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Reclaiming the Internet for Democracy: A Global Approach
Around the world, governments routinely shut down the internet without warning and require people to pay a tax to access social media. People who criticize governments online are often assaulted or j...
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The Kampala Principles in Action: Case Studies in Private Sector Engagement

04.29.2021
The need for better partnerships with the private sector has become an imperative in the quest for sustainable development and shared prosperity. Thanks to new case studies on the Kampala Principles, released this week, we now can visualize the ingredients of effective partnerships. Case studies fro...

Women in the Sahel: Champions for Change

04.09.2021
Women are making a difference throughout the world, but especially in Africa’s Sahel region. There, they are playing an important role in local resilience, taking a unique position as allies against violent extremism, and working to reverse the increasing spread of communitarian violence. Yet soci...

Reducing Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Moldova

04.02.2021
This piece was first posted on the WAGE blog: The ABA ROLI-led Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) consortium, funded by the U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, is pleased to announce its new initiative “Reducing Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment in...

Why Trade Facilitation Fits in with CIPE’s Mission and Vision

03.30.2021
Trade facilitation means cutting red tape and eliminating corruption at the border or point of entries of goods. Characteristics of goods range from those that would require only payment duties and taxes for clearance to those that would require inspections (physical and documentary), before enterin...

The Role of Microcredit Loans in Women’s Economic Empowerment

03.18.2021
Women entrepreneurs make significant contributions to the global economy year after year, especially through innovation, job creation, and wealth creation. Still, there is critical room for improvement, as women currently make up 70% of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty. These women often fac...

Voices from the Field Series: Colombia

03.17.2021
CIPE staff members serve in the field year-round, helping launch and maintain programs to promote democracy and free enterprise. As the world marked International Women’s Day on March 8, our Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) asked several staff members to discuss the impact of their...

Voices from the Field Series: Colombia (Spanish)

03.17.2021
Durante el año, algunos miembros del personal de CIPE han trabajado en países alrededor del mundo, apoyando el lanzamiento y la implementación de programas para promover la democracia y el libre mercado. En reconocimiento del Día Internacional de la Mujer, el 8 de marzo, nuestro Centro para...

Women’s Representation and Economic Growth

03.15.2021
The success of a democratic system relies on its central tenets of equality and representation. However, in many countries, women’s voices in areas of decision making are continually silenced. As of January 2021, women account for only 25% of elected politicians globally. Though female representat...

Voices from the Field Series: Slovakia

03.05.2021
CIPE staff members serve in the field year-round, helping launch and maintain programs to promote democracy and free enterprise. As the world marks International Women’s Day on March 8, our Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) asked several staff members to discuss the impact of their ...

Voices from the Field Series: Egypt

03.05.2021
CIPE staff members serve in the field year-round, helping launch and maintain programs to promote democracy and free enterprise. As the world marks International Women’s Day on March 8, our Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) asked several staff members to discuss the impact of their ...
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