A la croisée d’enjeux aussi bien philosophiques, politiques, qu’anthropologiques, cette thèse en études théâtrales vise à théoriser la notion de « drame figuratif » en analysant l’esthétique singulière que développe Kossi Efoui dans son œuvre dramatique. Dramaturge, philosophe et romancier, né en 1962 au Togo, Kossi Efoui annonce par ses positions politiques et ses partis pris poétiques, dès la pièce Le Carrefour, le tournant esthétique majeur que prendront les dramaturgies d’Afrique noire francophones et des diasporas au début des années 1990. Traversé par l’histoire coloniale et l’histoire des migrations, son théâtre interroge le corps diasporique et remet en question les déterminismes identitaires construits par le discours historique et l’essor du capitalisme depuis les traites négrières. Cette esthétique procède d’un geste théâtral qui relève d’une écriture de la figuration, et dont nous interrogeons le paradoxe afin d’en définir les modalités dramaturgiques. Car dans ce théâtre, le contenu discursif est marqué par une omniprésence du corps, alors que sa représentation fait l’objet d’une quête pour les personnages qui en sont le plus souvent dépourvus. Travaillée par divers modes de production du texte (intertextualité, transtextualité, fragmentation, décomposition, assemblage, geste du plateau) l’écriture dramaturgique opère toutes sortes de détours qui relèvent des univers du masque et des arts de la marionnette et explorent le corps scénique et les dispositifs théâtraux en vue d’un processus de résilience. En analysant cette dramaturgie du détour marionnettique nous questionnons la présence des corps et des voix dans le matériau textuel lui-même, leurs liens avec le plateau, et l’existence possible d’un geste plastique produisant une figure qui émanerait de l’écriture, pour prendre place sur « les lieux de la scène », selon la formule fétiche de Kossi Efoui. Le corps convoque ici des territoires d’ordre politique et se fait l’écho des traumas qui nous hantent et nous mettent collectivement à l’épreuve. En faisant de l’espace théâtral une interface mnémonique, l’écriture emprunte des voies de création transdisciplinaires qui renouvellent notre conception de la dramaturgie et déploient ce que nous identifions comme « une esthétique du drame figuratif ». / At the crossroads of philosophical, political and anthropological issues, this dissertation in theatre studies aims to theorize the notion of "figurative drama" through analyzing Kossi Efoui's aesthetics in his dramatic work. A playwright, philosopher and novelist, born in 1962 in Togo, Kossi Efoui’s political and poetical choices foreshadowed, from his first play Le Carrefour, the major aesthetical turn taken by the dramaturgies of French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa and diasporas at the beginning of 1990s. Shaped by colonial history and the history of migrations, Kossi Efoui’s theater put the diasporic body in question, as well as the identities that were assigned by historical discourses and by the rise of capitalism since the time of the slave trade. This aesthetics is the result of a theatrical attitude based on a figurative writing. By questioning this paradoxical attitude, this dissertation shows how it is translated into dramaturgical choices. Indeed, in Kossi Efoui’s theater, on one side the body is everywhere in discourses, while on the other side it’s missing on stage: the characters are most often deprived of a body and looking for one. Shaped by various ways of producing text (intertextuality, transtextuality, fragmentation, decomposition, assembly, gesture of the stage) the dramaturgical writing makes a detour via the universe of the mask and the puppetry arts, thereby exploring the actor’s body and the theatrical devices in order to create a process of resilience. By analyzing this dramaturgical detour via puppetry, this dissertation questions the presence of bodies and voices in the textual material itself and their relationships to the stage. It formulates the hypothesis of an attitude, producing a figure that comes from the writing and takes its place on stage (on les lieux de la scène, as Kossi Efoui calls it). The body becomes a political territory and summons up haunting traumas that put the collectivity to the test. By using the theatrical space as a mnemonic interface, the writing takes trans-disciplinary creative paths, renews our conception of dramaturgy and produces what we identify as "an aesthetics of figurative drama".

Le concept de gouvernance appréhendée par la Banque mondiale au milieu des années 1980, apparaît comme une préoccupation majeure au niveau de l’analyse du développement économique. Il est de plus en plus présent dans les débats sur la recherche de solides fondements de la croissance économique, notamment la croissance économique de long terme dans les pays en voie de développement. La résurgence de la pauvreté après la mise en œuvre des programmes d’ajustement structurel, la persistance des inégalités en Afrique subsaharienne, l’importance des ressources naturelles dont dispose ces pays, et la volonté manifestée récemment par les Chefs d’Etat de ces pays, d’engager leurs pays respectifs à l’initiative de transparence dans les industries extractives (ITIE), suscitent de nombreux enjeux, auxquels seule leur capacité à conduire la bonne gouvernance leur mettra en position de réaliser une croissance économique capable de réduire les inégalités. L’objectif principal de cette thèse est d’analyser le rôle des institutions dans la détermination de la croissance économique en Afrique au Sud Sahara et en diagnostiquant l’influence d’autres variables anthropo-sociologiques telle que la fragmentation ethnique sur la trajectoire de la croissance économique. En utilisant des techniques économétriques et statistiques adéquates et pertinentes, nous arrivons dans un premier temps à montrer qu’il existe une relation positive et très significative entre l’ensemble des variables de gouvernance (Ecoute des citoyens et reddition des comptes ; Stabilité politique et absence de violence ; Efficacité des pouvoirs publics ; Qualité de la réglementation ; Règle de Loi ou Etat de droit ; Maitrise de la corruption) et le taux de croissance du PIB par tête des pays en Afrique au Sud du Sahara. De plus, Cette croissance du PIB par tête est beaucoup plus importante pour les pays colonisés par l’Angleterre et moins favorable pour ceux colonisés par la France. On est tenté à ce stade de l'analyse de lier la qualité des institutions des pays africains à celle des pays colonisateurs. Dans un second temps, l’étude a révélé qu’il n’y a pas de relation linéaire entre le taux de croissance du PIB par tête et les variables mises en évidence. De plus, en présence de la variable« Ethnie », les variables de gouvernance n’ont pas d’influence fondamentale sur la croissance économiquedes pays en Afrique au Subsaharienne. Néanmoins, une relation positive et très significative entre la variable « Ethnie » et le taux de croissance du PIB par tête a été mise en évidence. Enfin, ce travail nous a permis d’apprécier la qualité des institutions et des systèmes de contre-pouvoir notamment l’implication des Organisations de la Société Civile dans la définition et la mise en œuvre des politiques et programmes de développement au Tchad à partir de l’analyse de l’état de la gouvernance économique et financière. / The concept of governance initiated by the World Bank in the mid-1980s appears to be a major concern in the analysis of economic development. It is increasingly present in the debate on finding a solid foundation for economic growth, particularly long-term economic growth in developing countries. The resurgence of poverty following the implementation of structural adjustment programs, the persistence of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, the abundance of natural resources available to these countries and the clear willingness lately shown by the Heads of State of these countries, to commit their respective countries to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), raise many issues, to which only their capacity to upload good governance will enable them to attain an economic growth that can reduce levels of inequality. The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the role of institutions in determining economic growth in Africa South Sahara and diagnosing the influence of other anthropological - sociological variables such as ethnic fractionalization in the path of the economic growth. Using appropriate econometric techniques and relevant statistics, we reach first to show that there is a positive and highly significant relationship between all governance variables (Citizen Voices and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law or State of Law, Control Corruption) and the GDP growth rate per capita of the countries in Africa south of the Sahara. In addition, the growth of GDP per capita is much more important for countries colonized by England and less favorable to those colonized by France. One is tempted at this stage of the analysis to link the quality of the institutions of the African countries to that of the colonizing countries. Secondly, the study found that there is no linear relationship between the growth rate of GDP per capita and variables highlighted. Moreover, in the presence of the variable " Ethnic ", the governance variables do not have a fundamental influence on economic growth of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, a positive and highly significant relationship between the variable " Ethnic " and the GDP growth rate per capita was highlighted. Finally, this work has allowed us to appreciate the quality of institutions and systems against power including the involvement of civil society organizations in the definition and implementation of the development of policies and programs in Chad from the analysis of the state of the economic and financial governance.

Les bibliothèques universitaires des pays d’Afrique francophone sont confrontées à un défi en matière d’offre documentaire dans un contexte marqué par un manque de moyens financiers, une augmentation des coûts de la documentation, et certaines formes organisationnelles peu efficientes. Cette thèse vise dans un premier temps, à partir d’enquêtes et de recueils de données diversifiées, à dresser l’état de l’offre documentaire papier et numérique à l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, en Sciences humaines et sociales (SHS), tout en soulignant des points de comparaison avec d’autres universités francophones subsahariennes. Les résultats visent à quantifier et à qualifier cette offre, à pointer les nouvelles dynamiques dans le cadre de la documentation numérique avec différents types d’acteurs. Par ailleurs, les bibliothécaires cherchent à s’appuyer pleinement sur l’Open Access tant au niveau de l’accès à des ressources qu’au niveau de la valorisation des fonds locaux. L’information numérique est de plus en plus perçue comme le meilleur moyen de satisfaire les besoins en information de la communauté universitaire de l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar. Néanmoins, elle est souvent confrontée à des problèmes d’accès à l’information mais également d’usage des ressources documentaires. Cette recherche s’intéresse, dans une seconde partie, à l’appréciation de l’usage des ressources numériques, une appréciation qui se fera comparativement entre plusieurs disciplines de l’UCAD et entre enseignants et étudiants de ladite université. Des recommandations sont formulées dans la troisième partie pour tenter d’y améliorer les services documentaires. / University libraries in French-speaking African countries face a documentary supply challenge in a context of a lack of financial resources, an increase in the cost of documentation, and some inefficient organizational forms. This thesis aims at first, from surveys and collections of diverse data, to establish the state of the paper and digital documentary offer at the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, in SHS, highlighting points comparison with other Sub-Saharan Francophone Universities. The results are intended to quantify and qualify this offer, to point out new dynamics in the context of digital documentation with different types of actors. In addition, librarians seek to rely fully on Open Access, both in terms of access to resources and the value of local funds. Digital information is increasingly seen as the best way to meet the information needs of the university community at Dakar's Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD). Nevertheless, it is often confronted with problems of access to information but also of use of documentary resources. This research focuses, in a second part, to appreciate the uses of digital resources, in a comparative way between several disciplines at UCAD and between teachers and students. Recommendations are made to try to improve the documentary services in this University.

Foreign aid is a major flow of income into sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, averaging roughly 12% of GDP over the last four decades. Yet, SSA countries are characterized by very low per capita output, low human capital attainment, and widespread poverty. This dissertation investigates the macroeconomic and welfare effects of foreign aid to SSA countries. The empirical part of the dissertation studies 22 SSA countries, and uses a cointegrated vector autoregressive analysis (CVAR). This methodology identifies long-run effects without imposing strong statistical priors. I introduce tradable and non-tradable sectors into the analysis to determine if the so-called “Dutch Disease” is the reason for the plight of SSA countries. “Dutch Disease” occurs when a positive shock to foreign aid perversely reduces GDP, by decreasing the relative price of tradable to nontradable goods, thus reducing the size of the tradable sector. While I find that aid reduces GDP in eight countries, this result is inconsistent with the “Dutch Disease” as it is not accompanied by large relative price changes. The analysis controls for a number of country-specific characteristics including extraordinary events. Overall, I find non-positive impacts of foreign aid on GDP and the tradable sector, with a few exceptions. I also consider the reverse causal channel and test whether country-specific macroeconomic variables drive foreign aid flows. I find that GDP, tradable output, and tradable and non-tradable goods prices do affect the amount of aid a country receives in 15 countries. These variables have no impact on foreign aid (aid is considered as weakly exogenous) in six countries. The theoretical part of the dissertation develops two dynamic stochastic general equilibrium — real business cycle — (DSGE-RBC) models to analyze the effects of foreign aid on human capital investment and the business cycle. The distinguishing feature of the models is to embed a human capital investment in a small open economy model of Mendoza (1991). The first model considers one-sector DSGE model, which is followed by two-sector (tradable and non-tradable) DSGE model. Both models distinguish between physical and human capital investment and allow for labor-leisure choice. In the analysis, labor supply and time spent studying or acquiring skills are optimally chosen. The models are calibrated to match the key features of the Kenyan economy. In both models, a positive aid shock initially has a negative impact on labor supply and output. However, the shock subsequently has a positive effect on physical and human capital investment, and time spent studying. This is due to a positive income effect from the shock. A rise in foreign aid increases consumption; consumption smoothing across periods raises physical and human capital investment, labor productivity, and output. I also find that reducing the volatility of aid has a significant positive effect on human capital investment and welfare. Policymakers should focus on reducing the volatility of foreign aid and not solely concentrate on the average level of aid. The analysis of the two-sector DSGE-RBC model incorporates the role for the “Dutch Disease” mechanism. Consistent with the “Dutch Disease”, I find that a shock to foreign aid appreciates the relative price of non-tradable goods that causes the factors of production to reallocate from the tradable sector to the non-tradable sector, leading to a decline in GDP and the tradable output. Finding the “Dutch Disease” result here is not necessarily at odds with the CVAR estimation results as the DSGE-RBC simulation is a short-run analysis and the CVAR estimation is a long-run analysis. / Graduate

Dans les situations démocratiques, « militer » et « mobiliser » tendent à être quasi synonymes de« contester ». L’analyse des militantismes étudiants en situation autoritaire au Cameroun remet cettereprésentation en cause. En nous appuyant sur l’opposition entre mobilisations contestataires etconservatrices et sur une approche sociohistorique de militantismes étudiants en situation autoritaire surcinquante années, nous distinguons deux types d’associations étudiantes. Les associations étudiantes« autonomes » sont initiées par des étudiants tandis que celles « institutionnelles » le sont par desautorités universitaires. Au sein des rares associations étudiantes autonomes, le militantisme« autonome » promeut la négociation de compromis avec les autorités malgré la diversité des dispositifsde contrôle. Ce type de militantisme tend à remettre en question les autorités lesquelles réagissent enlabellisant de « contestataires » ou de « subversifs » les militants et organisations autonomes. Au sein desplus fréquentes associations étudiantes institutionnelles, le militantisme « institutionnel » entretient descompromissions avec les autorités lesquelles peuvent favoriser un minimum d’ascension sociale et/oupolitique. Est ainsi assurée la reproduction politique et sociale du pouvoir en place. Contrairement à l’idéereçue selon laquelle les processus d’individualisation − en tant qu’affaiblissement des dispositifstraditionnels d’assignation des identités communautaires − favoriseraient la démocratisation, le régimeautoritaire camerounais trouve les ressources de sa pérennité dans des pratiques militantes opportunistesliées à des processus d’individualisation plus égoïste que morale. L’analyse de quarante-sept récits de viede leaders étudiants nous amène à distinguer trois types de carrière militante selon le degré de fidélité àl’un ou l’autre type d’association étudiante : le « leader fidèle », le « leader reconverti » et le « leadersyncrétique ». Les leaders fidèles autonomes et des leaders syncrétiques au sein d'associationsinstitutionnelles, plus résistants aux dispositifs de contrôle, élargissent le champ des possibles politiques,tant en termes de représentations que de pratiques. / In democratic situations, "activism" and "mobilization" tend to be almost synonymous with "challenging".The analysis of student militancy in authoritarian situation in Cameroon calls that into question. Buildingon the contrast between protesters / conservative mobilizations and on a socio-historical approach ofstudent militancy for fifty years period, we distinguish two types of student associations in authoritariansituation: those "autonomous" are initiated by students while "institutional" associations are initiated byuniversity authorities. In the few independent student organizations, "autonomous" activism promotes thenegotiation with the authorities despite the variety of control devices. This type of activism tends toquestion authorities who react by labeling "protestor" or "subversive" autonomous organizations andactivists. Among the most common institutional student associations, the "institutional" activismmaintains cooperation with the authorities who can later promote their social, economic and / or policalmobility. This ensures political and social reproduction of power. Contrary to the common belief that theprocess of individualization - weakening of “traditional” modus operandi of community as a collectiveidentity - would promote democratization, Cameroon's authoritarian regime find resources of itssustainability in opportunistic militant practices related to process of individualization which are moreselfish than moral. The analysis of forty-seven life stories of student leaders allows us to distinguish threetypes of militant career by the degree of loyalty to one or the other type of student association: the“faithful leader”, the “(re)converted leader” and the “syncretic leader”. The autonomous faithful leadersand syncretic leaders are more resistant to control devices. Thus, they extend the political field ofpossibilities, both in terms of representations and practices.

The thesis deals with the Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals called "Develop a global partnership for development" and monitor its fulfilment in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. The emphasis is laid on three important areas included in the Goal 8 and these are official development assistance, access of developing countries on markets of developed countries and external debt burden of developing states. The aim of the thesis is to capture present development in these areas by selected official indicators, which were set by United Nations, compare their current development with the initial year 1990 and on the basis of available data from past three years assess probable future progress in the mentioned areas. Final part of the thesis includes case study of selected Sub-Saharan countries, Ghana and Lesotho.

A importância do petróleo tem sido revisada nos últimos anos, principalmente pelo reconhecimento de sua função estratégico-militar, tanto no século XX, onde o controle sobre este recurso permitiu a ascensão de grandes potências, como em alguns dos conflitos atuais. Estes passaram a incluir a África nas disputas globais por petróleo. O contexto mundial se torna complexo com o aprofundamento da crise petrolífera mundial, em meio a crise de acumulação de capitais e hegemonia, ambas iniciadas nos anos 1970. O aumento dos conflitos regionais e a intensa competição entre as grandes potências por recursos energéticos cada vez mais escassos, passam a ser variáveis essenciais para a análise dos problemas de Segurança Internacional. Neste contexto o continente africano, responsável por 12% da produção petrolífera mundial, ganha ainda maior relevância global por ter dobrado o volume de suas reservas, que na porção subsaariana aumentou quase três vezes desde os anos 1980. As disputas por petróleo se misturam em meio a conflitos históricos ampliando-os e gerando novos ciclos de violência. Nos maiores produtores subsaarianos como Angola, Nigéria e Sudão, ampliam e criam novas disputas entre governo e províncias produtoras. No nível global, corporações estadunidenses e chinesas passam a disputar diretamente o acesso ao petróleo africano, apoiados pelos respectivos governos que intensificam sua presença regional na forma de investimentos, acordos comerciais, diplomáticos e militares, de treinamento e defesa, transferência de armas e instalação de bases militares. Assim, o petróleo se torna central, tanto para entender a atual dinâmica destes conflitos subsaarianos, no nível regional, como nas disputas por influência no subcontinente envolvendo China e Estados Unidos. / The importance of oil has been revised in the latest years, mainly due to its strategic-military function, not only in the twentieth century, when control over this resource allowed the rise of great powers, but also in current conflicts. The latest included Africa in the global disputes over oil. Global context becomes complex as the world-wide oil crisis gets deeper, during the crisis of capital accumulation and hegemony, both having started in the 1970s. The intensification of regional conflicts and intense competition among great powers over increasingly scarce energetic resources are essential variables to the analysis of International Security problems. In this context, the African continent, responsible for 12% of world oil production, becomes globally more relevant for having doubled its reserves volume. In the subsaharan portion it has almost tripled since the 1980s. Disputes over oil make historical conflicts greater and create new cycles of violence. In the greatest sub-shaharan oil producers, such as Angola, Nigeria and Sudan these conflicts create new disputes between government and producing provinces. In a global level, North-American and Chinese corporations compete directly for access to African oil, supported by the respective governments that intensify their regional presence in the form of investments, commercial, diplomatic and military agreements, training and defense agreements, transference of weapons and installation of military bases. Thus, oil becomes central to understand the current dynamics of these sub-saharian conflicts in the regional level as well as the disputes for influence on the subcontinent involving China and United States of America.

La dépendance aux ressources naturelles entraîne de nombreux défis pour les décideurs publics. Fort de ce constat, se pose avec acuité la question suivante: dans quelle mesure les gouvernements des pays d’Afrique sub-Saharienne sont à même d’employer leurs leviers de politiques fiscales et monétaires afin de limiter les effets négatifs de la dépendance aux ressources naturelles et d’entraîner un cercle économique vertueux? Le second chapitre de la thèse distingue les mécanismes de court terme et de long terme de la dépendance aux ressources naturelles en utilisant une approche en deux temps: d’abord les variables explicatives sont cointégrées pour établir les relations de long terme puis un modèle à correction d’erreur est estimé pour capter les relations de court terme de retour à l’équilibre.Sur le long terme, l’effet négatif de la dépendance est confirmé. Cependant, les pays dotés d’institutions de mauvaise qualité sont plus vulnérables car non seulement ils subissent l’impact de long terme mais la dépendance aux ressources affecte négativement le processus de retour à l’équilibre sur le court terme. Enfin, les résultats montrent que dans le cadre d’institutions de qualité supérieure, la dépendance aux ressources naturelles peut avoir un impact positif sur la reprise économique. Dans un troisième chapitre, un modèle pvar compare les intéractions macro-économiques dans la zone monétaire franc CFA, ancré à l’euro, par rapport aux pays comparables hors zone franc CFA. En prenant en compte la forte présence de matières premières dans leurs exportations, les résultats montrent que la zone franc CFA ne subit pas de perte de compétitivité de par son appartenance à une zone monétaire. En revanche, les investissements directs de l’étranger n’entraînent pas des effets positifs sur la croissance de la même ampleur que ceux observés hors de la zone franc CFA. Le quatrième chapitre contribue à la littérature associée à la gestion optimale des ressources fiscales, notamment dans le cadre d’un boom des matières premières. Les résultats montrent que dans le cadre d’un accès réduit aux marchés de capitaux, les périodes de boom de matières premières sont des opportunités capitales pour stimuler la croissance via l’investissement public, alors que les contraintes fiscales sont temporairement relâchées. Toutefois, l’efficacité de ces accroissements d’investissement est conditionnelle à un niveau d’endettement public soutenable. / This thesis belongs to the literature on natural resource dependence and brings a new perspective by focusing on the sub-Saharan African region. This dependence introduces numerous challenges for policy makers both in terms of fiscal and monetary policy. The main research question explored in this thesis is the following : to which extent sub- Saharan African governments can rely on fiscal and monetary policies to mitigate the adverse impacts of commodity dependence and trigger positive spillover and achieve sustainable growth? The second chapter of the thesis unfolds short-term versus long-term mechanisms of the resource curse by using a two-step analysis: an error-correction model is performed after co-integrating the explana- tory variables. Main findings highlight the crucial role of institutions. On the long run, the negative impact of the dependence is confirmed independently of the institution quality. However, countries with weak institutions are more vulnerable to the curse because the re- source dependence not only negatively impacts long-term growth but also adversely impacts the recovery process. Finally, in a strong in- stitutional environment, results points to a potential positive impact of natural resources during recovery process. In the third chapter, a panel vector auto-regressive model compares macro-economic interactions in the pegged CFA monetary union versus a comparable sample. Considering their export structure dominated by raw commodities, results suggests that the CFA zone members do not suffer from a loss of competitiveness from belonging to the monetary union. However, foreign direct investments fail to generate the same spillover effect in the CFA zone compared to non-CFA countries. The forth chapter provides insights on the optimal management of fiscal resources, especially during a windfall period. Growth elasticities of different government choices regarding revenue allocation is performed. Results show that in a con- text of limited access to capital, resource windfall are considered as a crucial opportunity to scale up investment. In fact, below a level of public capital stock (estimated around 750 USD per capita), public investment during a boom has a four-fold higher impact on growth than above the threshold. This scaling up is conditional on low levels of public debt: countries featuring unsustainable public debt levels should prioritize the restoration of stronger foreign reserves

Poor loan repayment causes the decline and failure of some microfinance institutions. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies that microfinance (MFI) leaders use to reduce loan default in the base of the pyramid market. The study population included 6 MFI leaders, 12 borrower community-based groups, and 4 staff members of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA Rwanda) who reduced MFI loan default in Rwanda. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 3 MFI leaders, 3 ADRA Rwanda staff members, and 3 members of borrower groups. Data were also collected through focus groups with 3 borrower community-based groups comprising 6 to 8 members. Additional data were collected through the analysis of MFI and ADRA Rwanda organizational documents. The Varian group lending model was the conceptual framework for the study. Data analysis involved methodological triangulation and the Gadamerian hermeneutics framework of interpretation. Four major themes emerged: intrapreneurship and environmental business opportunities, favorable loan repayment conditions, strategies for choosing borrower groups, and loan use monitoring. A sustainable microfinance institution can produce social change by providing microfinance loans that clients can use to start and grow microenterprises that can become the source of income for improving the lives of clients and their family members. Findings may also be used to create economic growth through the participation of more people in economic activities in the base of the pyramid market.

Le Sénégal fait souvent figure d'exception, au point d'être régulièrement salué pour sa stabilité sociopolitiquepar la communauté internationale désemparée devant les troubles qui agitent le continent africain.Cette image d'Épinal est pourtant loin de rendre compte des difficultés qui touchent la population de ce pays.Derrière le visage d'un pays stable se cache en fin de compte une tout autre réalité qui rappelle combien lepoids de la précarité professionnelle occupe une place singulière dans la vie des Sénégalais, y compris deceux qui participent à l'élaboration de l'action publique branchée au système d'aide. Telle est l'impressionpesante qui se glisse dans les discours des professionnels de l'aide sénégalais impliqués dans un projet degestion intégrée du littoral encouragé par la Banque mondiale dans les années 2000. L'étude de la mise enoeuvre de ce projet fournit un cas d'école qui permet de saisir l'incidence que peut avoir la précaritéprofessionnelle de ces personnes sur le fonctionnement de l'aide-projet qui représente encore aujourd'hui laforme d'aide dominante dans le pays. Plus spécifiquement, elle aide à comprendre pourquoi les normes degestion du littoral colportées dans le cadre de ce projet – qui ne sont d'ailleurs que le reflet de l'écologiedominante – sont mobilisées par ces développeurs sénégalais à travers des discours légitimateurs le plussouvent déconnectés du sens même de ces normes. Tout se passe comme si la professionnalisation heurtéede ces personnes les conduisait à prêter plus attention aux moyens du projet qu'à ses objectifs, et de cettemanière à améliorer leurs conditions de travail et plus largement leur situation socio-économique. / Senegal is often looked on as an exception, to the point of being regularly hailed for its socio-politicalstability by an international community quite helpless in front of the troubles of African continent. Yet thistraditional view is far from accounting for the difficulties of the population. In fact the image of a stablecountry conceals an altogether different reality which reminds one of how precarity, and more particularlywork precarity, plays an important part in the lives of the Senegalese, including those who take part in thedevelopment of the public action financed by aid agencies. Such is the impression felt in the speeches ofSenegalese aid workers involved in a project of coastal zone management promoted by the World Bank inthe 2000s. To study the working out of this project provides an example which helps to understand theconsequences their precarity at work can have on the working of the aid-project – today the main form of aidin this country. More specifically it helps to understand how the standards of coastal zone managementpromoted by the World Bank agents are interpreted by these Senegalese people, and why they are justapprehended in speeches often disconnected from the very purpose of these standards. It seems that theirwork precarity has led them to pay more attention to the means of the project rather than to its ends, seekingthereby to improve their own work conditions and so their socio-economic situation.