Events - Center for International Private Enterprise

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Building Communications Skills Using Online Apps

5.13.2020, 9:00AM

Listen to this presentation from CIPE communications expert, Grace Nzou, on identifying useful applications for external business communications. Grace identifies important and useful applications in the marketplace and discusses appropriate applications and use cases for a range of audiences. &nbs...

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Property Rights and Markets: Key Building Blocks of an Equitable Post-COVID Recovery

5.7.2020, 9:00AM

The COVID-19 exposed the vulnerability of small- and medium-sized businesses as well as that of millions of families without secure tenure or adequate housing globally. As they struggle to remain afloat, the issue of lacking or insecure property rights has come to the fore, adding to the challenges...

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Corruption, Global Trade, & COVID-19

5.6.2020, 9:00AM

The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the global marketplace. International trade is plummeting at the fastest pace since the financial crisis and the WTO expects global trade to fall as much as 32% in 2020. Forms of cross-border corruption, including illicit trade and schemes subverting new nation...

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COVID-19 and Corruption: Upholding Integrity in Eastern Europe’s Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses

4.23.2020, 10:30AM

The COVID-19 virus has taken a steep toll on economic activity in Eastern Europe due to widespread emergency lockdowns. Low-income and informal businesses are suffering immensely and there’s a high risk that companies that have started operating in the formal economy will be pushed back into the ...

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Mitigating Governance Risks from Investment in Southeast Asia – A Study of Chinese Capital Flows to Eight Countries

12.6.2019, 12:00PM to 1:30PM

Event Description: Capital flows and foreign assistance loans with little accountability have significant potential to exacerbate corruption and widen governance gaps in Southeast Asia. These capital flows – including official development aid, economic assistance, loans, foreign direct investmen...

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Nepal at a Cross-Roads: the Future of Decentralization and Sino-Indian Rivalry

11.20.2019, 12:30PM to 2:00PM

Nepal is at a crossroads. The new 2015 constitution made Nepal a Federal Democratic Republic. The process of state restructuring, from a unitary to a decentralized federal state, though complex, expensive and uncertain, seems to be on track to strengthen Nepal’s democracy. This makes Nepal one bri...

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Responsible Economic Policy-Making in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

11.13.2019, 10:00AM to 11:00AM

To make informed decisions, citizens need access to objective information on socio-economic challenges and the corresponding policies that can solve them. A Center for International Private Enterprise event on November 13 will focus on assessing the state of affairs in the Western Balkans and how po...

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So You Think You Understand Associations?

11.7.2019, 11:00AM to 12:30PM

So You Think You Understand Associations? What Associations REALLY do to Pave the Road to Self-Reliance During this conversation, panelists will discuss: Why and when associations choose to self-regulate How independent standards are more transparent, more efficient, and more effective than ...

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Next Steps for Sudan’s Democratic and Economic Transformation

10.10.2019, 10:00AM to 11:30AM

Amidst austerity and a struggling economy, in December 2018 Sudanese began protesting against economic hardships. These protests led to the deposing of President al-Bashir. But the protests and demands of civilian rule continued until an agreement was reached with military leaders for a transitional...

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Leveraging the Private Sector to Improve the Economic Enabling Environment for Women

10.9.2019, 9:30AM to 11:30AM

The World Bank’s Women Business and Law Report estimates that the typical economy only gives women three-quarters of the rights of men when it comes to legal, regulatory, and social norms. Closing the gender gap in the economy could add a staggering $28 trillion to global GDP. On Wednesday, Octobe...