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MFTransparency is a global initiative for fair and transparent pricing in the Microfinance industry. Our desire is to be the venue for the Microfinance industry to publicly demonstrate its commitment to pricing transparency, integrity and poverty alleviation. Our vision is a Microfinance industry operating with healthy free market conditions where consumers and other stakeholders can make informed decisions.
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Setting Standards for Microfinance
In an effort to head off a potential crisis in the fast-expanding microfinance industry, its leaders are adopting global truth-in-lending standards and creating a system for comparing loan terms offered by competing lenders
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Microcredit lenders urged to improve transparency
Lenders to the world's poor should disclose how much they charge their borrowers, a global network of microcredit agencies said on Monday, urging more transparency and greater protection of the poor. The proposal is backed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
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Recent Blog Posts
- Ethiopia – Examples on the practice of responsible pricing
- New Resources from African Microfinance Transparency Leadership Forum
- Tailored trainings on Pricing in West Africa: Improving Pricing Practices at Institutional Level
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Recent Announcements
- Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania Data Launches
- Moving toward more “Transparent Pricing”
- New MFTransparency Case Study Now Live
- First Five Microfinance Institutions in Ethiopia Submit Pricing Data to MFTransparency
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- Arooj-e-Mariam , Light of Hope
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- Terry Ratigan, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
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