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What Will It Take To Rebuild Ukraine?

03.30.2023

Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery costs are the focus of a new report released jointly with the government by the World Bank, the United Nations, and The European Union. The assessment focuses on humanitarian and economic needs, as well as what it will take to rebuild once Russia’s war on U...

CIPE Launches Women’s Empowerment Centers for Azerbaijan

03.07.2023

Women’s entrepreneurship and active participation in the workforce are fundamental factors of inclusive economic growth, and essential drivers of societal health and wealth. However, in Azerbaijan, women comprise only 21% of individual entrepreneurs, and women in the workplace are mostly concentra...

Democracy that Delivers #359: Reducing Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Moldova

03.02.2023 |

The Women and Girls Empowered Consortium (WAGE), in partnership with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) published CIPE’s newest Democracy that Delivers podcast, “Reducing Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Moldova.” Elena Ratoi, CIPE Program Officer, and Carolin...

How the New “WE-Champs” Program Is Supporting Women’s Economic Security Throughout Europe and Eurasia

03.01.2023

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is leading a new program with partners in 18 countries across Europe and Eurasia to strengthen women’s economic security and promote gender-responsive institutions. The efforts are part of a new initiative known as WE-Champs, short for “Stre...

Challenges To Democratic Market Reforms in Uzbekistan and the Risks of State Capture From State-Owned Enterprises

02.21.2023

When President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in 2016, Uzbekistan showed promising signs of entering a new era of liberal market and governance reforms. Initially, Mirziyoyev took a proactive approach to reforms: ending isolationist policies, opening the country to investors, and improving region...

Democracy that Delivers #354: Can Institutional Anti-Corruption Analysis Help End “Rule by Thieves” in Moldova?

12.28.2022 |

James Wasserstrom and Tamara Razin, co-chairs of Moldova’s Independent Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee (CCIA), join CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss the CCIA’s high-stakes role in combating strategic corruption. Founded in June 2021— after Moldo...

The Voices of Ukrainian Business Are Reaching Out to the European Union

12.14.2022

There is no need to wait for the war to end to reconstruct Ukraine. This was the key takeaway of a panel, organized by CIPE, within the European Values Summit in November 2022. Experts from the private sector in Ukraine and abroad discussed the prospect of cooperation with the European Union to res...

Democracy That Delivers #349: How Technology + Talent + Diversity is Fueling HackCorruption in Southern Africa

11.17.2022 |

Accountability Lab‘s HackCorruption team joins the Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss how a series of Tech-For-Good events are building diverse communities of anti-corruption activists in emerging markets. Accountability Lab Global Director of Learning Cheri-Leigh E...

Democracy that Delivers #348: A Conversation with UkraineInvest

11.03.2022 |

Sergiy Tsivkach, CEO of UkraineInvest, joins Eric Hontz, Director of CIPE’s Center for Accountable Investment, to learn more about UkraineInvest, specifically during a critical moment in Ukraine’s history. UkraineInvest is a government institution providing investors with support suc...

Networking Night: WomanUp and CIPE Host First-of-its Kind Networking Event for Female Entrepreneurs

10.21.2022 |

On September 15, WomanUp Slovakia organized a first-of-its-kind networking event for women entrepreneurs and women interested in business with the support of CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment. The event was attended by 55 women. The event started with a speech from the founder of W...