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  • MFTransparency Featured in e-MFP Newsletter

    Published on July 6, 2010

    European Microfinance Platform: Chuck Waterfield looks back on MFTransparency’s activities and the progress made since spring 2009, when e-MFP invited him to write an article about the start of this important initiative.

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    Category: External Media
    Tags: Responsible Finance, Understanding Prices
  • MFTransparency Brings Launch of Transparent Pricing Initiative to Bolivia

    Published on June 10, 2010

    MicroCapital: MFTransparency recently expanded its work to launch its transparent pricing initiative in both Ecuador and Bolivia. The Bolivia initiative was launched with workshops in both La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and the Ecuador initiative was launced with workshops in Quito, Ambato and Guayaquil.

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    Countries: Bolivia, Ecuador
    Category: External Media
    Tags: MFT Event, Pricing Initiative
  • Entrevista con ASOFIN y FINRURAL: Iniciativa de Transparencia de Precios en Bolivia

    Published on June 10, 2010

    Portal de Microfinanzas: MFTransparency y sus socios estratégicos, las redes microfinancieras locales ASOFIN y FINRURAL lanzaron recientemente la Iniciativa de Transparencia de Precios en Bolivia con 2 talleres en La Paz y Santa Cruz de la Sierra, la cual está patrocinada por la Fundación Ford y MicroNed con el objetivo de promover precios justos y transparentes en la industria de microfinanzas.

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    Countries: Bolivia
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, Responsible Finance
  • INAFI Executive Director Attends CONVERGENCES 2015 Forum and Microfinance Transparency Meeting

    Published on June 9, 2010

    International Network of Alternative Financial Institutions: Ms Ndiaye Ba, Executive Director of INAFI, attended a meeting to discuss partnerships with MicroFinance Transparency, a new United States non-profit organization which aims to publish the interest rates and other basic information about the lending practices of microfinance institutions (MFIs) worldwide.

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    Category: External Media
    Tags: Responsible Finance, Understanding Prices
  • MFTransparency-The MasterCard Foundation partnership for Fair and Transparent Microfinance

    Published on June 9, 2010

    Microfinance Focus: MFTransparency a global initiative for fair and transparent pricing in the microfinance industry has entered into a partnership with The MasterCard Foundation to promote fair and transparent pricing in the microfinance industry in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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    Countries: Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, MFT Event, Pricing Initiative, Responsible Finance
  • MFTransparency launched Transparent Pricing Initiative in Bolivia

    Published on June 1, 2010

    Microfinance Focus: Hosting two workshops in La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra during the first week of May, MFTransparency launched its Transparent Pricing Initiative in Bolivia. Local microfinance networks ASOFIN and FINRURAL are its strategic partners in this effort and the initiative is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and MicroNed to promote fair and transparent pricing in the microfinance industry.

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    Countries: Bolivia
    Category: External Media
    Tags: MFT Event, Pricing Initiative
  • MFTransparency Impulsa la Transparencia de Precios en Bolivia

    Published on May 31, 2010

    Portal de Microfinanzas: MFTransparency ha lanzado su Iniciativa de Transparencia de Preciosen Bolivia con 2 seminarios en La Paz y Santa Cruz de la Sierra durante la primera semana de Mayo del presente.Socios estratégicos de MFTransparency en este esfuerzo son las dos redes microfinancieras locales ASOFIN y FINRURAL.

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    Countries: Bolivia
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, Responsible Finance, Understanding Prices
  • MFTransparency announced the disclosure of the pricing data from Azerbaijan

    Published on May 27, 2010

    Microfinance Insights: Following the dissemination of two pilot countries – Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cambodia – MFTransparancy announced the disclosure of the pricing data from Azerbaijan. The data presents a number of interesting trends in pricing practices, product types as well as differentiating factors that underlie the variations in pricing.

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    Countries: Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, MFT Event, Pricing Initiative, Responsible Finance, Understanding Prices
  • MFTransparency Webinar on ‘New Microfinance Transparent Pricing Data from Azerbaijan’

    Published on May 26, 2010

    Microfinance Focus: MFTransparency, a global initiative for fair and transparent pricing in the microfinance industry is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 from 7:00 AM -8:30 AM EST, launching the true-cost microfinance pricing data from Azerbaijan. The discussion will interpret the data and its effect on market conditions as well as answer questions from a range of stakeholders and the public

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    Countries: Azerbaijan
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Data Collection, Pricing Initiative, Understanding Prices