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Sparking Debate on Economic Policy in Nepal

By Sarita Sapkota, Samriddhi In the annual Asia Liberty Forum in Malaysia this year, Atlas Network presented the Asia Liberty Award to Samriddhi for its ‘Econ-ity’ initiative. As part of Atlas’ Regional Liberty Awards, The Asia Liberty Award recognizes think tanks within the Atlas...

Profiting from Parity: The Business Case for Gender Integration in Value Chains

Sustainable Development Goal 5 set the bar to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” by 2030. Closing gender gaps in work and society could add $12 trillion to global GDP by 2025, according to McKinsey Global Institute. This figure underscores the socioeconomic impo...

Girl Rising: Civic Education and its Role in Economic Empowerment

Women comprise more than half of those displaced by the Syrian civil war, a conflict affecting more than 12 million people. As entire communities’ social services and educational structures have been upended and 3 million children forced to abandon their education, girls and young women have ...

Democracy That Delivers Podcast: #6 Selima Ahmad on Women’s Business Leadership

Founder of the Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry Selima Ahmad discusses how she built an organization that helps thousands of women entrepreneurs and what it takes to takes to be a successful businesswomen in Bangladesh. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or on your Android devic...

Women Entrepreneurs Changing the Game in South Asia #IWD2016

Here at CIPE, we are celebrating International Women’s Day by highlighting the achievements of the South Asia Regional Women’s Network, an informal group of 31 inspiring and empowered women from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. Members of the network are business leade...

Advocates for Change: The Role of Women Business Leaders in Achieving Gender Equality

International Women’s Day is an important opportunity to shine a light on the success stories of women around the world—and their perseverance to achieve equality despite legal, political, economic, and social discrimination. Entrenched gender discrimination continues to prevent women from ...

Democracy that Delivers Podcast #5: Former DOJ Prosecutor Charles Duross on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

In this week’s Democracy That Delivers podcast, former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor Charles Duross discusses how he moved from “guns, drugs, and thugs” cases to leading the DOJ team that enforces the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Duross, now a global anti-co...

Disruptive Development: Harnessing the Power of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

Many say that we are in the midst of a Fourth Industrial Revolution, characterized by rapid and transformative technological advancement on a scale the world has never seen before. This Fourth Industrial Revolution has already radically and fundamentally altered the way we live, work, and interac...

Surviving in Economic Crisis: A Nigerian Woman Entrepreneur’s Story

“As a business owner, you either choose to survive or die. And surviving in this state of economic crisis in Nigeria requires creative thinking.” On my recent trip to Lagos, Nigeria, I spoke with Patricia (Pat) Agbakwu -Ajegwu, the owner of Xklusive Patsie and the former president of t...

Promoting Advocacy with Technology

By Lauren Dawes, Panoply Digital This blog post was originally published by Panoply Digital, who are helping CIPE partners around the world improve their digital capabilities. In a previous blog, Michael wrote about the work we have been doing with the Center for International Private Enterprise (...