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Resilient Minds Create Powerful Entrepreneurs

CIPE Programming in Guatemala Supports Businesswomen’s Mental Health Deep in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, CIPE’s Women’s Business Resource Center (known as “Corali”) bursts with energy and color. Within the bustling classrooms and hallways, the air is electric with the animated exch...

Entrepreneurship that Transforms

CIPE operates in some of the world’s most challenging environments to build inclusive economic environments. As a follow up to Global Entrepreneurship Week and Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, CIPE is launching a series of articles to highlight innovative programs with local partners that advance k...

Empowering Elgeyo Marakwet Youth: Linking Ethical Agribusiness and Democracy

Elgeyo Marakwet County is among the breadbasket counties of Kenya, contributing to the nation’s food security through large-scale maize and wheat cultivation. The county boasts an excellent climate conducive to year-round crop production, providing an economic opportunity to unemployed youth.   ...

The Orange Economy, According to Creative Entrepreneurs in Guatemala

When we refer to the creative economy or orange economy, we can’t define it with a single, universal definition. To CIPE and its entrepreneurial participants, it’s an economy fueled by entrepreneurial activity happening in a range of industries, including software, publicity, film, culture, and ...

The Inherent Link Between Democracy, Markets, and Human Dignity

Democracy is going through some trying times. Widespread popular discontent during the last decade leaves no room for doubt over the deepening crisis of legitimacy for liberal and market economy institutions. Autocrats and populists stoke resentment, hostility, and division in messaging usually conf...

Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Policy and Agreements in Africa

Introduction Trade and gender constitute a two-way relationship. The degree and form of gender inequalities caused by trade demands a response, and gender inequalities negatively affect trade strategies, policies, and outcomes. Gender mainstreaming refers to an approach to governance that integrates...

Resilient Journeys: The Importance of Supporting Refugee Entrepreneurs

Where human resilience and the entrepreneurial spirit intersect, there lies an array of untold stories – the stories of refugee entrepreneurs spurring innovation amidst adversity. Around the world today, over 108 million people are forcibly displaced, including both refugee and internally displac...

Stopping the War and Making the Peace in Sudan

Sudan Experts Call for Anti-Corruption, Inclusion, and Private Sector Leadership On the six-month anniversary of the latest outbreak of war in Sudan, a panel of experts gathered at CIPE’s Washington headquarters to discuss the causes, the destruction, and the diminishing ability of the country’s...

Empowering Voices: A Journey with Businesswomen from the Sahel

I recently traveled to Mauritania for the first time. As the newest senior program manager for the Center for International Private Enterprise, in West Africa, I was there to meet with our local team, partners, and beneficiaries, to gain a deeper understanding of the fast-moving events in this unst...

CELIS 23: Advancing Economic Security and Investment Screening in Europe

CIPE is a patron of the upcoming CELIS Forum on Investment Screening and Economic Security (CFIS 2023), a highly anticipated conference of global experts and government leaders in Prague. This will happen just ahead of the US-EU Summit in Washington. CIPE Europe Program Director Jeff Lightfoot previ...

Why Beneficial Ownership Transparency is Essential for Compliance

Beneficial ownership transparency is a vital element of any effective corporate compliance program. It is also a powerful check against corruption in society generally. These two facts are sometimes misunderstood or obscured, especially in highly corrupt countries where economic and political elites...

CIPE’s New Role in Supporting Economic Integration In Central Asia

CIPE’s work in Central Asia is highlighted in a Joint Statement by the leaders of the C5+1 countries: United States, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. This follows the first-ever C5+1 Presidential Summit, whic...

En América Latina, la Economía Naranja

English version available here En América Latina, la economía naranja es considerada como el motor que impulsa la cultura y la creatividad como generadores de riqueza y del crecimiento económico, destacándose por la generación de empleo y su contribución a las exportaciones. En el 2015, se es...
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