Handbooks, Case Studies, and Issue Papers

Handbooks and Toolkits | Case Studies | Issue Papers

Handbooks and Toolkits

• REFORM Toolkit
  Combating Corruption: A Private Sector Approach
  (English, Arabic, and French)
  
  
• REFORM Toolkit
  Corporate Governance for Emerging Markets
  (English, Arabic, and French)
  
  
• Corporate Governance Handbook
  
  
• How to Advocate Effectively: A Guidebook for Business Associations
  (English, Arabic, Armenian, Bahasa Indonesian, French, Russian)
  
  
• "In Search of Good Directors: A Guide to Building Corporate Governance in the 21st Century" (Available in CIPE's bookstore)
  
  
• REFORM Toolkit
  Legislative Advisory Services
  (English, French)
  
  
• National Business Agenda Guidebook: The Voice Of Business
  (English, Arabic, French, Russian, Romanian, Spanish, Urdu)
  
  
• Making Your Economy Work:
  A Handbook for Political Parties
  
  
• REFORM Toolkit
  Reducing Economic Informality by Opening Access to Opportunity

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Case Studies

• Advancing Reform and Opportunity in Bangladesh Through Private Initiative, 1999-2005
  
  
• Associations in Action: Local Agents for Change
  (English, Russian)
  
  
• Building a Successful Non-Profit Organization: The TRACE Experience
  
  
• Chambers of Commerce: Combating Corruption and Improving Corporate Governance
  
  
• CIPE-OECD Case Studies: Private and Public Governance and Investment in Developing Countries:
  • Investment Decisions in Stormy Waters: The Case of Peru
    
  • Improving Governance Practices in Mexico: The Path to World-Class Performance
    
  • Gouvernance et Performance: L’Énigme Économique Marocaine
    
    
• Creating a Voice for Entrepreneurs in Montenegro
  
  
• From the Streets to Markets: Formalization of Street Vendors in Metropolitan Lima
  
  
• From Words to Action: A Business Case for Implementing Workplace Standards
  A joint publication of CIPE and Social Accountability International
  
  
• Improving Governance in Tanzania: The Role of Business Advocacy Associations
  
  
• Jua Kali Associations in Kenya: A Force for Development and Reform
  
  
• The Practice of Public Policy Dialogue in Botswana, 1988-2007
  
  
• The Public Governance System: Building Dream Cities in the Philippines
  
  
• Rebuilding Romania Through Private Sector Development
  (English, Russian, Turkish)
  
  
• Strengthening Local Democracy in Russia: The Case for Business Associations
  (English, Russian)
  
  
• Women’s Business Association South Asia Case Study
  
  

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Issue Papers

• Barriers to Participation: The Informal Sector in Emerging Democracies
  (English, Russian, Spanish)
  
  
• Building Democracies and Markets in the Post-Conflict Context
  
  
• Business Associations and Democratic Reform
  
  
• Business Associations, Business Climate and Economic Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies
  
  
• The Business Case for Corporate Citizenship
  (English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish)
  
  
• Combating Corruption: Private Sector Perspectives and Solutions
  (English, Russian)
  
  
• Corporate Governance: The Intersection of Public and Private Reform
  
  
• Democratic Governance: The Basis of Political and Economic Reform
  (English, Arabic, Russian)
• Appendix A – The Emerging Democracies Forum
  
  
• The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Twenty Years of Reform in Central and Eastern Europe
  
  
• From Sustainable Companies to Sustainable Economies: Corporate Governance as a Transformational Development Tool
  
  
• Government Reforms to Reduce Transaction Costs and Promote Private Sector Development
  
  
• Helping Build Democracy that Delivers: How CIPE Fosters Democracy Abroad (English, Arabic, French)
  
  
• Lessons for Today from the Marshall Plan
  
  
• Middle East and North Africa Reform: Rooted in Economic and Political Ground
  
  
• Prosperity Papers (2004 Edition)
  • No. 1: Entrepreneurship (English, Arabic)
  • No. 2: Attracting Foreign Investment (English, Arabic)
  • No. 3: Privatizing State-Owned Companies (English, Arabic)
    
    
• Renewing the Business Agenda for the Americas
  
  
• Tapping Hidden Fortunes
  (English, French, Russian, Spanish)
  
  
  

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