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Responding to COVID-19 in Latin America: Think Tanks Are Leading Transparency and Recovery

09.24.2020

The perennial challenges in Latin America have only intensified since the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic. Analyses of the weak democratic institutions, corruption in public health and social security systems, and vulnerability of labor markets with high levels of informality, detail the impac...

Guatemala’s Orange Economy amid COVID-19: Reimagination for the creative sector

07.23.2020

As countries around the world continue to grapple with COVID-19, we need creative solutions for getting through the crisis and preparing for the reemergence of a post-pandemic economy. Many states are anxious to return to normalcy as they wait for the public health crisis to wane. However, given th...

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...

Despite Obstacles, Guatemalan Entrepreneur Finds Success

03.13.2020

Being an entrepreneur in Latin America is difficult. Being an entrepreneur in a city that is hours away on a winding road from the capital city in Guatemala is even harder. In addition, as a woman, the challenge of being a successful entrepreneur is even greater. Women face many cultural barrie...

Democracy That Delivers #185: The Role of the Private Sector in Developing Post-Conflict Regions in Colombia

01.21.2020 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we are joined once again by Jaime Arteaga, CIPE’s Country Representative in Colombia. Since July 2018, CIPE has been working with Jaime and local partners in Colombia, Asocentro and Consejo Gremial Nacional, on a project to increase private investm...

Democracy That Delivers #182: Post-election Argentina – What is next for politics in the country?

12.20.2019 |

This week we are joined by John Zemko, Regional Director for LAC at CIPE, and Julia Pomares , who has been the executive director of the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) since December 2015. CIPE and CIPPEC worked together during the 2011 preside...

Cut from the Same Cloth: Entrepreneurship in Guatemala

11.20.2019

The jacket had lived an entire existence before I even laid my eyes on it. Threads of deep burgundy, coral and gold were transformed by hand into an elegant fabric in the western highlands of Guatemala. It was cut and sewn, then cut and sewn again, into a magnificent jacket. A few weeks later,...

Democracy That Delivers #174: CIPE Staff Podcast – All Paths Lead to Development

10.10.2019 |

What pathways can one take to get a job in international development? This week, we hear from three staff members who took very different routes to come to CIPE. From interests in governance, private sector and CSOs, or regional passions, CIPE provides all kinds of opportunities. We are joined this...

Working towards Peace in Conflict and Post-Conflict Regions

09.26.2019

Every September 21 the United Nations celebrates its International Day of Peace to highlight progress being made towards a more harmonious world. But while we celebrate, there is no shortage of conflict around the world, and certain countries remain less stable than others. Recently, homicide...

World Chambers Congress – Notes from the Field Part I: Democratizing Economic Opportunity

08.22.2019

This is Part I of a three-part blog series. Thanks to the invitation from the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), I had the opportunity to attend the 11th World Chambers Congress (WCC) held on June 12-14 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The theme of this year’s event, orga...