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Asala, The Palestinian Businesswomen’s Association

Case Studies | Stephen Rosenlund, Karim Shaaban, Connie Gonzalez, Marie A. Principe, Gabriella Butler

Women are most acutely impacted by the consequences of conflict and poverty in the Palestinian Territories and are also a significant source of civic leadership and untapped potential for economic development. Since 2014, CIPE’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) division has worked in partnershi...

Promoting Women Leaders Globally in Economic Recovery Project Final Results

Articles

Background on the Promoting Women Leaders Globally in Economic Recovery Project The Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) at CIPE empowers women to overcome economic inequality and lead private sector engagement, entrepreneurial ventures, and partnerships. CWEE strengthens community and g...

Innovating through Crisis: How Albanian Business and Entrepreneurs have Survived and Thrived Despite COVID-19

Case Studies

Albania was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and businesses had to adapt to the changes brought about by this crisis. Research so far on the Albanian context has focused on entrepreneurs’ challenges and problems due to COVID-19. However, it is also essential to highlight the op...

Private Sector How-To Guides to Assess and Incorporate Gender Equity Practices

Guides & Tools

CIPE partnered with EAFIT University in Medellin, Colombia, to research how private sector companies can integrate gender equity policies and initiatives at the company level. EAFIT University is a member of the Business Alliance for Gender Equity in Antioquia, a public-private initiative launched i...

2022 Policy & Program Learning Highlights

Articles | Kim Eric Bettcher, Mikra Krasniqi, Althea Lloyd-White, Adam Goldstein, Tamari Dzotsenidze

The Policy & Program Learning (PPL) team is pursuing answers to crucial questions about the direction of democratic free-market systems and highlighting areas for business leadership in reform. Supporting independent economic voices and democratization opportunities requires knowledge of interna...

Research To Support Women’s Economic Empowerment

Articles | Connie Gonzalez, Sahra Rajani

The Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) at CIPE advances gender equality in emerging markets to build more inclusive, thriving economies and democracies that deliver for all citizens. This brief outlines how CIPE supports women’s economic empowerment (WEE) by partnering with instituti...

2022 Sahel Conference Report

Articles

Sahel Conference Report: Promoting a Private-Public Dialogue for Development, Security and the Fight against Violent Extremism in the G5 Sahel In late 2022, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) organized a regional conference on promoting a public-private dialogue in the Sahel to f...

Risk to Value Guide: How Emerging Market Businesses Can Transform New Risks Into Value

Guides & Tools | Andrea Bonime-Blanc

Preface The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) commissioned this Risk to Value Guide to support medium to large-sized businesses in emerging and frontier markets in understanding emerging and new business risk areas and leveraging them into opportunities for better risk management an...

Cover of the report features a stylized map of the middle east and north Africa regions.

Corrosive Capital in the Middle East and North Africa

Case Studies | CIPE

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY What is Corrosive Capital? Aid and investment that comes primarily from states, or state-affiliated bodies, and penetrates governance gaps in recipient countries, weakening democratic governance within them. It requires local enablers, often in government. Although states have long...

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Online Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Harassment (GBVH) Factsheet

Guides & Tools | Morgan Townsend, Louisa Tomar, Connie Gonzalez

CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) advances gender equality in emerging markets to build more inclusive, thriving economies and democracies that deliver for all citizens. This briefer outlines how online gender-based violence and sexual harassment (GBVH) impacts women’s econ...