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Democracy That Delivers #241: Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections, Economic Reforms, and Anti-Corruption Efforts with MP Dumitru Alaiba

01.26.2021 |

Democracy often seems to be under pressure, as Americans were reminded in January. But uprisings and challenges are familiar to political leaders in other countries as well. In Moldova, where parliament was stormed in 2009, leaders are working today to preserve and expand their democracy. Dumitru Al...

Pricing Risk for Opportunistic Investment in Emerging Markets

01.15.2021

Opportunistic investors are willing to accept more risk in the anticipation of a higher return. Traditional institutional investors want secure properties with transparent data on occupancy rates, cash flows and operating costs. A typical pension fund manager looks for stable properties, invests for...

Democracy That Delivers #240: Compliance, Environmental Laws, and Enforcement in a Time of Crisis

01.14.2021 |

The unprecedented disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic have hit compliance with environmental laws and regulations hard. In this episode, Shahrzad Majdameli, an attorney with the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), joins Communications Director Ken Ja...

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...

Top 5 Democracy That Delivers Podcasts of 2020

01.05.2021 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we highlight our top 5 most listened to podcasts of 2020. Thank you for listening, and we look forward to creating more content for your listening interest and curiosity in 2021. #1: “Democracy That Delivers #214: Impacts of COVID-19 on Supply Chain...

CIPE Launches Civic Engagement Hub Website in Ethiopia

01.04.2021

The Center for International Private Enterprise is proud to unveil the CIPE Civic Engagement Hub website. The site complements the CIPE Civic Engagement Hub’s physical space in Addis Ababa and will provide regular updates on events, training opportunities, and digital resources to support the grow...

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...

Making a Difference in Yemen

12.18.2020

Security, stability, and economic growth were the top priorities in a series of discussions that took place recently in Yemen, hosted by CIPE partners the Studies and Economic Media Center (SEMC) and the Economic Reform Team (ERT). Made up of Yemeni business leaders from various industries, the ERT ...

Women’s Business Resource Centre in Papua New Guinea Entering its Fifth Year

12.18.2020

The Women’s Business Resource Centre (WBRC) in Papua New Guinea is entering its fifth year of helping to democratize opportunity in PNG by breaking down barriers faced by women entrepreneurs. The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) takes a look back at four years of ground-breaking ...

Democracy That Delivers #238: Fedesarrollo’s Luis Mejia on Colombia and the Future of Work

12.15.2020 |

Fedesarrollo’s executive director Luis Fernando Mejia discusses his views on Colombia’s “Future of Work” perspectives. Fedesarrollo’s 50th anniversary gives us the chance to look back at where Colombia was in 1970, assess the country’s modern economy, and explore its post-Covid-19 futur...