This paper proposes that there is a moral obligation for the microfinance industry to address the challenge of defining ethical and responsible practice, and within that the issue of fair and ethical pricing.

This briefing outlines the evolution of non‐transparent pricing, the dynamics underlying pricing in microfinance and the movement for transparency.

In this short video clip, filmed at Foromic 2010, CEO Chuck Waterfield explains why pricing transparency is an essential component of client protection.

This document gives a brief outline of why the microfinance industry needs standards for disclosure, how non-transparent pricing in microfinance has evolved, and what the process is for implementing pricing transparency.

While it is important to advocate for transparency by elaborating on the benefits, it is equally important (though less uplifting) to explain the dangers of a non-transparent industry. In this video, a range of microfinance industry practitioners offer their views on how a lack of transparency hurts the industry.

It is one thing to read about the importance of transparency, and quite another to hear about it straight from the mouths of industry practitioners. This video presents a diverse group of microfinance actors discussing their views on transparency.