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Democracy That Delivers #153: Jaime Arteaga on Why Peace is Good for Business

04.23.2019 |

In this Democracy That Delivers podcast, we are joined by partner Jaime Arteaga of Jaime Arteaga and Associates, and CIPE Regional Director for Latin America, John Zemko. Together they discuss their joint project with the Observatory, where an analysis has been developed on the private sector’...

Democracy That Delivers #152: Farhat Popal of the Bush Institute: Empowering MENA Women to Lead in Expanding Economic Opportunity

04.16.2019 |

In this Democracy That Delivers episode, we are joined remotely by Farhat Popal, Senior Program Manager of the Women’s Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute. The George W. Bush Institute WE Lead program equips women from the Middle East, North Africa, and Afghanistan with the skills to becom...

Market Makers: How Senegal’s Informal Traders Are Getting Their Voices Heard

04.11.2019

Amidst the bustling streets of Dakar, vibrant markets buzz with activity. Stalls are packed with mountains of peanuts and tomatoes, colorful fabrics, and dedicated traders eager to sell their goods. While the marketplace has remained a stable pillar of Senegal’s economy for decades, informal trad...

Democracy That Delivers #151: Corrosive Capital and Putin’s Dark Ecosystem with Brian Whitmore

04.09.2019 |

Putin’s Dark Ecosystem is a report that Brian Whitmore, a Senior Fellow & Director of the Russia Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), is currently developing. This report is aimed at answering the question: Why do Russian malign influence campaigns work better in some pl...

Democracy That Delivers #150: James Reston and the Intersection Between LGBTI+ Laws and Anti-Corruption Initiatives

04.02.2019 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, host Ken Jaques is joined by CIPE’s Gibson Haynes, and James Reston, a Washington, DC-based researcher, whose work focuses on human rights, corruption, internet freedom, and security. They define some of the risks that the LGBTI+ community face, as wel...

Women are the Key to Economic Opportunity in MENA

03.29.2019

As women in the Middle East and North Africa lead efforts to advance economic opportunity in their countries, developing a greater understanding of economic reform to promote free markets through improved skills in advocacy becomes vital to their success. To support these efforts, the Center for ...

LGBTI+ Rights and Corruption: What’s the Connection?

03.27.2019

This blog originally appeared on CC Trends. Global business leaders can reduce corruption and boost productivity by upholding LGBTI+ rights. Even with rapid progress on LGBTI+ rights in the last decade, 69 countries still criminalize same-sex relations and 155 lack anti-discrimination ...

Democracy That Delivers #149: Jacqueline Musiitwa on Digital Development in East Africa

03.26.2019 |

For International Women’s History Month, Democracy That Delivers will feature podcasts for CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment every week of March. Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa, Esq. is an ICT4D expert focused on East African trade and development. Jacqueline most recently ser...

Top 10 Economic Misconceptions in Serbia

03.18.2019

A recent poll conducted by Serbian think tank Libertarian Club LIBEK reveals some alarming misconceptions among Serbia’s youth about its economy. The results show that public trust in the benefits of democracy and market economics is lower than previously thought. They reflect a global trend. In ...

Democracy That Delivers #148: Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Participation in Politics and Business

03.12.2019 |

Women encounter similar struggles in both political organizations and business associations when attempting to enter these heavily male-dominated structures. Sandra Pepera Director for Gender, Women and Democracy at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) is an advocate for gender mainstreaming wom...