Pierrick Baraton is a consultant on questions related to private sector involvement in developing countries. His PhD thesis on economics from the University of Auvergne deals with microfinance in Madagascar. Pierrick spent four years working for Investisseurs & Partenaires, a fund that invests in Sub-Saharan African SMEs. He has just completed a study on supporting the private sector in situations of economic vulnerability and crises commissioned by AFD Group.