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Overcoming Nigeria’s Crippling Threat of Corruption

02.14.2019

The following is part 2 of a 3 part series by Ryan Musser about Nigeria’s elections on Saturday, February 16, 2019. Read part 1 here. As Nigeria heads to the polls on February 16, corruption remains an endemic issue in Africa’s largest economy, harming its public finances, deterring bus...

Corporate Compliance Diplomacy: How Foreign Capital Confronts Global Corruption

01.28.2019

Knowing Zimbabwe’s political and governance history, you will forgive me for attending a workshop hosted by CIPE’s Compliance Training Partner, Latilla Investments, with very low expectations about how interested participants would be in this subject matter and how little awareness or expertise ...

Democracy That Delivers #139: Colonel Agoglia Discusses Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Resolution in Iraq

01.08.2019 |

John Agoglia, retired U.S. Army Colonel and former head of the U.S. Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute, joins us on Democracy That Delivers with CIPE Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa, Pamela Beecroft. Agoglia shares his experience working in Ira...

Democracy That Delivers #138: CIPE Impact-2018 Year in Review

12.18.2018 |

Go around the globe in 30 minutes with Democracy That Delivers host Ken Jaques and three emerging leaders at CIPE: Victoria Tellechea-Rotta, Max Scherzer, and Tracey Fung. The Program Assistants share insight about top CIPE programs and innovations during 2018, as well as information about new ende...

Democracy That Delivers #136: Jonathan Rusch on Moral Ambition and Corporate Ethics

12.04.2018 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, host Ken Jaques is joined by Frank Brown, CIPE’s Director for the Anti-Corruption and Governance Center (ACGC), and guest Jonathan Rusch, lawyer, consultant on corporate-compliance issues, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Rusc...

G-20 Summit: Finding Solutions to Corruption

11.29.2018

World leaders are gathering in Buenos Aires, Argentina for G20 meetings intended to center around a theme of “Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development.” The host country and President Mauricio Macri face no shortage of challenges in achieving this goal and want to be a case stud...

Corrosive Capital in Central Asia: Perpetuating Poor Governance

11.15.2018

This blog was originally published on Power 3.0. Situated between Russia and China, the leaders of Central Asia have had to balance their young countries’ political interests with strong historic and economic ties to Russia and increasing commercial ties to a rapidly developing and internationally...

Democracy That Delivers #132: CEO of “Global Anti-Corruption Challenge” Award-Winning Company Discusses Transparency

11.06.2018 |

As corruption scandals become contentious and timely topics of conversation across the world, CIPE joins the global effort for reform by working with partners to build ecosystems and create initiatives of integrity and transparency. This week on Democracy That Delivers, podcast host Ken Jaques is j...

Democracy That Delivers #131: Data that Delivers – On Watch Facilitates Information Access in Turkey

10.30.2018 |

Data transparency and access to open data sources have become increasingly timely issues around the world. CIPE Partner On Watch (İzlemedeyiz) is one of the leading organizations in analyzing data to help boost transparency and accountability that promotes capacity building and good governa...

Democracy that Delivers #128: Nate Herman Shares Experience in Corporate Social Responsibility and Anti-Corruption Compliance at AAFA

10.10.2018 |

Nate Herman, Senior Vice President with the Supply Chain of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), joins host Ken Jaques and guest host Jeanne Cook for a discussion of Herman’s work on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Much of the conversation was spent dissecting va...