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The Customs Broker as Trade Facilitator

05.27.2021

As a business, taking the first leap into importing or exporting can be daunting. One must locate an appropriate market to buy or sell, forge business relationships in that country, navigate cost negotiations and purchasing terms. The list goes on. Though some of these aspects may feel similar to th...

Why Trade Facilitation Fits in with CIPE’s Mission and Vision

03.30.2021

Trade facilitation means cutting red tape and eliminating corruption at the border or point of entries of goods. Characteristics of goods range from those that would require only payment duties and taxes for clearance to those that would require inspections (physical and documentary), before enterin...

Democracy That Delivers #243: Promoting Free Trade in Nigeria and Throughout Africa with Dr. Jonathan Aremu

02.09.2021 |

COVID-19 is disrupting supply chains and slowing economic integration around the globe. Nigeria is no exception. Still, the virus hasn’t prevented free trade advocates in Africa from moving ahead. In this edition of Democracy that Delivers, Dr. Jonathan Aremu, a university professor and forme...

Democracy That Delivers #234: Approaching Project Management and Policy with a Gender Lens

11.24.2020 |

Gender mainstreaming and safeguarding is a growing area of focus in international development, governance, and the private sector. In this podcast, CIPE’s Ken Jaques is joined by two experts to discuss gender mainstreaming with the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, and private-sector ...

A Center for Excellence is strengthening public-private dialog and shaping public policy in Colombia

11.12.2020

For some countries it is a given that private sector actors are an equal partner in shaping public policy. However, many countries around the world still struggle to include the business community in their policymaking process. By strengthening public-private dialogue, some countries have made progr...

Democracy That Delivers #214: Impacts of COVID-19 on Supply Chains in the APAC Region

07.06.2020 |

We are joined this week by Richard Dailly, who is a managing director in the Business Intelligence and Investigations practice of Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, based in the Singapore office, and a fellow at the Duff & Phelps Institute. In this podcast, he discusses how COVID will resu...

Democracy That Delivers #208: Impact of COVID-19 on Supply Chains and National Security

06.05.2020 |

Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale is a managing director at Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, based in the Washington, D.C. office. Nicole has more than 25 years of executive-level experience and a unique viewpoint on global commercial and compliance matters from her extensive service in both the public a...

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...