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Democracy that Delivers #374: Building Coalitions to Expose the Secret Owners of Shell Companies: The Global Push for Transparency

Gary Kalman, Executive Director of Transparency International U.S., explains why Beneficial Ownership Transparency is one of the most effective tools for exposing corruption. Beneficial ownership laws reveal the real owners behind companies, even shell companies, so criminals can’t anonym...

Advancing Beneficial Ownership Transparency: The Private Sector Use Case

CIPE’s newest report, “Beneficial Ownership Transparency — Exploring the Private Sector Use Case,” arrives at a critical time. Building on the tremendous progress made by advocates in setting out beneficial ownership (BO) standards and inviting countries to commit to BO reforms, the anti-cor...

Democracy that Deliver #373: Increasing Accountability in Chile’s Extractive Mining Industry with María Jaraquemada

Maria Jaraquemada, Executive Director of Chile Transparente (CT), joins this podcast to explain the impact of the Chile’s recent joining of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, what the move means for the country, and the role to be played by her organization. She will also explain...

Democracy that Delivers #371: Understanding Financial Secrecy’s Increased Role, with Raymond Baker

Invisible Trillions is the title of a new book by Raymond Baker, Founding President of Global Financial Integrity. Baker asserts that democracy and capitalism have progressively decoupled over the last few decades, making it easier for illicit money to flow around the globe. Baker shared specific ...

Democracy that Delivers #370: An Overview of Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Infrastructure with Hasmik Tigranyan

In recent years, Armenia’s government has put in place a robust anti-corruption infrastructure to counter what had been the country’s historically high levels of corruption. Hasmik Tigranyan, the Head of the Anti-Corruption Policy Development and Monitoring Department at Armenia’s Minist...

Democracy that Delivers #368: Assessing Armenia’s Corruption Climate with Eric Hacopian

By many measures, Armenia has made significant strides in the fight against corruption since the Velvet Revolution of 2018. Eric Hacopian, a political analyst and the host of the online show Insights with Eric Hacopian, joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discu...

Democracy that Delivers #367: Understanding the Increased Monitoring of Nigeria by the Financial Action Task Force

What really happens when a country is “grey listed” by the global Financial Action Task Force (FATF)? CIPE examines this with Muazu Umaru, Director of Policy and Research at the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering (GIABA) in West Africa. The discussion follows announcement...

“Crony State Capitalism” and Private-Sector Responses

Over the last several years, CIPE frequently observed that the quality of foreign investments impacts domestic business ecosystems and institutional performance. However, questions remain about the ways that these processes are evolving. To further CIPE’s exploration into this phenomenon and conti...

Democracy that Delivers #365: A Trailblazing Approach to Preventing Corruption in Indonesia, with Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas

Much anti-corruption work focuses on identifying corruption that already exists. A different approach proves more preventive: helping enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability in organizations. That is the method used by Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas, who joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption &am...

Engaging the Business Community on Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Zambia

Last week, Zambia co-hosted the Summit for Democracy, jointly with Costa Rica, the Republic of Korea, and the United States of America. In the nation’s capital of Lusaka, both government and civil society organized a range of conversations diving into important issues such as electoral integrity, ...