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Democracy That Delivers #222: Crisis of Corruption in Lebanon

09.16.2020 |

In this debut edition of CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast series, we are joined by Badri El Meouchi. El Meouchi is president of the board of directors of the Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA) and has been working to battle corruption in the country for more than 15 y...

Democracy That Delivers #216: COVID-19’s Impact on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (part 1)

07.27.2020 |

This week we are joined by Yun Sun of the Stimson center in a discussion about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Chinese domestic and foreign policy. Yun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expertise is in...

A Pivotal Moment to Regulate Artisanal Gold Mining in Burkina Faso

07.27.2020

Artisanal gold mining is a crucial economic sector throughout the G5 Sahel countries of Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger. It is especially important in Burkina Faso, where it contributes substantially to the state budget, provides jobs, and can improve the standard of living of other...

Democracy That Delivers #212 – Promoting Transparency in Investment Policies of Developing Economies

06.22.2020 |

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed is the Joint Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). He is a former civil servant and has served as an Advisor to UNDP. He has also undertaken assignments with Asian Development Bank, World Bank Group, and Ministries of Finance, Planning and Commer...

Democracy That Delivers #210: Launch of the Public Integrity Forecast with Alina Mungiu-Pippidi

06.12.2020 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Professor of Democracy Studies at the Hertie School in Berlin, and Frank Brown, the Director of CIPE’s Anti-Corruption and Governance Center. They discuss what led to the creation of the newly published Public Integri...

Launch of the Sudan Anti-Corruption Resource Center

06.09.2020

To support Sudan’s delicate transition, CIPE launched the Sudan Anti-Corruption Resource Center (SARC) on Friday, June 5th to support Sudanese civil society, business, and government efforts to mitigate corruption. The launch event was hosted on Facebook Live with 1,000 live attendees and ...

Democracy That Delivers #207: Thilo Hanemann on the Global History of Chinese Investments

06.01.2020 |

Thilo Hanemann, a partner at Rhodium Group and leads the firm’s work on global trade and investment, joins host Ken Jaques to discuss the report “Mitigating Governance Risks From Investment in Southeast Asia” (read it here). He presents an overview of how Chinese Investments have changed, or ...

From In-Person to Online – CIPE Europe & Eurasia Business Ethics Partners Continue to Meet to Benefit a Global Ethical SME Community

05.29.2020

In times of social distancing, professional relationships have also remained distant, with most of the world’s offices forced into remote workplace situations. It is in moments such as these that we are reminded of the impact that face-to-face collaboration can make in solving pressing issues. Ba...

Democracy That Delivers #202: A Discussion on Chinese Investment Impact in Indonesia

05.12.2020 |

Mary Silaban, Senior Fellow at Paramadina Public Policy Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia, discusses her research on property rights, investments, and the mining sector. Silaban joined us as a panelist for a CIPE event titled: “Mitigating Governance Risks from Investment in Southeast Asia – A...

Democracy That Delivers #196: The State of Chinese Investment in Malaysia with Laurence Todd

04.09.2020 |

Laurence Todd, Director of Research at IDEAS (Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs) in Malaysia, joins host Ken Jaques. Todd visited CIPE’s headquarters for an event on Chinese capital flows to Southeast Asian countries in December 2019 to pre-launch a report on the topic co-authored b...