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Microfinance: building a new financial institution?
[Microfinance : La construction d'une nouvelle institution financière ?]

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  • Amélie Artis

    (IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble, PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019])

  • Kouassi N’goran

    (UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This article examines the institutionalization process of microfinance in its ability to diffuse its rules and visions into the financial and banking sector as well as into development policies. This research presents how the practices, the discourse and the specific ideals of this social innovation diffuse into different sectors with different funding logics. Institutionalist theory allows us to describe the process of of institutionalization of this socio-economic practice with conventional organizations. This article highlights different channels of diffusion to demonstrate that microfinance has become a microfinance has become a financial institution in thirty years.

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  • Amélie Artis & Kouassi N’goran, 2019. "Microfinance: building a new financial institution? [Microfinance : La construction d'une nouvelle institution financière ?]," Post-Print hal-03251114, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03251114
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    Microfinance; Institution; Institutionnalisation; Développement Microfinance; Développement;
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