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Democracy That Delivers #137: Impact Investing and What it Means for International NGOs

12.07.2018 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, host Ken Jaques and guest host Marc Schleifer are joined by two guests known for their thought leadership in Impact Investing for a discussion on a recently published report developed in partnership with CIPE. Stephanie Marienau Turpin, Associate Direct...

Democracy That Delivers #136: Jonathan Rusch on Moral Ambition and Corporate Ethics

12.04.2018 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, host Ken Jaques is joined by Frank Brown, CIPE’s Director for the Anti-Corruption and Governance Center (ACGC), and guest Jonathan Rusch, lawyer, consultant on corporate-compliance issues, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Rusc...

Democracy That Delivers #135: Sister Institutes Working for Women’s Empowerment

11.27.2018 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, host Ken Jaques is joined by three guests with a strong and diverse background in women’s issues and programming. Valerie Dowling, the Director of the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Women’s Democracy Network, Barbara Langley, CIPE’s Director...

Women’s Economic Empowerment: Improving Business Loans Can Create Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs in Nepal

11.26.2018

This is part two of a three-part series about how CIPE is empowering women around the world. You can view part one here and part three here. After years of policy advocacy by the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs’ Associations of Nepal (FWEAN) and other associations, the government of...

OpEd: The Biggest Threat to Democracy No One is Talking About

11.21.2018

This Op-Ed originally appeared in The Diplomatic Courier. A tide of corrosive capital has swept the world over the past decade. Public and private money from authoritarian states has been flowing into fragile democracies and emerging markets. Like water flowing through cracked concrete, many ...

Women’s Economic Empowerment: Giving Women Entrepreneurs a Voice in Shaping Policies

11.19.2018

This is part one of a three-part series about how CIPE is helping to empower women around the world. You can read part two here and part three here. Legal, structural, and cultural barriers to women’s economic empowerment are numerous and striking: Recent studies show that more than 100 ...

When Governance is Not Government

11.01.2018

Ahead of CIPE’s event on November 1st, Governance is Not Just Government: The Importance of Self-Regulation in Development, long-time CIPE partner Richard O’Sullivan shares his experience on the importance of self-regulation to foster increased transparency and accountability in order to...

The Road to Association Excellence

10.26.2018

This article was originally published in Multi-Briefs. “Are we the best we can be?” It’s a question boards and association executives should contemplate. There are many roads to excellence. Begin by considering what’s best for the association. Some programs focus on th...

Democracy that Delivers #129: Ann Marie Plubell of EMPEA Visits CIPE Ahead of Sustainable Investing in Emerging Markets Summit

10.16.2018 |

In this Democracy That Delivers podcast, host Ken Jaques is joined by guest Ann Marie Plubell, EMPEA (Emerging Markets Private Equity Association) Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, and guest host Eric Hontz, CIPE Program Officer for Europe and Eurasia. Ann Marie Plubell discusses the current in...

Democracy that Delivers #128: Nate Herman Shares Experience in Corporate Social Responsibility and Anti-Corruption Compliance at AAFA

10.10.2018 |

Nate Herman, Senior Vice President with the Supply Chain of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), joins host Ken Jaques and guest host Jeanne Cook for a discussion of Herman’s work on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Much of the conversation was spent dissecting va...