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Advocating for Expanded Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs in Nepal

03.30.2020

Across South Asia, many women entrepreneurs face several formal and informal obstacles that prevent them from participating fully in the economy. To address these challenges, CIPE supported the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs’ Association of Nepal (FWEAN) to better engage with its members and a...

Gender Inclusive Policy Reforms in Pakistan – Progress Since 2017

03.26.2020

Pakistan was recently ranked 151 out of 153 on the global gender parity index, according to a World Economic Forum report. To help combat this issue, CIPE and its partners have worked towards women empowerment through policy reforms since 2006. In a country that has been performing poorly on the Ge...

Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for University Students in PNG

03.23.2020

In 2015, CIPE launched an initiative in collaboration with the Australian and United States governments to encourage, support, and reward women’s entrepreneurship in Papua New Guinea. Phase I of this project laid the groundwork for the emergence of an “entrepreneurial ecosystem,” including th...

Democracy That Delivers #192: Leveraging the Private Sector to Improve the Economic Enabling Environment for Women

03.10.2020 |

*Special 1 hour podcast for International Women’s Day 2020!* CIPE’s most recent Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) event brought together two of CIPE’s most notable partners together from the other side of the globe: Manizha Wafeq of the Afghanistan Women�...

Democracy That Delivers #190 – Deependra Chaulagain on Federalism and Entrepreneurship in Nepal

02.25.2020 |

Deependra Chaulagain is the Director of Operations & Outreach at Samriddhi Foundation where he designs operational systems and oversees outreach programs. He joined Samriddhi Foundation in 2007 and is also a former President of Liberal Youth of South Asia (LYSA). He holds experience of designing...

Democracy That Delivers #189 – Syeed Ahamed on Youth Leadership Development in Bangladesh

02.20.2020 |

Syeed Ahamed is a public policy analyst and CEO of the public policy think-tank— Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) that aims to make policy public. Last year, CIPE began the first of a multi-phase program with IID. In the first phase, CIPE and IID selected 101 young people thr...

Democracy That Delivers #186: Assessing the Role of Municipalities In Facilitating Ease of Doing Business

01.28.2020 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, Zia Banday, the Joint Executive Director of PRIME Institute, a public policy research organization and think tank, discusses the subject of democratic governance reform in Pakistan. He highlights PRIME’s work in assessing the role of municipalities in fac...

Democracy That Delivers #183: Priscilla Clapp On Her Global Career

01.08.2020 |

Priscilla Clapp joins us on CIPE’s Democracy That Delivers podcast this week. She is currently a senior advisor to the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Asia Society, and is a retired Minister-Counselor in the U.S. Foreign Service. Host Ken Jaques asks her to share some stories on her insightfu...

Democracy That Delivers #181 – Narayan Adhikari on Fighting Corruption in Nepal with the Accountability Lab

12.10.2019 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers we are joined by Narayan Adhikari from Nepal’s Accountability Lab. He and host Ken Jaques discuss his work in developing a number of innovative tools for accountability and open government, including a pioneering television show and movement called Integri...

Nepal: Shifting Gear from South to North

11.19.2019

Nepal, sandwiched between China and India, plays a limited role in the global arena, however for China and India, who are two of the largest players in world politics and economy, the small Himalayan nation holds strong strategic interest. India, which surrounds Nepal on three sides, has always asse...