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Familiar Challenges in Thailand’s New COVID-19 Reality

09.16.2020

Frustration at Thailand’s government is boiling over. The country’s leaders are censoring their critics and targeting opposition parties, limiting even the narrow space normally available for democratic involvement in governing. Now, adding fuel to that fire, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented ...

Democracy That Delivers #218: COVID-19’s Impact on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (part 2)

08.11.2020 |

This week we are joined once again by Yun Sun of the Stimson Center in a discussion about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Chinese domestic and foreign policy. Yun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expe...

Democracy That Delivers #213: Media Reporting and Monitoring in Sri Lanka Amid COVID-19

06.29.2020 |

We are joined this week by two guests from Sri Lankan partner Verite Research to discuss unethical media reporting practices and solutions. Stephanie Nicolle is an Assistant Analyst in the Media Team at Verité Research, and Rochel Canagasabey is an Assistant Manager in the Media Team at Verité Re...

Creating a Culture of Consultative Policymaking in Georgia: CIPE’s Leading Role in Civil Society Strengthening Through Governing for Growth (G4G)

03.20.2020

Governing for Growth (G4G) in Georgia was a five-year, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) – funded project that supported the Government of Georgia in improving the business-enabling environment. Its aim was to foster legal and regulatory reforms that are fairly and tr...

Democracy That Delivers #186: Assessing the Role of Municipalities In Facilitating Ease of Doing Business

01.28.2020 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, Zia Banday, the Joint Executive Director of PRIME Institute, a public policy research organization and think tank, discusses the subject of democratic governance reform in Pakistan. He highlights PRIME’s work in assessing the role of municipalities in fac...

Democracy That Delivers #182: Post-election Argentina – What is next for politics in the country?

12.20.2019 |

This week we are joined by John Zemko, Regional Director for LAC at CIPE, and Julia Pomares , who has been the executive director of the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) since December 2015. CIPE and CIPPEC worked together during the 2011 preside...

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...