Docteur.Théogène NSENGIYUMVA
Nom et prénom :Théogène NSENGIYUMVA
Faculté/Institut : Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (FSEG)
Centre de recherche : CURDES
- In recent years, the microfinance sector in Burundi has experienced a financial underperformance
linked to the low loan repayment rate. This was materialized by the closure of some microfinance institutions by the Central Bank (Bank of the Republic of Burundi). This article aims at studying the determinants of the default rate in microfinance institutions in Burundi. Based on a logistic regression on data collected from clients of
Burundian microfinance institutions, the analysis shows that the rate of default may be due either to factors
related to borrowers such as level of study, sector of activity, poor management of the microenterprise, bad
faith of the borrower, or to the institution as the type of guarantee required, lack of follow-up, interest rate, the distance of the institution from its customers. Thus the knowledge of sources of unpaid debts for the leaders of microfinance institutions allows them to establish sound direction and management policies in order to ensure the financial performance of their institutions. This monitoring will have as a corollary, positive effects on financial inclusion in Burundi.
publier le 2025-10-22 13:40:43
- Agriculture is an important pillar of the national economy of Burundi. The sector contributes more than 40 % of gross domestic product (GDP) and employs 90 % of the population. The main challenges facing the sector include soil degradation, loss of biodiversity, water contamination, pesticide residues, use of genetically modified organisms and participation in climate change. Faced with such constraints, the Burundian farmers experience new modes of production and consumption such as the development of agroecological farms (crop association, crop rotation, agroforestry, anti-erosion ditches) and the use of biofertilizers and biopesticides. This study aims to analyse the impact of agro-ecological innovations on agricultural production and environment in Mumirwa region, especially in three communes of Bubanza province (Bubanza, Musigati and Rugazi). The study approach consisted of surveys conducted on two samples (members of cooperatives and non-members), focus groups, individual interviews and field visits. The ordinary least squares method and comparative approach between the two samples (treatment sample and comparison sample) were used to analyse the impact on production and environment, especially on soil fertility. We referred to the ISABU laboratory (Higher Agronomic Institute of Burundi) results of the soil samples brought by ADISCO NGO before and after planting the beans using organic manure on the one hand and chemical fertilizers on the other. The results showed that agro-ecological practices positively impact agricultural production and improve soil fertility. After one year of adoption, bean production increased by 21%. The analysis of the soil samples indicate that the combination of agro-ecological practices improves the soil's chemical characteristics, contributing to increased productivity. This could be explained by the fact that the development of agro-ecological farms and biofertilizers promote the sedimentation of particles of organic matter from runoff water and organic manure
publier le 2025-10-22 14:41:28
- The objective of this article is to explain the determinants of access to credit in formal financial institutions for microenterprises by non-traditional factors, namely the possession of a mobile account without having an account in traditional financial institutions, the fact of being a member of a tontine or a mutual aid association. The methodology used is based on the estimation of the logit model with data from the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey for 2019-2020 (EICVMB, 2019-2020) of the National Institute of Statistics of Burundi (INSBU). All other things being equal, the main results show that i) having a mobile banking account has a positive effect on access to credit (0.02751%), ii) even if the microentrepreneur does not have a traditional account (0.0322%), iii) and that being a member of a tontine or mutual aid association has a negative effect on access to credit (-0.02723%). For tontine groups to be a genuine source of finance for micro-businesses, especially those in rural areas, and thereby help to increase financial inclusion, these results call on the political authorities and financial service providers to work in synergy to develop the use of mobile banking in the provision of financial services, to develop appropriate support infrastructures, and to set up support modules for tontine groups, especially in rural areas.
publier le 2025-10-22 15:23:17