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Democracy That Delivers #193: Carolina Acosta on GATF’s Successful Trade Facilitation Project in Colombia

03.17.2020 |

This week, Carolina Acosta, Regional Representative for the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), joins host Ken Jaques and co-host Florent Bakija, Program Officer for GATF. They discuss how trade facilitation can help developing countries like Colombia save millions every year (approx $14...

Why Trade Facilitation Matters – A Real Case Example

09.20.2019

On February 22, 2017, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) entered into force. While much has been written about the importance of this agreement, when talking about trade, too often economists and policy wonks resort to abstract language and vague terminology th...

Democracy That Delivers #171: Why Trade Matters with Jose Raul Perales

09.17.2019 |

In this week’s Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by José Raúl Perales, Deputy Director of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF) at CIPE. Perales and host Ken Jaques discuss the beginnings of GATF’s work with CIPE, and how trade and the private sector can work better t...

Democracy That Delivers #144 : The Future of Trade and Technology Regulation, with New Markets Lab

02.12.2019 |

Katrin Kuhlmann, President and Founder of the New Markets Lab (NML) and Lecturer on Law at Harvard University, joins co-host Marc Schleifer and host Ken Jaques in this week’s Democracy that Delivers. Kuhlmann dives into how NML came to be, and how her early career working in the trade and devel...

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...

Boosting Afghanistan’s Exports Promises to Enhance Economic and Political Stability

06.14.2018

Many analyses of the current situation in Afghanistan focus on political and security threats, but the post-2014 economic crisis poses one of the most serious threats to the government’s stability. Increasing exports and creating jobs are essential to the country’s long-term security and socio-...

Curbing Illicit Trade is the Key to Bolstering the Philippines’ Economy

04.11.2018 |

Illicit trade hurts economies and undermines democracies, leading to unemployment, price distortions, bankruptcy of local industries, and reduced government tax collection. In the Philippines, smuggling is the most prevalent form of illicit trade due to weak law enforcement and the difficulty of mo...

Harnessing the Power of the Digital Economy to Achieve Global Development Goals

03.06.2017

This piece originally appeared in the WIIT Communique. The invention of the telegraph was seen as“completely revolutionizing existing modes of doing business; for when telegraphic lines become extended, and its transmitting powers vastly improve, as they doubtless will be, Western, Southern...

Democracy that Delivers Podcast #45: Andrea Ewart on Why Trade Matters

12.06.2016 |

This week on the Democracy that Delivers podcast, President of the Organization of Women in International Trade Andrea Ewart talks about why trade matters. Below she further elaborates on the conversation and gives a few key reasons why. Listen to the podcast here: Want to hear more? Listen to pre...

Democracy that Delivers Podcast #44: Aurelio Garcia on Making Trade More Inclusive

11.29.2016 |

This week on the CIPE Democracy that Delivers podcast, international trade expert Aurelio Garcia talks about trade facilitation and how tackling red tape makes trade more inclusive. Garcia differentiates trade policy from “trade facilitation,” which involves improving the procedures req...