La gouvernance en microfinance : grille d'analyse et perspectives de recherche

Cécile Lapenu — Governance in micro-finance : Analytical scheme and research perspectives. Today's micro-finance has to perpetuate its activity, notably by means of efficient governance. Bypassing a vision limited to the sole technical aspects and to the relationships between administrators and managers, the cerise committee bases itself on four case studies to propose an analysis of power relationships of the conditions of power-exercise and of the management of its dysfunctions, so as to determine how a micro-financial institution could forestall and overcome moments of crisis. The analysis demonstrates the necessity of an organisational basis that would be common to all forms of governance, and which efficiency would vary according to diverse factors.Lapenu Cécile. La gouvernance en microfinance : grille d'analyse et perspectives de recherche. In: Tiers-Monde, tome 43, n°172, 2002. Microfinance : petites sommes, grands effets ? sous la direction de Dominique Gentil et Jean-Michel Servet. pp. 847-865