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Democracy That Delivers #180 – Part 2 Corruption as a Brake on Balkan Recovery

12.03.2019 |

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, announced a briefing analyzing corruption in the Balkans on December 3rd, 2019, titled: IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY Corruption as a Brake on Balkan Recovery We are joined by Igor Novakovic, Research Directo...

Democracy That Delivers #179 – Part 1 Corruption as a Brake on Balkan Recovery

12.03.2019 |

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, announced a briefing analyzing corruption in the Balkans on December 3rd, 2019, titled: IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY Corruption as a Brake on Balkan Recovery We are joined by Igor Stojanovic, Research...

Democracy That Delivers #177: Josh Rudolph on Malign Finance Loopholes in Party Financing

11.04.2019 |

This week, Martina Hrvolova, Program Officer for Europe and Eurasia at CIPE, is our host. She is joined by Josh Rudolph, the Fellow for Malign Finance at the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund. They discuss the issue of party financing from foreign sources, focusing on so...

Democracy That Delivers #173: Martina Hrvolova Ahead of Presentation at SCCE Conference

09.27.2019 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by Martina Hrvolova and Ken Jaques. Martina shares a glimpse of her upcoming presentation at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) 2019 Western Balkans Regional Conference. They discuss CIPE’s approach to identifying and comb...

Working towards Peace in Conflict and Post-Conflict Regions

09.26.2019

Every September 21 the United Nations celebrates its International Day of Peace to highlight progress being made towards a more harmonious world. But while we celebrate, there is no shortage of conflict around the world, and certain countries remain less stable than others. Recently, homicide...

Democracy That Delivers #172: Technical Guidance and Anti-Corruption Reform

09.24.2019

In this episode of Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by Peter Glover, Associate program Officer of CIPE’s Anti-Corruption and Governance Center, and special guest Schuyler Miller. Miller recently returned from Trinity College in Dublin, where he completed coursework for his Master...

Democracy That Delivers #170: A Discussion on Infrastructure with Gyude Moore

09.04.2019 |

“You need an infrastructure spine to build an economy,” says guest Gyude Moore in this week’s episode of Democracy That Delivers. Gyude Moore is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development, and former Minister of Public Works for Liberia. He joins Ryan Musser, Program O...

World Chambers Congress – Notes from the Field Part II: Building Transparent and Inclusive Markets

08.29.2019

This is Part II of a three-part blog series. Read Part I. Transparency and fair trade are key for the development of inclusive markets around the world. In addition, 68% of countries around the world point to corruption as a serious problem for economic development because of its effects o...

Democracy That Delivers #168: When Governance is Not Government

08.14.2019 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by Rick O’Sullivan, who joined us for episode #157 of DTD. This podcast continues the conversation with co-host Ryan Musser, and host Ken Jaques. They examine the importance of civil society taking an active role in governing and not just ad...

Democracy That Delivers #166: Ali Ayadi on CIPE’s Work in Tunisia

07.30.2019 |

We are joined by Ali Ayadi, CIPE’s Country Representative in Tunisia, to discuss the changing social, political and economic environment of the country. He and host Ken Jaques begin by discussing the recent passing of the late President of Tunisia, Beji Caid Essebsi. Ayadi then discusses some of ...