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Democracy That Delivers #278: Co-regulating the Indonesian Digital Economy with Thomas Dewaranu, Researcher at the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS)

08.24.2021 |

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, our host Ken Jaques is joined by co-host Adam Sachs from CIPE’s Global Team and Thomas Dewaranu, a researcher at the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS). CIPE partnered with CIPS to engage in a digital economy advocacy pilot that examines the c...

PLCC-CIPE co-host Manila Forum on DEI

07.19.2021

Capping off this year’s Pride Month and putting the spotlight on LGBTQI+ small business recovery efforts in the time of COVID-19, the Philippine LGBT Chamber of Commerce (PLCC) and Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) co-hosted the online event with the theme “Recover with Pride,&#...

Democracy that Delivers #270: Citizen-Centric Development and Response during the Pandemic in Nepal – Where Did the Government Fail?

07.13.2021 |

For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on Democracy that Delivers, our host Ken Jaques gets the latest updates from CIPE’s partner the Accountability Lab in Nepal. Our organizations work together in Nepal to strengthen a subnational environment of effective public-...

Democracy That Delivers #268: The Maldives’ Anti-Corruption Commission President, Mariyam Shiuna

07.01.2021 |

Maldives Anti-Corruption Commission President and Former Transparency Maldives Executive Director Mariyam Shiuna joins the CIPE Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast this week to share her perspective and lessons learned on the transition from being a transparency and integrity civ...

Democracy That Delivers #267: LGBTQI+ Economic Empowerment with Angel Romero

06.29.2021 |

In honor of Pride Month 2021, our host Ken Jaques and CIPE’s Asia-Pacific Program Officer Gibson Haynes invite Angel Romero, the Director for Partnership & External Affairs of the Philippines LGBT Chamber of Commerce, to join the podcast. Our organizations’ partnership is CIPE’...

Reflections on Digital Transformation from CIPE’s Manila Virtual Series on Democracy and Technology

06.23.2021

In the wake of COVID-19, millions of people across Southeast Asia are logging onto the internet for the first time. This rapid uptick in online activity means the region’s digital economy is worth more than $100 billion in Gross Merchandise Value as of 2020. Digital transformation is a government ...

Helping to Ease the Pandemic in Nepal

06.15.2021

Nepal is one of the poorest economies in the world and around 20% of Nepalese continue to languish in poverty. The ongoing pandemic has fueled this crisis further and crippled the economy and livelihood of many. Since the government doesn’t have the ability to address all present needs of the peop...

Democracy that Delivers #265: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nepal with Sarwagya Raj Pandey

06.01.2021 |

On this episode of Democracy That Delivers, our host Ken Jaques is joined by Sarwagya Raj Pandey, the Research and Advocacy Officer at Bikalpa – an Alternative, a public policy think tank based in Nepal in partnership with CIPE’s Asia Pacific Team. They talk about his firsthand experien...

Democracy that Delivers #263: How ‘Access Money’ Corruption Boosts and Threatens China’s Growth with Yuen Yuen Ang, PhD

05.06.2021 |

Political scientist, China scholar, and University of Michigan professor Yuen Yuen Ang, PhD, joins the CIPE Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast this week to provide an expert’s guide to how corruption has supercharged and complicated China’s blistering rate of economic growth. Shar...

Social Media Campaign Highlights Papua New Guinea Women’s Business Resource Center

03.12.2021

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the Papua New Guinea Women’s Business Resource Centre (PNG WBRC) are joining the global community in recognizing the progress made by women who have played exceptional roles in their communities, and in promoting the importance of women’...