Solène Morvant-Roux
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Professeure assistante |
Research interests
Microfinance, Financial inclusion, Over-indebtedness, Rural development, Pro-poor policies, Socioeconomy of credit markets, Mixed methods approach, Latin America and North Africa
Past and Ongoing research projects
2016-2020
“Water access via microcredit: A Socio-economic analysis of ‘inclusive markets’ for the poor in the ‘South’”, Founded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, PI.
2015-2016
“Cross-border Transfers as a Strategic Tool to Promote the Diffusion of Mobile Money in Rural Areas. The Case of Burkinabe Diaspora Living in Ivory Coast”, founded by the Institute for money technology and finance inclusion, USA, PI.
2014-2015
“Nuevas politicas hacia la Inclusion financiera de las mujeres”, Amucss-UNIGE. Funded by Indesol / Financiera Nacional, Bansefi, Mexico. Co-PI.
2015
“Políticas publicas hacia la inclusión financiera de mujeres de bajos recursos”, AMUCSS, BANSEFI-Patmir.
2012-2015
“Financial inclusion in crisis. Combining Demand and Supply analyses in the context of global crisis”, Case studies: Morocco, Dominican Republic, Senegal and India. Funded by European Investment Bank/ EIBURS program.
Website: http://www.microfinance-in-crisis.org/
2011
“Over-indebtedness and repayment defaults in urban Morocco”, Funded by Caisse des dépôts et Consignations
2010
“Analyse des déterminants de la demande de services financiers dans le Maroc rural”. Funded by Agence Française de développement
2008 – 2010
“Rural microfinance and employment. Do processes matter?”. Funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
Website: http://www.rume-rural-microfinance.org/
Teaching
- Socioéconomie du Développement (course + seminar), MA, UNIGE, SP 2015
- Economic History, BA, University of Fribourg, 2013
- Development economics, MA, University of Fribourg, 2011 and 2012
- Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and sustainable development, MA, University of Fribourg, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
- Séminaire Interdisciplinaire, MA, University of Fribourg, 2011 and 2012
Recent publications
Papers
Fouillet C., Morvant-Roux S., (forthcoming), Beyond microfinance, financial inclusion as a way to catch the fringes, International development policy review, IHEID: Geneva.
Afonso J., Morvant-Roux S., Guérin I. Forcella D. (2016). “Insufficiencies and loopholes of self-regulation in over-indebtedness prevention: the case of the Dominican Republic”, Journal of International Development. DOI: 10.1002/jid.3244
Cyril Fouillet et al., (2016). « De gré ou de force : le microcrédit comme dispositif néolibéral », Revue Tiers Monde2016/1 (N° 225), p. 21-48. DOI 10.3917/rtm.225.0021
Guérin I., Bouquet E., Morvant-Roux S. (2016). « Chercher ensemble : les défis et les cahots de l’interdisciplinarité, des méthodes mixtes et des partenariats multiples», Revue Tiers-Monde.
Bouquet, E., Morvant-Roux, S., & Rodríguez-Solís, G. (2015). “Agricultural workers, credit rationing and family networks in rural Mexico”, Journal of Development Studies. Volume 51, Issue 5, 2015. DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.983910
Morvant-Roux S., Guérin I., Roesch M., Moisseron J-Y. (2014). ”Adding value to randomization with qualitative analysis: the case of microcredit in rural Morocco’,World Development, Vol. 56, pp. 302–312. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.03.002
Book chapters
Morvant-Roux S., Moisseron J.Y., (forthcoming), Collective resistances to microcredit in Morocco, In: Bateman M. (Ed.), The rise and fall of global microcredit: development, debt and disillusion, London: Routledge.
Fouillet C., et Morvant-Roux S., (forthcoming) Au-delà de la microfinance, l’inclusion financière comme rouage de la construction de l’État, In Farinet (Ed.), Pour une socioéconomie engagée : monnaie, finance, alternatives, Paris : Garnier.
Morvant-Roux S., Roesch M. (2015). “The social credibility of microcredit in Morocco after the default crisis”, In Guérin I., Labie M. & Servet J.-M., The crises of microcredit, ZedBook, pp. 153-171.
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo22556417.html
Morvant-Roux S., Afonso J., Forcella D., Guérin I. (2015). “Clients’ financial fragility without microcredit crisis: a case study from Dominican Republic “, In Guérin I., Labie M. & Servet J.-M., The crises of microcredit, ZedBook, pp. 92-112.
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo22556417.html
Edited volumes
Morvant-Roux, S., Carmona, M., Angulo-Salazar, L., Crucifix C., Quintero J.C. (forthcoming) Inclusion financiera y transferencias Condicionadas: ¿desafiar o reproducir relaciones de género?, Guadalajara : Centro de Estudios de Genero.
FARINET (Blanc J., Guérin I., Hillenkamp I., Morvant-Roux S., Saiag H.) (Forthcoming) Pour une socioéconomie engagée: monnaie, finance, alternatives, Paris: Garnier Classique.
Guérin I., Morvant-Roux S. & Villarreal M. (2013). Microfinance, indebtedness and over-indebtedness: juggling with money, London: Routledge.
Morvant-Roux S. (2009). « Quelle microfinance pour l’agriculture des pays en développement ? », Paris : Economica (Exclusion et liens financiers), 458 p.
Morvant-Roux S. & Doligez, F.(eds.) (2007). Mercados financieros rurales, Mexico: revista TRACE, n°52, 132 p.
Other papers
Solène Morvant-Roux, « À propos de l’ouvrage de James Ferguson : Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution », Revue de la régulation [Online], 20 | 2e semestre/ Autumn 2016, Online since 25 January 2017. URL : http://regulation.revues.org/12006
Morvant-Roux S., Mader P., Baron C. (2015). “Market based financial interventions for basic services in the Global South: key lessons for future action and research”, Workshop Brief, Cartier Charitable Foundation, Geneva, 10 pages.
Morvant-Roux S. (2015). « Social and Solidarity Finance in-between the Failure of the Microfinance Paradigm and the Emergence of the Universal Financial Inclusion Paradigm », Concept note presented at UNRISD Workshop on « Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy », ILO-Geneva, 11-12 May 2015, 9 pages. http://www.unrisd.org/ssfworkshop-morvant
Media
Morvant-Roux S. & Servet J.-M. “Promouvoir le portefeuille électronique pour les plus pauvres”, Le Temps, November 19, 2016.
Morvant-Roux S. & Servet J.-M. “Une microfinance responsable après l’échec du microcrédit ?”, Le Temps, November 2nd, 2012.
Roesch M., Servet J-M., Guérin I. & Morvant-Roux S. « Faut-il "Faut-il aider une microfinance "lucrative" ou une microfinance "éducative" ? », Le Monde, december13th, 2010.
Blog
Morvant-Roux et al. (2017). The Last Mile or The Informal Ecosystem for Balancing Monies, http://blog.imtfi.uci.edu/2017/03/the-last-mile-or-informal-ecosystem-for.html
Morvant-Roux S. “Defaults Versus Over-indebtedness in Morocco”, Cgap-World Bank/ June 2013 http://www.cgap.org/blog/defaults-versus-over-indebtedness-morocco