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Democracy That Delivers #246: Leading from the Emerging Future with Dr. Otto Scharmer

02.23.2021 |

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, Dr. Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer in the MIT Management Sloan School and co-founder of the Presencing Institute joins our host Ken Jaques and Co-host Anna Kompanek, Director of CIPE’s Global Programs. Dr. Scharmer explains his new way of thinking about...

Reflecting on Public-Private Dialogue: During a Pandemic and Beyond

01.06.2021

The COVID-19 virus brings public-private dialogue (PPD) into sharp relief. In 2020, stimulus packages, tax breaks, access to finance, and COVID testing all became high-profile subjects of advocacy and dialogue. The virus also raised operational challenges and a host of competing priorities, thus rai...

Democracy That Delivers #239: Fraud Risk and Sustainability with Anti-Corruption Expert Kenneth Barden

12.30.2020 |

What’s the secret to making anti-corruption efforts effective in the long term? What lessons can be learned from the mistakes made in public funding and emergency supply chains during COVID-19? In this episode, special guest Kenneth Barden shares answers to these and other questions by drawin...

Democracy That Delivers #237: Interview with FT Journalist Tom Burgis, Author of Kleptopia

12.10.2020 |

Financial Times investigative journalist Tom Burgis, author of the recently released book, Kleptopia, and one of the brightest minds in global corruption, is the guest on the latest edition of the Democracy That Delivers podcast from the Anti-Corruption and Governance Center with CIPE hosts Ken Jaq...

Democracy That Delivers #236: Confronting the World’s Humanitarian Crisis

12.08.2020 |

Frank Vogl is the Chair of the Board of Directors for The Partnership for Transparency Fund. In this podcast, he discusses how now more than ever, transparency and accountability are needed on infrastructure investments, which longer-term will be essential to rebuilding economies. Read his recent b...

Challenge One: Confronting The World’s Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis

12.08.2020

Awards and honors are a pleasant reminder of a job well done. So it makes sense that when David Beasley, the dynamic Executive Director of the World Food Program, learned that the WFP had been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize he beamed with joy. But his thoughts immediately turned to the COVID-19 ...

Democracy That Delivers #235: Beyond Naming & Shaming: Anti-Corruption in the Era of Deglobalization and Pandemic

11.27.2020 |

Deglobalization, nationalism, and the global COVID-19 pandemic are challenging efforts to fight corruption. Joined this week by anti-corruption veteran, thought leader, and chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, Drago Kos, CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center director Frank Brown l...

Democracy That Delivers #234: Approaching Project Management and Policy with a Gender Lens

11.24.2020 |

Gender mainstreaming and safeguarding is a growing area of focus in international development, governance, and the private sector. In this podcast, CIPE’s Ken Jaques is joined by two experts to discuss gender mainstreaming with the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, and private-sector ...

The Value of Multi-Stakeholder Efforts in Preserving Digital Rights during COVID-19

11.20.2020

Modern democracy and vibrant markets require an online space where citizens can freely engage with one another socially, economically, and politically. However, the expanded reliance on the internet, particularly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to a corresponding rise in efforts le...

Democracy That Delivers #233: Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 at CIPE, with Kim Bettcher

11.17.2020 |

We are joined by Kim Bettcher, Director of CIPE’s Policy and Program Learning Department, to discuss some of CIPE’s approaches to promote policy changes for entrepreneurs, and the work our partners do to promote entrepreneurship on a global scale. Want to hear more? Listen to previous ...