In different countries ? among which some in Western Africa ? there have been for the last few years some organizations which are trying to combine health services insurances with microfinance. This working paper intends to question the way those services can be combined. It is based on four...

Over the last few years, microfinance development and impact were often overestimated. Today, many are those who try to provide a more balanced overview stressing what has been learned and what remains to be done. This paper is trying to pay its tribute to this objective through four parts :...