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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�...

Can South Korea Resolve its Youth Unemployment Problem Through Entrepreneurship?

05.23.2019

This blog is Part 1 of a two-part series on youth entrepreneurship in Korea. South Korea is suffering from its highest rates of youth unemployment since the Korean economic crisis in 1998 . The youth unemployment rate, which calculates the number of unemployed 15-24 year olds, has steadily increase...

Democracy That Delivers #143: The State of Democracy with Clay Fuller

02.05.2019 |

There seems to be a perception that democracy is on a decline, but Clay Fuller, a Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute feels this is incorrect. Democracy is not in crisis, instead, we have changed how we see and define it. In short, democracy is the game of rule, while auto...

Democracy That Delivers #141: The Belt and Road Initiative’s Impact on Chinese Corrosive Capital

01.23.2019 |

Many observers believe that China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a vast, well-laid and finely orchestrated plan to extend Chinese hegemony over much of the developing world. However, some argue that the BRI is just a vision, not a coordinated plan. Andrew Davenport, Chief Operating Officer ...

Democracy That Delivers #138: CIPE Impact-2018 Year in Review

12.18.2018 |

Go around the globe in 30 minutes with Democracy That Delivers host Ken Jaques and three emerging leaders at CIPE: Victoria Tellechea-Rotta, Max Scherzer, and Tracey Fung. The Program Assistants share insight about top CIPE programs and innovations during 2018, as well as information about new ende...

“The Government We Want:” Invigorating Citizen Participation for Good Governance Reforms in the Philippines

10.15.2018

For global observers of democratic governance and the rule of law, recent developments in the Philippines have been discouraging. Headlines on the current administration’s apprehension of political prisoners, authorization of extrajudicial killings, and subordination of the rule of law underscore...

Democracy that Delivers #126: Dr. Wenhong Chen on China’s Digital Economy

09.25.2018 |

Dr. Wenhong Chen, of the University of Texas at Austin, joins Catherine Tai, Program Officer for Asia and the Pacific, and host Ken Jaques in a lively discussion about the future of the technology industry in China. Chen discusses the Chinese strategy for recruiting global talent in the development...

Democracy that Delivers – Corrosive Capital’s Effects on Democracy’s Institutions

09.11.2018 |

CIPE continues to examine how foreign investments by China and Russia are impacting democratic institutions in many recipient countries. Experts warn that the funding may turn out to be “corrosive capital” that makes fragile states more vulnerable to economic and political manipulation. Listen t...

Why There Is Still Hope for Democracy and the Economy in Myanmar

08.23.2018

Thirty years ago, a popular pro-democracy movement took place across Myanmar in protest of economic hardship and military rule. The National League for Democracy (NLD) party and many prominent student leaders-turned-activists were born in the aftermath of the August 1988 People Uprising. On my firs...

Democracy That Delivers #106: New York Times Journalist David Barboza Discusses Corruption in China

08.22.2018 |

In this popular Democracy that Delivers podcast, award-winning New York Times journalist David Barboza examines corruption in China with CIPE’s Ken Jaques and Frank Brown. Barboza’s investigative reporting has helped uncover how officials and their families amassed billions of dollars in secret...