Discrimination against girls is well-documented, especially in Asia. We show that women try to level the playing field for their daughters by taking on debt. But wealth asymmetry between mothers and fathers perpetuates gender inequality across generations.

</titre> Drawing on a case study ? the randomized evaluation of the impact of Sky, a micro-insurance program in Cambodia ? this article examines the practical arrangements of collaboration and compromise between the constraints of academic ?rigor? and those of practitioners and between various forms...

The objective of this paper is to assess the links between institutions and quality of life, within Nussbaum's capability framework approach, exploring a relevant empirical issue: microfinance. Microfinance appears more and more as a tool for women's empowerment. Available results of impact...

Discrimination against girls is well-documented, especially in Asia. We show that women try to level the playing field for their daughters by taking on debt. But wealth asymmetry between mothers and fathers perpetuates gender inequality across generations.

[fre] Si la question de la pérennité des dispositifs de microfinance est aujourd’hui centrale, elle peut difficilement être dissociée de la question de la solidarité. À partir d’études de cas, cet article propose d’analyser dans quelles mesures pérennité et solidarité sont...

[fre] En nous appuyant sur des enquêtes de terrain, nous proposons d’analyser l’hétérogénéité des comportements budgétaires des bénéficiaires de minima sociaux. Trois types de comportements sont identifiés : gestion « rationalisée », « gestion ascétique » et gestion « de...

[fre] Obtenir un crédit bancaire pour créer une très petite entreprise n’est généralement pas aisé, a fortiori quand le porteur de projet vit une situation de chômage. La concurrence entre les établissements bancaires et les contraintes en termes de réduction des coûts que cela...

[eng] Isabelle Guérin — Global Micro-Credit Summits : What state of affairs five years on ? The self-assigned mission of global micro-credit summits was to « sell » the tool to funding agencies. It is in such respect that the promoters do not hesitate to praise its virtues and to make...