La deuxième phase de l’Initiative sur la Transparence des Coûts en Afrique de l’Ouest continue son chemin. Après le lancement officiel du Sénégal et du Burkina Faso, nous entamons avec enthousiasme le Benin, le Togo et la Côte d’Ivoire.
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On August 31, 2010 MicroFinance Transparency hosted a workshop in Lilongwe, Malawi, in partnership with the Malawi Microfinance Network (MAMN) to launch the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Malawi. On the same day the Nyasa Times, based in Malawi, published an article on the event titled “’Stop stealing from the poor’ Central Bank boss tells banks.”
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The Microfinance Club of New York (MFCNY) and ACCION USA recently co-hosted the first event in a series of debates on current issues in the microfinance industry. This debate addressed the question of whether profit margins in microfinance should be limited. MFTransparency CEO & President Chuck Waterfield and Grameen Foundation Vice President for Microfinance Camilla Nestor argued on the side in favor of limiting profit.
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Microfinance Africa recently published a blog post on The Need for Financial Literacy in Microfinance and its Impact. This post outlines five different arguments for the importance of financial literacy campaigns. Among these, MFTransparency is highlighted for the case we have made for the importance of pricing transparency.
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MFTransparency and The Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN) today officially announced their partnership to promote pricing transparency in microfinance throughout Africa. AFMIN will support MFTransparency by encouraging its members to participate in the Transparent Pricing Initiative and MFTransparency will provide training on interest rate calculations and pricing transparency to AFMIN members.
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Recently David Roodman posted an interesting discussion on his blog. You can read what he wrote here: “Quick: What’s the Grameen Bank’s Interest Rate?” There are some very interesting points in his posting, to which I wrote the following reply. You’ll find it best to read his posting first, but even without that context, the following points are relevant.
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El próximo 2 de diciembre se celebrará en el Radisson Plaza Hotel la Jornada Iniciativa de Transparencia de Precios en Bolivia organizada por MFTransparency, una iniciativa a escala mundial a favor de la asignación de precios transparentes y responsables en la industria de las microfinanzas.
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MFTransparency, a global initiative working to bring pricing transparency to the microfinance industry, will host a conference marking the data launch of the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Bolivia on December 2, 2010 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in La Paz, Bolivia.
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En una de mis anteriores entradas al blog, compartí con ustedes nuestros planes de organizar una conferencia con el objetivo de presentar los resultados de nuestra Iniciativa de Transparencia de Precios en Bolivia a principios de septiembre.
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Antes de MFTransparency organizar el lanzamiento de sus Iniciativas en cualquier país, se llevan a cabo una serie de investigaciones que nos permitan entender mejor el sector y mercado microfinanciero y así poder adaptar el lanzamiento y el proyecto a las necesidades de cada nación. Así fue el caso con Colombia.
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