CIPE Publications Archives - Center for International Private Enterprise

Navigating Global Interdependence: Enhancing Economic Resilience in the Transatlantic Space

Case Studies | Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Jeff Lightfoot, John Kay

Authoritarian regimes increasingly use economic coercion to influence democracies. Their shift in tactics responds to the interconnectedness of global markets, which they exploit to advance strategic interests. Economic power is now a weapon that replaces or supplements the military aggression autho...

The Business Case for Digital Rights: Future-Proofing Digital Transformation

Guides & Tools

With two-thirds of the world’s population regularly using the internet, we are experiencing an unprecedented shift in how people spend their money and time. Most companies, big or small, are now dependent on the internet for supply chains, connections to customers, and market information. A vibran...

Pacific Island Stakeholders in Digital Transformation

Guides & Tools

While there is a general sense of excitement around the opportunity to digitize the Pacific Island’s economies and support startup growth, discussions around the rules and legal frameworks that would govern digital platforms and protect rights are lacking. This report identifies digital transfor...

Impacts of Pay-It-Forward Loans for Women: Papua New Guinea Case Study

Case Studies

This case study delves deep into the origin and development of the PIF Loan initiative. Beginning with its conceptual foundation and the circumstances that led to its inception, the study sheds light on the key objectives and strategies that were employed to bring this initiative to fruition. Throug...

Rapid Response Evaluation in Ecuador

Case Studies

This report presents the impact evaluation of the Rapid Response Opportunities for Anti-Corruption in Ecuador (RRAP) developed between May and September 2023. It implemented a qualitative assessment of three significant outcomes: mobilization of civil society and the private sector, adoption of refo...

Advancing Women’s Participation in Formal Employment in Papua New Guinea Unveiling Challenges, Barriers, and Aspirations

Case Studies

The National Employment Policy (NEP) 2021-2031 reflects Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) commitment to economic growth and development, aligning with international labour standards stated in the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No.122). 1 Despite this dedication, gender inequality persists in PNG’s l...

Papua New Guinea’s Digital Transformation: Understanding Legal and Regulatory Challenges

Guides & Tools

Digital transformation enhances economic growth and creates new opportunities, and emerging markets worldwide seek to reap these rewards. Digitizing commerce and state services requires significant spending on Information Communication Technologies (ICT), and Pacific Island Countries such as Papua N...

Innovating Through Crisis: How Albanian Businesses and Entrepreneurs Have Survived and Thrived Despite COVID-19

Case Studies

Albania was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and businesses had to adapt to the changes brought about by this crisis. Research sofar on the Albanian context has focused on entrepreneurs’ challenges and problems due to COVID-19. However, it is also essential to highlight the opp...

Repurposing Slovakia’s Automotive Industry for a New Era of Geo-Economics

Case Studies

Harnessing New Geo-Economic Realities to Unleash a Greener, Globally Competitive, and More Resilient Automotive Industry in Slovakia This report explains challenges to Slovakia’s automotive industry, and how cooperation with the public sector can make it more competitive and resilient. It also...

Rebuild with Trust: How Ukraine’s Private Sector Can Strengthen the Integrity of Reconstruction and Combat Corruption

Guides & Tools | Ekaterina (Katya) Lysova, Sofiia Sapihura

Improving Business Integrity in Ukraine The heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to Russia’s full-scale assault shows the country’s unwavering determination to win the war and join the European Union and NATO. But the country’s fight against corruption will also determine Ukraine’s futu...

Assessing Indonesia’s Regulatory Sandbox Ecosystem: Analysis & Recommendations for the FinTech Sector

Case Studies

To meet challenges associated with Indonesia’s quickly growing financial technology (fintech) industry, lawmakers are adopting a regulatory “sandbox” mechanism intended to accommodate an amount of innovation and experimentation with government oversight. A key aim of such measures is to help ...

Corruption Institutional Analysis Diagnostic Handbook 2023

Guides & Tools | Jeffrey Vanness, Tanim Ahmed

Corruption is best understood and best countered by those closest to the problem. The Center for International Private Enterprise’s Anti-Corruption and Governance Center created the Corruption Institutional Analysis Diagnosis (CIAD) methodology to understand if there is a viable window of opportun...

Anti-Corruption Rapid Response: What We Can Learn from the COVID-19 Crisis

Surveys | Jorge Flórez, Carlos Díaz, Raquel Rubio

What anti-corruption lessons can we learn from COVID-19? The Anti-Corruption Governance Center (ACGC) at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and Global Integrity partnered on this joint report to explore the extent to which anti-corruption reformers identified windows of opportuni...

Democratic Innovation Beyond the State

Case Studies

The Role of Non-State Actors in the Promotion of Citizen Participation in Latin America Executive Summary The role of non-state actors in the promotion of democratic innovations has been understudied, and consequently, underestimated. In Latin America, civil society has played an essential role in t...

Overview of Papua New Guinea Digital Transformation Survey Findings

Surveys

This project has a three-pronged aim to support civil society in engaging in policy reform, spur civil society engagement in advocacy and organizational development, and empower civil society to support democratic and market-oriented governance online and through digital transformation. Its ultima...

Beneficial Ownership Transparency — Exploring the Private Sector Use Case

Case Studies | Michael Barron, Tim Law

Beneficial ownership transparency has emerged as one of the most effective tools for exposing corruption, and around the world 121 governments have committed to establishing central registers of beneficial ownership information. But surprisingly little attention has been paid to the role of the priv...

Investing in Latin American Democracy: Impacts of Corrosive and Constructive Capital

Case Studies | Catherine Gibson, Abby Guen, Taryn Seigel, Eric Hontz, Lucy Hale, James Bosworth

Investing in Latin American Democracy: Impact of Corrosive and Constructive Capital summarizes the key findings from five years of investigation into the influx and effects of “corrosive” and “constructive” capital in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The weakened and fragi...

Private Sector Priorities for Ukraine’s Recovery

Case Studies

This report leverages CIPE’s expertise and experience to share private-sector preferences for Ukraine’s post-war recovery, starting with improved governance and transparency. Despite the current challenges, the report finds realistic reasons for hope. Ukraine’s private sector accounted for ...

Women’s Economic Empowerment: Making Markets and Democracy More Inclusive and Resilient

Articles | Barbara Langley, John Morrell

Women, Money, & Democracy: Introduction & Context Championed through a bipartisan effort led by former U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act became law on Janu...

Shaping Investment Security Policy: A Guide for Business Associations

Guides & Tools | Sarah Bauerle Danzman

Foreword Shaping Investment Security Policy: A Guide for Business Associations Emerging geopolitical tensions and concerns about supply chain, health, and food security have recently resulted in greater state intervention in economic affairs, including regulating investments. Governments have increa...