PhD in economics (Lyon 2 University) Solene Morvant-Roux is a microfinance project leader at
Farm Foundation (www.fondation-farm.org) and Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Institut
de Recherches pour le Développement, France. Her research interests include microfinance in
rural areas with a focus on financing agricultural activities, debt, social institutions and
migration. From a methodological perspective, her research relies on a combination of
qualitative and quantitative tools.
As a PhD candidate she lived one year in Mexico as a research fellow of the Centre d'Etudes
mexicaines et centroaméricaines (CEMCA) where she studied a microfinance institution
implemented in remote rural areas.
She also has short term field experience in different countries such as: Morocco, Togo, Guinea
and Madagascar.
