Table 5

Barriers of the access to VBSP preferential loans

VariableMeanMedianSDaMinMax
Time to get to nearest bank branch (min)37.29240.00011.84810.00060.000
Interest rate ratingb2.2502.0000.7291.0003.000
Time to complete loan application (min)42.29240.00018.18815.000120.000
Complexity of loan applicationc3.6044.0000.8932.0005.000
Time to repay (min)17.91715.0009.44410.00060.000
Complexity of repayment procedured4.0834.0000.6793.0005.000
Time for bank and relevant parties to consider a loan application (days)12.29212.0003.9577.00021.000
Complexity of the procedure of loan application consideratione3.9174.0000.5773.0005.000
Time to assess the poverty status for a household (minutes)46.54242.50023.21120.000120.000
Transparency of the household poverty status assessmentf3.3333.0000.4763.0004.000

Note(s): aStandard deviation, b(1 = not reasonable, 2 = reasonable, 3 = low), c(1 = very complex, 2 = moderate complex, 3 = not complex, 4 = simple, 5 = very simple), d(1 = very complex, 2 = modest complex, 3 = no complex, 4 = simple, 5 = very simple), e(1 = very complex, 2 = moderate complex, 3 = no complex, 4 = simple, 5 = very simple), f(1 = not transparent, 2 = moderate transparent, 3 = transparent, 4 = very transparent, 5 = total transparent)

Source(s): Calculated by the author based on the interview data

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