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MBB ISSUE NO. 7, 2001: FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY

MBB ISSUE NO. 7, 2001: FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY

Date: 
November 2001

The first of a two-part series, this seveth issue of the MicroBanking Bulletin discusses the increasing need of transparency in the microfinance industry to improve performance and to facilitate access to funding.  

Featured Articles

Transparency Initiatives

*Isabelle Barrès and Geetha Nagarajan*

In Search of Credibility: Transparency and the Microfinance Industry

*Robert Peck Christen*

Performance Monitoring by Affiliate Networks

*Warren Brown and Till Bruett*

The Case of Ecuador

*Anna Cora Evans*

Performance Measurement and Benchmarking: Experience of the Opportunity International Network

*Timothy Head*

Financial Monitoring at the Développement International Desjardins: The Case of PAMÉCAS

*Marisol Quirion*

Women’s World Banking: Performance Standards and Transparency

*Ann Miles*

Performance Monitoring at ACCION: Tools and Network Results

*Lynne Curran*

From Performance Monitoring to Banking Supervision: The PA-SMEC Experience in West Africa

*Luc Vandeweerd and Eric Ekue*