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            <title>Ethiopia &#8211; Examples on the practice of responsible pricing</title>
            <description><![CDATA[By Begashaw Woldemichael and Louisa Dennison  Home to one of the world’s fastest growing microfinance sectors, and with one of the largest microfinance markets in Africa, Ethiopia and its microfinance pricing dynamics are of keen interest to the industry. MFTransparency’s work in Ethiopia has provided a unique insight into a market where several MFIs have [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2012/01/19/ethiopia-examples-on-the-practice-of-responsible-pricing/</link>
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            <title>New Resources from African Microfinance Transparency Leadership Forum</title>
            <description><![CDATA[In October 2011, MFTransparency hosted the African Microfinance Pricing Transparency Leadership Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. This was the first event of its kind, bringing together policymakers, regulators, networks and a host of industry experts to discuss issues related to pricing transparency in African microfinance markets. More than 120 people comprised this carefully selected participant group, representing 24 different [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2012/01/12/new-resources-from-african-microfinance-transparency-leadership-forum/</link>
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            <title>Tailored trainings on Pricing in West Africa: Improving Pricing Practices at Institutional Level</title>
            <description><![CDATA[by Melina Djre During the past few months, we, at MFTransparency, have been offering direct trainings and technical assistance to MFIs participating in The Transparent Pricing Initiative in West Africa. Following the data collection and analysis phase, all institutions that completed the data submission process were contacted one by one in order to preview their [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/12/27/tailored-trainings-on-pricing-in-west-africa-improving-pricing-practices-at-institutional-level/</link>
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            <title>Philippine Regulation on Pricing Transparency</title>
            <description><![CDATA[by Laila Q. Deles In July 2011, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released Circular 730: Updated Guidelines on the Truth in Lending Act to Enhance Pricing Transparency.  Among the salient points found in the Circular are the following: Prescribed uniform method of computing interest based onoutstanding balance of a loan at the beginning of an interest period [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/12/19/philippine-regulation-on-pricing-transparency/</link>
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            <title>Shaping the Path in Financial Literacy</title>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jessica Massie “If you want people to eat less popcorn, the solution is pretty simple: Give them smaller buckets.” ~ Chip and Dan Heath American psychologists Chip and Dan Heath presented a framework for behavior change interventions in their 2010 book Switch that includes a rationale for changing the environment or situation in which [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/11/29/shaping-the-path-in-financial-literacy/</link>
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            <title>New MFTransparency Case Study: Outlawing Flat Interest in Cambodia</title>
            <description><![CDATA[MFTransparency is excited to announce a series of new resources, now available on our website in the Resources section. This week&#8217;s featured new resource: MFTransparency Case Study: Outlawing Flat Interest in Cambodia By now you have read the article &#8220;Flat vs Declining Balance Interest: What is the Difference?&#8221; and you are wondering how you can [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/11/17/new-mftransparency-case-study-outlawing-flat-interest-in-cambodia/</link>
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            <title>Forúm de Líderes Africanos: Acerca da Divulgação de Informação Padronizada do Preçário de Créditos</title>
            <description><![CDATA[por Hélia Nsthandoca English Durante o Forúm de Líderes Africanos para a Transparência de Preços nas Microfinanças, realizado no mês de Outubro em Nairobi, participei numa mesa redonda onde se discutia acerca da padronização da documentação do preçário dos créditos. Nesta mesa redonda estiveram participantes de alguns países nomeadamente Guiné-Bissau, Liberia, Moçambique e Ruanda, também [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/11/11/acerca-da-divulgacao-de-informacao-padronizada-do-precario-de-creditos/</link>
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            <title>New Interview with an Industry Leader – Now Live</title>
            <description><![CDATA[MFTransparency is excited to announce a series of new resources, now available on our website in the Resources section. This week&#8217;s featured new resource: MFTransparency Discussion Corner: Reserve Bank of Malawi on Pricing Disclosure The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) is setting an example for regulators of microfinance markets across Africa by leading an effort [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/11/10/new-interview-with-an-industry-leader-%e2%80%93-now-live/</link>
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            <title>Responsible microfinance: Regulators agree on the fundamental questions to be answered</title>
            <description><![CDATA[by Joseph Kiirya A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to participate in the African Microfinance Pricing Transparency Leadership Forum in Nairobi, Kenya hosted by MicroFinance Transparency. This forum brought together policymakers, regulators, consumer advocacy associations, networks and industry actors from over 20 African countries. It was a three day-event that brought to light [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/11/04/responsible-microfinance-regulators-agree-on-the-fundamental-questions-to-be-answered/</link>
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            <title>New Case Study from MFTransparency</title>
            <description><![CDATA[MFTransparency is excited to announce a series of new resources, now available on our website in the Resources section. &#160; This week&#8217;s featured new resource: Standardized Loan Documentation in Bosnia and Herzegovina For policymakers and regulators considering new pricing disclosure policy or financial institutions looking to revise their loan documentation, this case study is the [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/11/03/new-case-study-from-mftransparency/</link>
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            <title>Promover os preços transparentes na indústria de microfinanças de Moçambique</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hélia Dezimahata Lory Nsthandoca e Victor Valido Vilela English Este blog apresenta a Iniciativa para Preços Transparentes em Moçambique, o último país do Programa enabling APR &#38; EIR, desde o seu lançamento até o estágio atual do processo de colecta de dados. O lançamento da Iniciativa para Preços Transparentes em Moçambique teve lugar no dia 23 de Agosto de 2011 em [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/10/28/promover-os-precos-transparentes-na-industria-de-microfinancas-de-mocambique/</link>
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            <title>MFTransparency Publishes New Educational Materials</title>
            <description><![CDATA[MFTransparency is excited to announce a series of new resources, now available on our website in the Resources section. &#160; This week&#8217;s featured new resource: Flat vs Declining Balance Interest Rates: What is the Difference? This educational article, first in the new series &#8220;MFTransparency Pricing Fundamentals&#8221;, provides a concise overview of the concept of interest, [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/10/27/mftransparency-publishes-new-educational-materials/</link>
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            <title>African Policymakers Outline the Way Forward in Transparent Pricing</title>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jordan Filko Earlier this month MFTransparency hosted the African Microfinance Pricing Transparency Leadership Forum in Nairobi Kenya. This was the first event of its kind, bringing together policymakers, regulators, networks and a host of industry experts to discuss issues related to pricing transparency in African microfinance markets. More than 120 people comprised this carefully [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/10/24/african-policymakers-outline-the-way-forward-in-transparent-pricing/</link>
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            <title>Learning the Client Perspective on Pricing: Insights from the Field</title>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jessica Massie and Dasha Kuts MFTransparency&#8216;s financial education team in Rwanda has been learning a lot about the client perspective as we complete the first phase of our financial education pilot program. Through interviews and focus groups, we are learning directly from clients about the experience of making borrowing decisions based on price, and [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/10/21/8406/</link>
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            <title>Financial Education: From Rwanda to Russia</title>
            <description><![CDATA[by Dasha Kuts Dasha Kuts is an Intern with MFTransparency&#8217;s Financial Education Program. She is also a Financial Service Expert for the International Resource Group, working on the USAID-funded Microlinks website. MFTransparency has been instrumental in developing useful tools and processes to improve financial education and consumer protection in the microfinance sector. Recently, I got [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/09/16/financial-education-from-rwanda-to-russia/</link>
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            <title>MFTransparency and the Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions to Launch the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Ethiopia</title>
            <description><![CDATA[LANCASTER, PA USA &#38; ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, September 7, 2011 – On September 20, 2011 MFTransparency and the Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI) will launch the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Ethiopia, funded by MicroNed. The launch will take place in conjunction with the 2011 African Microfinance Conference. As part of the 5th Annual African Microfinance [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/09/07/mftransparency-and-the-association-of-ethiopian-microfinance-institutions-to-launch-the-transparent-pricing-initiative-in-ethiopia/</link>
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            <title>MFTransparency&#8217;s Expanding Training Program: Microcredit Summit and Beyond</title>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jordan Filko MFTransparency is increasingly building our education and training program, offering materials and tools, technical assistance and workshop sessions to a range of microfinance industry stakeholders. Recently this has included a special policy workshop for the Bank of Zambia, training sessions for Grameen Foundation&#8216;s Bankers without Borders and collaboration with other industry initiatives [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/09/02/mftransparencys-expanding-training-program-microcredit-summit-and-beyond/</link>
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            <title>Colombia is Moving Toward Pricing Transparency, But Still Has Room to Improve</title>
            <description><![CDATA[by Alexandra Fiorillo This post was originally published on the Center for Financial Inclusion Blog. Policymakers in Colombia have been cautiously moving toward a transparency-based approach to pricing for microfinance, reducing their traditional reliance on interest rate caps.  Important legislation in 2009 and 2010 appears to be having a positive effect, as Asobancaria, the Colombian Banking [...]]]></description>
            <link>http://www.mftransparency.org/pages/2011/08/25/colombia-is-moving-toward-pricing-transparency-but-still-has-room-to-improve/</link>
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