CIPE and the Institute of Directors in Zambia work strengthen corporate governance in the small business sector by developing a corporate governance code for SMEs.
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Making a Property Markets Scorecard
CIPE and partners introduce a new methodology to map and evaluate institutional components of property markets, such as corresponding regulations, in order to identify opportunities for advocacy and reform. The tool is eventually utilized in dozens of countries and later cited in college urban planning classes.
Anti-Corruption in Thailand
CIPE partners with the Thai Institute of Directors to develop an anti-corruption effort that focuses on the supply side of corruption. The coalition includes more than 400 local and multinational member companies representing nearly 20% of Thai gross domestic product.
Building Resilience in Ukraine
CIPE assists in the establishment of the All-Ukrainian Coalition of 22 business associations, which organizes a 12-day seminar series to address topics such as new legislation, budgeting, fiscal management, communications, and advocacy.
Advancing Policy Advocacy
Pakistan registers its first two women’s chambers of commerce, in Northern and Southern Punjab. Moreover, CIPE and a local partner create the country’s first-ever corporate governance guide for family businesses. And the Lebanese Transparency Association publishes the country’s first-ever Code of Corporate Governance.
CIPE Development Blog Launch
CIPE.org launches the Development Blog, in which staff and partners write about incremental program updates and share insights, instead of just waiting to release full reports after the projects end. More and more people begin to submit articles.
Introducing New Resources
CIPE launches the Africa Virtual Business Association Network (AVBAN) website, which allows the organizations to exchange information, ideas, and best practices in new ways. CIPE and the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bangladesh publish the first Women Entrepreneurs Directory to raise the profile of women-owned firms in the marketplace.
Economic Reforms in Africa
Seven African countries send representatives to a series of public private dialogues and conferences supported by CIPE: Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. And every country implements some economic reforms as a result.
Conferees arriving at the Second Regional Private Sector Initiatives on Economic Growth conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
Embracing Technology
CIPE is among the first organizations of its kind to encourage the use of global teleconferences among partners and sponsors a three-part series on trends in economics and democracy with audiences in Argentina, Chine, Peru, and Venezuela.
Conference on Informal Sector
Work to address typical barriers to entering the formal economy continues. More than 250 business, government, and academic leaders from 35 countries attend the first international conference on the informal sector, which is co-sponsored with the U.S. Agency for International Development