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Growing. Engaging. Staying Fresh: An Interview with Gamal Abou Ali of the Egyptian Junior Business Association

It’s a challenge maturing business associations face worldwide: how to grow and prosper but maintain the ability to pivot and evolve – all while engaging with key public decision-makers. Gamal Abou Ali, Chairman of the Egyptian Junior Business Association (EJB), discussed this and broader challe...

Democracy that Delivers #352: Update on the Current Economic Situation in Lebanon

Dr. Patrick Mardini, CEO of the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies (LIMS) joins Marie Principe, Program Officer for CIPE’s Middle East and North Africa team to discuss the current status of Lebanon amid the economic crisis and private sector led solutions. LIMS is a platform for research, ...

Democracy that Delivers #341: The Tricky Business of Unmasking Beneficial Owners with Open Ownership’s Thom Townsend

Thom Townsend, Executive Director of Open Ownership, joins the CIPE Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to talk about the past, present, and future of beneficial ownership transparency. Townsend draws from his organization’s experience in over 30 countries unmasking the peop...

Democracy that Delivers #308: The Cost of Business in Emerging Markets

Stephen Renna, Senior Managing Director, Global Strategies & Solutions at Ankura, joins CIPE’s Democracy that Delivers podcast to discuss the challenges of doing business in emerging markets. He tells co-hosts Marc Schleifer and Laura Farhang that American companies that want to operate ...

Facilitating Online Meetings and Events: Key Considerations for Local Private Sector Organizations

Online meetings and events offer a unique opportunity for business membership organizations (BMOs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) to reach wider audiences than ever before while significantly reducing expenses and time, for both attendees and organizers. The COVID-19 pandemic forced co...

National Women’s Business Agendas for Central Asia

This piece was first posted on the WAGE blog. The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI)-led Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) consortium, funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, is pleased to announce its new initiative “N...

Transforming Nigeria’s Regulatory Environment to Enhance Competition for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

In February 2019, CIPE’s longtime partner the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) together with the Convention for Business Integrity (CBi) and CIPE’s Lagos Office embarked on a collaborative project to improve transparency and trust amongst government regulatory agencie...

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Using Social Media for Good: How CIPE is Leveraging Facebook to Help Georgian Businesses Comply with New Labor Legislation

In today’s crowded media information scene, the effective use of social media plays a key role in ensuring that important information reaches the right audience. At the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the Safe Business is Your Choice awareness campaign is one example of how thi...

PLCC-CIPE co-host Manila Forum on DEI

Capping off this year’s Pride Month and putting the spotlight on LGBTQI+ small business recovery efforts in the time of COVID-19, the Philippine LGBT Chamber of Commerce (PLCC) and Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) co-hosted the online event with the theme “Recover with Pride,&#...