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Building Effective Public Private Sector Partnerships in National Trade Facilitation Committees

Articles

National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) oversee a country’s policies, initiatives, and reforms on trade, and occasionally in transport. Any standing member of the United Nations can form an NTFC to enforce the rules and regulations set forth by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade ...

Nonprofit Forms and Templates

Guides & Tools

Contents This is a collection of templates and forms for nonprofit board members, committee members, and volunteers. Users are encouraged to utilize, adapt, and share these documents. Documents Sample Signatory Form and Legal Disclaimer: A form for acknowledging agreement to the terms of various go...

Western and Chinese Investments in Africa: Challenges And Opportunities

Articles

This brief examines the opportunities and challenges of Western and Chinese investments in Africa. It recommends promoting constructive capital investments and mitigating the negative effects of corrosive capital investments in Africa. These recommendations include strengthening local institutions ...

The Status of Nigeria’s Debt Stock And Its Implications for The People and Economy (Policy Recommendations)

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This policy brief examines the effect of the rising debt stock on the economy and Nigerian citizens and the potential consequences of the country’s inability to manage its external and internal debts. It also delves deeper into the contexts of debt servicing and revenue generation. The brief ...

Constructive or Corrosive? Examining China’s Financing in Nigeria

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This report examines China’s inflows into Nigeria using the Constructive Capital-Corrosive Capital framework and compares them to financing sources like the African Development Bank (AfDB). While Chinese financing has aided Nigeria’s infrastructure development, the report highlights iss...

Assessing Foreign Capital Flows in Nigeria: Promoting Constructive Capital for Inclusive and Sustainable Development (Policy Recommendations)

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The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) defines corrosive capital as financing lacking transparency, accountability, and market orientation, which can hinder sustainable development through inefficiency, negative impacts on governance processes, non-compliance with regulations, and e...

Tracking Corrosive Capital: A Guide for Investigative Journalists

Guides & Tools

Tracking Corrosive Capital is a guide for investigative journalists to identify and track foreign investments that weaken a country’s democratic institutions and values. Corrosive capital describes financing, whether state or private, that lacks transparency, accountability, and market orientation...

The State of Sustainability Reporting in the Philippines

Case Studies

As Philippine businesses navigate a rapidly changing landscape shaped by regulatory compliance, the Center for International Private Enterprise and its partners Makati Business Club (MBC), and SGV & Co., conducted a study on the State of Sustainability Reporting in the Philippines. The study—t...

Supply Chain Resilience After the February 2023 Earthquakes in Türkiye

Surveys

CIPE partner TÜRKONFED’s (the Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation) report on supply chain resiliency in the context of the February 2023 earthquake examines the effects of the disaster on supply chains and post-earthquake conditions. The resource also highlights key findings and recomme...

Harnessing the Power of the Digital Economy (HPDE) Tok Pisin-English Digital Vocabulary Mini Dictionary

Guides & Tools

The creation of this Tok Pisin-English digital vocabulary mini-dictionary addresses several needs for modern communication and learning in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The country of approximately 10 million people has three official languages: English, Hiri Motu, and Tok Pisin, local pidgin, which is th...

Understanding the Regulatory Environment for ICT Infrastructure in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of the Coral Sea Cable System

Case Studies

Over the past decade, digital connectivity has emerged as a critical new form of infrastructure, akin to roads, energy, or ports—underpinning economic growth and social development. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), the advent of digital connectivity has opened up new avenues for communication, commerce,...

Understanding the Regulatory Environment for ICT Infrastructure in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study on the Integrated Government Information System (IGIS)

Case Studies

The Government of Papua New Guinea (GoPNG) is taking steps to match the Pacific and global transition to digital transformation and digitalization by rolling out the Digital Government Plan 2023-2027 and announcing the GoPNG Technology Stack 2023. While GoPNG is developing and rolling out critical d...

Papua New Guinea’s Digital Transformation: Understanding the Governance Structure

Case Studies

As the Pacific region is rapidly digitizing and embracing digital transformation, the newly available technology can empower Pacific citizens with greater access to information and networks. However, there is a lack of global and Pacific governance standards and norms on the digital economy and digi...

Reconnecting Central Asia through Trade and Investment

Case Studies

Looking Through the Lens of SMEs This study, conducted under the IBECA program, focuses on examining the challenges related to regional economic integration among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Central Asia, particularly exploring the hurdles they encounter in securing investments. It delves...

Women’s Economic Empowerment in Selected Western Balkan and Eastern European Countries — Regional Gender Analysis

Case Studies

As part of the “Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem by Networking Regional Women’s Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations” (WE-Champs) project, implemented by CIPE with the financial support of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI), CIVITAA ...

Guidelines for the Prevention and Elimination of Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Construction Industry: Georgia

Guides & Tools

This document was written by the Infrastructure Construction Companies Association (ICCA) with support from the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). The purpose of these guidelines is to educate employees in the construction industry on gender-based violence and harassment (GBV). The ...

Bolivia’s Creative Economy: Opportunities for Economic Development and Civic Engagement

Case Studies

This book is a joint initiative between the Center for Studies of Economic and Social Reality (CERES) and the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). The research delves into the pressing need for Bolivia to shift from a state-led, extractivist economic development model to a more priv...

Market Assessment: Agribusiness in Central Asia

Case Studies

Central Asia holds great potential for economic development across various sectors. As the region seeks to harness its strengths and overcome challenges, market assessments pave the way for a systemic understanding of ongoing dynamics, design meaningful interventions and analyze prospects. This mark...

Market Assessment: E-Commerce in Central Asia

Case Studies

Central Asia holds significant potential for economic development across various sectors. As the region seeks to harness its strengths and overcome challenges, market assessments pave the way for a systemic understanding of ongoing dynamics, design meaningful interventions, and analyze prospects. Th...

Market Assessment: Green Energy in Central Asia

Case Studies

As Central Asia seeks to harness its strengths and overcome challenges in various sectors, a market assessment can pave the way for a systematic understanding of ongoing dynamics, designing meaningful interventions and analyzing prospects. This assessment focuses on green energy (hydro, solar and wi...