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Nepal: Shifting Gear from South to North

11.19.2019

Nepal, sandwiched between China and India, plays a limited role in the global arena, however for China and India, who are two of the largest players in world politics and economy, the small Himalayan nation holds strong strategic interest. India, which surrounds Nepal on three sides, has always asse...

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...

Synergizing Sub-National Stakeholders on Governance and Accountability – Lessons from Pakistan

11.04.2019

With a population of over 200 million people, Pakistan is ranked as 6th largest country in the world. Since its independence from British-India in 1947, Pakistan remained under military government rule for three decades. Interestingly, military rulers initiated empowerment at the sub-national level ...

A Philippine Case Study in Improving Local Governance

10.04.2019

How does the governance of a city become unstuck? How did Mayor Jonas Cortes of Mandaue City, the Philippines, move past a corruption scandal which he inherited and establish clean governance, a business-friendly environment, and participation of the poor? Robert Klitgaard and Melissa Mahone...

Dr. Adnan Khalaf, LAD-TOT alumni, Success Story after LAD

07.25.2019

At first the goal – to use a course that focused on training leaders to help a ruined city – seemed small in the face of daunting challenges. The horrendous war had torn Mosul apart, with thousands displaced, many dead or missing. Surrendering to those difficulties would have been easier, but t...

Pakistani Businesses Consider CPEC Projects Non-Participatory

07.11.2019

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), signed between the two countries in 2013, stands as the largest single-country investment portfolio in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, with most recent figures placing total investment pledges around USD $62 billion. CPEC is meant to target Pakistan�...

Democracy That Delivers #162: The DNA of Democracy with Author Richard C. Lyons

06.25.2019 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we are joined remotely by author Richard C. Lyons. Lyons has been involved in printing, publishing, stage and television production throughout his professional career. His most recent work, “The DNA of Democracy,” takes a historical look at t...

Democracy That Delivers #159: Zahid Jamil on Cybersecurity and Rule of Law

06.04.2019 |

Zahid Jamil has over 20 years of experience a general law practitioner, where he specializes in technology (i.e. e-commerce, e-payments, and privacy), cybercrime and counterterrorism. Jamil has served as a cybercrime and cybersecurity consultant for the Council of Europe, the ITU-American Ba...

Democracy That Delivers #157: Rick O’Sullivan on Civil Society and Sustainability

05.21.2019 |

What are some steps to ensure that civil society partners become self-sustaining? This is one of the key questions guests Lars Benson, Regional Director for Africa at CIPE, and Rick O’Sullivan, Principal of Change Management Solutions, aim to answer in this week’s episode of Democracy T...

Democracy That Delivers #153: Jaime Arteaga on Why Peace is Good for Business

04.23.2019 |

In this Democracy That Delivers podcast, we are joined by partner Jaime Arteaga of Jaime Arteaga and Associates, and CIPE Regional Director for Latin America, John Zemko. Together they discuss their joint project with the Observatory, where an analysis has been developed on the private sector’...