view in mind to respond to problems unresolved by private organizations and public providers (Defourny and Kim, 2011) with a market orientation similar to other conventional enterprises. One social enterprise has
Accounting aids the government and organisations in decision making for their financial stability. This numerical data helps solve real life problems and contributes to how the economy and businesses perform.
Saving money brings security for any future expenses. The earlier in life an individual begins to save, the better they will be set financially in the years to come. There are several reasons why it is important to save money. A few of these reasons are for emergencies, retirement, and simply for luxury spending. Having money will benefit each of these examples.
Sources of finance are the different methods for a business to earn and obtain money. There are lots of ways to obtain money but two large basic sources of finance, which are the “owner’s capital” and “capital borrowed”. They are also called internal sources of finance and external sources of finance. In those sources, they are mainly divided in two groups, which are short-term sources of finance and long-term sources of finance.