The most recent addition to our new Resources library is Session 1 of our independent study course on transparent pricing. This series of training sessions will provide you with the tools you need to demystify transparent pricing. Featuring practical examples, screenshots from the Calculating Transparent Prices Tool and practice exercises, this educational resource provides you with classroom-quality lessons for a solid foundation in the concepts of transparent pricing.
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Posts Tagged ‘Transparency’
Independent Study Course on Interest Rates: Session 1
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Credit Insurance and Microcredit Interest Rates
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010by Deepak Goswami & Alexandra Fiorillo
Microcredit products often carry additional fees on top of the basic nominal interest rate charged to the client. In this blog post I will discuss credit insurance, also known as credit-life or credit-plus insurance, as it is one of the most common charges associated with microcredit products.
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Transparency: What is the Best Approach?
Friday, August 13th, 2010
We all like to know the truth, and we like to think that the more we know the better. With the revelation of the internet over the last 15-20 years, access to information has never been easier. But what crosses the line of TMI (too much information)? One might say that perhaps in modern times nothing is “too much” to be posted on the web. This ethos has paved the way for the generation of transparency. Recently this idea has come under scrutiny the world over, especially with the new publications on the website WikiLeaks, featured in a recent New York Times article.
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