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From Sustainable Companies to Sustainable Economies: Corporate Governance as a Transformational Development Tool

Articles | Andrew Wilson

For democracy to deliver, reform efforts must focus on improving economic institutions as well as political structures. Many of the fragile democracies exhibit governments that are seldom accountable to their citizens beyond elections. In such countries, day-to-day decision-making processes remain o...

Business Associations, Business Climate, and Economic Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies

Articles | John D. Sullivan, Kim Eric Bettcher

Interest groups are rarely portrayed in a positive light. In economic theories of regulation, collective action, and rent-seeking, interest groups are commonly perceived as seeking some form of redistribution through a political process. In particular, interest groups in the private sector – busin...

Corporate Governance for Emerging Markets

Guides & Tools

This toolkit introduces key concepts in corporate governance, provides a framework for applying corporate governance principles to emerging markets situations, and outlines the four-step strategy developed by the Center for International Private Enterprise for corporate governance reform. For inform...

Middle East and North Africa Reform: Rooted in Economic and Political Ground

Articles | John D. Sullivan, Anna Kompanek

Paper at a Glance • The key to successful reforms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is building on the linkages between democratic governance and market economies. • Demographic pressures, an inefficient public sector, and the need for economic diversification led by the private ...

The Corporate Governance Guide for Family-Owned Companies

Guides & Tools

Family-owned companies are characterized as organizations in which the shareholders belong to the same family and participate substantially in the management, direction, and operation of the company. It is widely recognized that each family has its own unique unwritten rules, values, histories, and ...

Helping Build Democracy that Delivers

Guides & Tools | Kim Eric Bettcher

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is unique among groups that support democratization in that it mobilizes the private sector—business communities, economic think tanks, business journalists—for reform by making “the business case for democracy.” By understanding the loc...

How to Advocate Effectively: Guidebook for Business Associations

Guides & Tools

While CIPE actively helps business organizations around the world to develop and implement their advocacy programs, it’s important for program managers to fully understand how and why advocacy efforts must adapt to the internal environment in a given country – whether it is political upheaval or...

Legislative Advisory Services Toolkit

Guides & Tools

A legislative advisory service analyzes proposed legislation and provides simple cost/beneﬁt assessments of its impact. This service provides a mechanism for private sector organizations to express their views on economic issues and take part in national economic policymaking. It also helps legisl...

Strategies for Policy Reform: Experiences from Around the World

Case Studies | Kim Eric Bettcher, Teodora Mihaylova, Julie Johnson

This book presents case studies of effective, innovative reform programs designed and implemented by business associations, think tanks, and other independent organizations in partnership with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Each chapter illustrates an important theme in the ...

Creating a Voice for Entrepreneurs in Montenegro

Case Studies | Kim Eric Bettcher

The collapse of the former Yugoslavia left Montenegro with an economy in tatters, political instability, a worn-out socialist production system, and rampant corruption. After years of little progress on overcoming those obstacles, two local organizations, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic...