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Democracy That Delivers #244: ESG, Corruption, and the Bright Future of Responsible Investing with Gabriel Thoumi

02.11.2021 |

What is Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) and how is it changing investing? Why has investor adoption of ESG accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic? What does the broadening of compliance standards driven by ESG mean for global anticorruption efforts? Please join a discussion of these que...

Tracking the Right to Information in Asia

02.11.2021

Across Asia, the process of obtaining government information through transparent mechanisms is a challenge. Many countries in the region still lack national laws defining the Right to Information (RTI), a crucial component for developing and maintaining public trust in government. Since the ability ...

Democracy That Delivers Episode #241: Using Sri Lanka’s New Right To Information Law To Follow The Money

01.29.2021

In this latest episode, CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center features Hasna Munas, an analyst for Verité Research, Sri Lanka’s leading independent think tank. She tells an insider’s story of the development of Sri Lanka’s first-ever Right To Information (RTI) law five yea...

Democracy That Delivers #240: Compliance, Environmental Laws, and Enforcement in a Time of Crisis

01.14.2021 |

The unprecedented disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic have hit compliance with environmental laws and regulations hard. In this episode, Shahrzad Majdameli, an attorney with the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), joins Communications Director Ken Ja...

Democracy That Delivers #239: Fraud Risk and Sustainability with Anti-Corruption Expert Kenneth Barden

12.30.2020 |

What’s the secret to making anti-corruption efforts effective in the long term? What lessons can be learned from the mistakes made in public funding and emergency supply chains during COVID-19? In this episode, special guest Kenneth Barden shares answers to these and other questions by drawin...

Democracy That Delivers #237: Interview with FT Journalist Tom Burgis, Author of Kleptopia

12.10.2020 |

Financial Times investigative journalist Tom Burgis, author of the recently released book, Kleptopia, and one of the brightest minds in global corruption, is the guest on the latest edition of the Democracy That Delivers podcast from the Anti-Corruption and Governance Center with CIPE hosts Ken Jaq...

Democracy That Delivers #236: Confronting the World’s Humanitarian Crisis

12.08.2020 |

Frank Vogl is the Chair of the Board of Directors for The Partnership for Transparency Fund. In this podcast, he discusses how now more than ever, transparency and accountability are needed on infrastructure investments, which longer-term will be essential to rebuilding economies. Read his recent b...

Challenge One: Confronting The World’s Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis

12.08.2020

Awards and honors are a pleasant reminder of a job well done. So it makes sense that when David Beasley, the dynamic Executive Director of the World Food Program, learned that the WFP had been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize he beamed with joy. But his thoughts immediately turned to the COVID-19 ...

Democracy That Delivers #235: Beyond Naming & Shaming: Anti-Corruption in the Era of Deglobalization and Pandemic

11.27.2020 |

Deglobalization, nationalism, and the global COVID-19 pandemic are challenging efforts to fight corruption. Joined this week by anti-corruption veteran, thought leader, and chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, Drago Kos, CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center director Frank Brown l...

Labor Safety Reforms in Georgia: Why CIPE and the Solidarity Center are Joining Forces to Tackle Compliance Challenges

11.20.2020

The Republic of Georgia is expected to see benefits from a package of sweeping reforms to the country’s labor legislation. The new policies will impact businesses across all sectors and regions of the country. The reforms, enacted on September 29, greatly expand the protection of the rights of wor...