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...

? G21, G30, L31, O55.

Unifying theory and research to contribute to poverty reduction This paper argues that with the development and increasing use of randomized experiments in development research, we now have a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between these two strands of research, the need to use existing...