Blog - Center for International Private Enterprise

Democracy That Delivers #210: Launch of the Public Integrity Forecast with Alina Mungiu-Pippidi

06.12.2020 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Professor of Democracy Studies at the Hertie School in Berlin, and Frank Brown, the Director of CIPE’s Anti-Corruption and Governance Center. They discuss what led to the creation of the newly published Public Integri...

Democracy That Delivers #204: COVID-19 and Government’s Responses Around the World

05.18.2020 |

Brian Joseph is Vice President, Programs at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). He has over 20 years of experience working to advance democracy and human rights. He joins our host Ken Jaques to discuss COVID-19 and government’s responses around the world. Podcast participants:...

The Rise of Digital Economy: Silver Lining Amid COVID-19

05.05.2020

Just as quickly as government-issued stay-at-home orders swept across the globe, citizens realized the vital role that internet access and the digital economy play in the time of crisis. The pandemic lends itself as a wake-up call on the importance of cultivating an inclusive digital space. E-c...

Democracy That Delivers #195: Closing The Gender Gap in Access to Finance with IFC’s Heather Mae Kipnis

03.31.2020 |

We close out Women’s History Month with a podcast with the Women’s Entrepreneurship Product Lead for the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Gender Secretariat, Heather Mae Kipnis, and CIPE’s Director for the Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment, Barbara La...

Democracy That Delivers #194: What Can Business Do To Combat Corruption?

03.24.2020 |

In this podcast Dr. Elizabeth David-Barrett, Professor of Governance and Integrity and Director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex, joins Peter Glover, Program Officer for CIPE’s Anti-Corruption and Governance Center. They discuss major trends in the global anti-corru...

The Power of Constituency

01.31.2020

In his opening remarks for CIPE’s event, Leveraging the Private Sector to Improve the Economic Enabling Environment for Women, Executive Director Andrew Wilson suggested that power is not given, but taken. Wilson went on to describe four phases of empowerment, including: taking control/power of y...

The SME Governance Guidebook

11.11.2019

What would lead Slim Othmani, CEO of a mid-size, family-owned food manufacturing firm in Algeria, to adopt corporate governance practices? What would it mean for his company’s growth, investor relations, and family relations? For Othmani, his motivations to adopt new practices were about managing ...

Democracy That Delivers #176: Introduction to Women And Girls Empowered (WAGE)

10.22.2019 |

We are joined this week by consortium members of the Women And Girls Empowered program (WAGE) to introduce this global programming consortium. The mission of WAGE is to advance the status of women and girls around the world. The program is funded by the U.S Department of State’s Office for Gl...

Democracy That Delivers #172: Technical Guidance and Anti-Corruption Reform

09.24.2019

In this episode of Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by Peter Glover, Associate program Officer of CIPE’s Anti-Corruption and Governance Center, and special guest Schuyler Miller. Miller recently returned from Trinity College in Dublin, where he completed coursework for his Master...

Democracy That Delivers #171: Why Trade Matters with Jose Raul Perales

09.17.2019 |

In this week’s Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by José Raúl Perales, Deputy Director of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF) at CIPE. Perales and host Ken Jaques discuss the beginnings of GATF’s work with CIPE, and how trade and the private sector can work better t...