Abstract:
The main aim of this study was to identify factors determining loan repayment performance of
projects financed at DBE Bahir Dar district. The study was done using both primary and
secondary data from different sources. The study focus on all operational and matured for
repayment projects which was the whole population. Out of the 101 total populations only 31
were paid as per repayment schedule while the rest were behind schedule. From total of fourteen
variables eight of them were considered as significant. The analytical tools used in the study
were loan recovery rate for measuring loan repayment performance, descriptive statistics and
tobit regression. The average loan recovery rate of 0.44 indicated that majority of the financed
project borrowers were not paid its debt according to the contractual agreement. The tobit
model result revealed that making frequent follow-up, business experience in related economic
activity before the loan and engaging on economic activities, getting loan in few period, short
implementation period, extended loan repayment period, having good infrastructure, disbursing
sufficient amount of loan and getting enough foreign currency are significant determinant
factors of the loan recovery performance of projects. Other variables such as education level,
market stability, type of management, sector, legal form of business and collateral coverage are
not statistically significant. Thus, it is recommended that all stakeholders should facilitate
infrastructure and reduce delay of implementation, the bank should reduce loan processing
period, should extend repayment period, should revised their commodity studies, give priority to
customer that having related experience before and should made frequent follow-up.