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Democracy That Delivers #140: Promoting Sustainable Economic Reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina

01.15.2019 |

Darko Brkan, founding President of Zašto ne, joins host Ken Jaques and Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia Natalia Otel Belan in a timely discussion on the current political and economic landscape in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and what some of the greatest barriers to progress are. Brkan shares...

The Power of Local Ownership in Countering Violent Extremism in the Sahel

01.11.2019

The United Nations Security Council is reviewing new concerns about security and terrorism in the Sahel, and the region is a key focus of the United States’ new Africa strategy announced by Ambassador John Bolton in December. Bolton underscored the link between the stagnation of economic progress...

Iran’s Water Crisis Hurts More Than Agriculture: Implications for Security, Stability, and the Economy

12.13.2018

Iran is one of many countries experiencing environmental degradation. Suffering from exponential desertification and a water crisis, the country’s political and economic stability could be jeopardized in the long term by climate change. Drought, resource scarcity, and poor water governance threat...

Sustainability of Peace in Colombia Depends on Responsible Business Investment

12.07.2018

In the two years since Colombia’s Congress ratified a peace treaty between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), thereby ending the longest-running insurgency in Latin America, some positive signs have emerged. Thousands of FARC members have turned in their arms. So...

OpEd: The Biggest Threat to Democracy No One is Talking About

11.21.2018

This Op-Ed originally appeared in The Diplomatic Courier. A tide of corrosive capital has swept the world over the past decade. Public and private money from authoritarian states has been flowing into fragile democracies and emerging markets. Like water flowing through cracked concrete, many ...

Democracy That Delivers #134: Post-Conflict Resolution After Colombia’s Peace Agreement

11.20.2018 |

On November 24, 2016, Colombia’s government and FARC rebels agreed to end the insurgency that spanned more than 50 years, the longest-running armed conflict in Latin America. On this week’s Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by two special guests from Colombia. Jaime Arteaga, Director of Ja...

When Governance is Not Government

11.01.2018

Ahead of CIPE’s event on November 1st, Governance is Not Just Government: The Importance of Self-Regulation in Development, long-time CIPE partner Richard O’Sullivan shares his experience on the importance of self-regulation to foster increased transparency and accountability in order to...

Civil Society and Business Community Contribute to the Reform Agenda of Bosnia and Herzegovina

10.05.2018

Ahead of the October 7 general elections in Bosnia and Herzogovina, CIPE experts explain key issues that current and future leaders are being urged to address by the private sector and civil society. A newly published report provides specific recommendations for economic and democratic refor...

Democracy that Delivers #127: Launch of Digital Economy Guidebook

10.02.2018 |

This week, on Democracy that Delivers, CIPE’s Program Officer for Global Programs, Louisa Tomar, joins hosts Ken Jaques and Pamela Kelley-Lauder to discuss the upcoming launch of a new Digital Economy Guidebook (read now here!) co-authored by CIPE and New Markets Lab. Tomar provides some i...

CIPE Remembers Democracy & Labor Advocate Genie Kemble

08.17.2018

CIPE mourns the passing of Eugenia (“Genie”) Kemble, a champion of democracy and past executive director of the Free Trade Union Institute. A predecessor of the Solidarity Center, the Free Trade Union Institute promoted democracy and freedom of association worldwide and was the leading internat...