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Democracy That Delivers #186: Assessing the Role of Municipalities In Facilitating Ease of Doing Business

01.28.2020 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, Zia Banday, the Joint Executive Director of PRIME Institute, a public policy research organization and think tank, discusses the subject of democratic governance reform in Pakistan. He highlights PRIME’s work in assessing the role of municipalities in fac...

Two Days in the Life of CIPE

01.23.2020

On January 9-10, CIPE opened its doors to four Johns Hopkins students to give them a taste of what it’s like to have a career in democracy assistance and private sector development. Organized by the Johns Hopkins Life Design Lab, this “Host a Jay at Work” event gave undergraduate students an ...

Democracy That Delivers #185: The Role of the Private Sector in Developing Post-Conflict Regions in Colombia

01.21.2020 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we are joined once again by Jaime Arteaga, CIPE’s Country Representative in Colombia. Since July 2018, CIPE has been working with Jaime and local partners in Colombia, Asocentro and Consejo Gremial Nacional, on a project to increase private investm...

Democracy That Delivers #184: Mohammed Nasib on Strengthening Afghanistan for Recovery

01.17.2020 |

CIPE’s Mohammed Nasib, Country Director in Afghanistan, reflects on the current state of Afghanistan’s socio-political and economic affairs. He discusses CIPE’s grassroots work helping citizen-led advocacy taskforces to include youth and women at the provincial level (with Provinc...

Democracy That Delivers #183: Priscilla Clapp On Her Global Career

01.08.2020 |

Priscilla Clapp joins us on CIPE’s Democracy That Delivers podcast this week. She is currently a senior advisor to the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Asia Society, and is a retired Minister-Counselor in the U.S. Foreign Service. Host Ken Jaques asks her to share some stories on her insightfu...

Top 5 Democracy That Delivers Podcasts of 2019

12.24.2019 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we highlight our top 5 most listened to podcasts of 2019. Thank you for listening, and we look forward to creating more content for your interest and curiosity in 2020. Do you know someone who would like to join us for a podcast? Let us know! We always welcome n...

Democracy That Delivers #182: Post-election Argentina – What is next for politics in the country?

12.20.2019 |

This week we are joined by John Zemko, Regional Director for LAC at CIPE, and Julia Pomares , who has been the executive director of the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) since December 2015. CIPE and CIPPEC worked together during the 2011 preside...

Red Tape, Red Carpets and a Proverbial Fishing Lesson: Egypt’s Challenging Quest to Achieve FDI-Driven Growth

12.19.2019

Red tape, red carpets and a proverbial fishing lesson: Egypt’s challenging quest to achieve FDI-driven growth Since Egypt floated their currency and loosened capital controls in 2016, demand for the nation’s high-yield portfolio investments has surged to the point that some debt traders h...

CIPE partners with State ECA on Action Planning to Enable Women in the Economy

12.12.2019

Nineteen different countries, nineteen different stories, nineteen women all focused on improving the enabling environment for women in their economies —CIPE was honored to welcome the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Delegation from the U.S. Department of State for an actio...

Democracy That Delivers #181 – Narayan Adhikari on Fighting Corruption in Nepal with the Accountability Lab

12.10.2019 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers we are joined by Narayan Adhikari from Nepal’s Accountability Lab. He and host Ken Jaques discuss his work in developing a number of innovative tools for accountability and open government, including a pioneering television show and movement called Integri...