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How COVID is Impacting Business Continuity Plans in East Africa

09.24.2021

East African SMEs’ Post-COVID Recovery: Exploring the Influence of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and the Role of Governments and Stakeholders East Africa is a younger region, with 80% of the population of 177 million people under the age of 35. Certain sectors in the region have demonstrate...

Democracy that Delivers #285: Rapid Response – Armenia’s Window of Opportunity w/ Anti-Corruption Experts Haykuhi Harutyunyan & Matthew Murray

09.23.2021 |

The latest episode in the Anti-Corruption and Governance Center’s Rapid Response podcast mini-series features Haykuhi Harutyunyan, the chair of Armenia’s Corruption Prevention Commission (CPC), and Matthew Murray, an anti-corruption expert with decades of field experience. The CPC was found...

Shrinking Civic Spaces: The Risks and Implications for Youth Activists and Young Human Rights Defenders

09.22.2021

The past four decades have seen a tremendous expansion of democracy around the world, enabled by the transformation of political parties, information and communication technologies, the increased use of social media to facilitate collective action, and civic networking that goes beyond formal org...

Democracy that Delivers #284: Rapid Response – Suliman Baldo’s Report from Sudan’s Historic Transition

09.21.2021 |

In the latest episode of our Anti-Corruption Rapid Response podcast mini-series, Suliman Baldo, a Senior Advisor at The Sentry and a long-time peace and democracy advocate, shares his experiences and perspectives working to advance democracy in Sudan. At the moment, Sudan is undergoing a once-in-a...

სოციალური მედია კეთილი მიზნებისთვის: Facebook -ის ეფექტური გამოყენებით CIPE ქართულ ბიზნესს შრომის ახალი კანონმდებლობის აღსრულებაში ეხმარება

09.16.2021

დღესდღეობით გადატვირთული მედიასივრცის პირობებში, სოციალური მედიის ეფექტური გამოყენება ძალიან მნიშვნელოვნი�...

Democracy that Delivers #283: COVID and Corruption In Latin America – Transparency Opportunities in Argentina

09.14.2021 |

In this continuation of the Democracy that Delivers mini-series on “COVID and Corruption In Latin America”, we take a closer look at our recently released report‘s second of three country case studies: Argentina. Cohosts Ken Jaques and Elena Padbury are joined by Demian Gonz...

Democracy that Delivers #282: Greenwashing or ESG? Making Business Ethics More than Marketing with Tariq Fancy, CEO of The Rumie Initiative

09.09.2021 |

Tariq Fancy, Founder and CEO of The Rumie Initiative, joins the latest podcast from CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center (ACGC) to take a hard look at the perverse incentives poisoning the growth of ESG (or Environment, Social, and Governance) investing. Fancy, who is the former ...

Democracy that Delivers #281: COVID and Corruption in Latin America – Corruption Behind a Pro-Carbonization Policy in Mexico

09.07.2021 |

Democracy That Delivers host Ken Jaques partners with CIPE’s Latin America and the Caribbean Program Officer Elena Padbury in a new mini-series behind the scenes of the recently released report on the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and corruption risks in Latin America. Cracking o...

Using Social Media for Good: How CIPE is Leveraging Facebook to Help Georgian Businesses Comply with New Labor Legislation

09.01.2021

In today’s crowded media information scene, the effective use of social media plays a key role in ensuring that important information reaches the right audience. At the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the Safe Business is Your Choice awareness campaign is one example of how thi...

Democracy that Delivers #280: Women and Girls Empowered – Center for International Private Enterprise

08.31.2021 |

Democracy that Delivers kicks off a new mini-series spotlighting women’s empowerment projects of the core partners of Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE), a global programming consortium to advance the status of women and girls. In this first of four episodes, our host Ken Jaques is joined by...