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Putting the Trade Pieces Together in Africa

I have always imagined Africa as a quilt made up of different borders. Straight and squiggly lines sown together, a legacy of colonialism. I think about this both in a historical and theoretical sense. My quilt analogy is apt because with trade, Africa is currently putting together the pieces that w...
Do Free Trade Zones Stimulate Entrepreneurship? | 10:00 AM ET, Monday, February 28, 2022

CIPE Unveils New Webinar Series: Research Unbound

The Policy & Program Learning team is excited to announce our new webinar series, Research Unbound.   In 2021, CIPE launched a new applied research initiative to engage business leaders in emerging democracies with actionable knowledge on policy solutions for democratic free-market systems.  ...

WAGE Launches Gender and Inclusion Analysis for Moldova

This piece was first posted on the WAGE blog: Over the past year, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) have conducted research and analysis focused on identifying the multifaceted social, political, economic, a...

CIPE Learning Expo Highlights Best Practices

CIPE lives out its values of learning and innovation externally and internally. For employees, CIPE recently held its first annual Learning Expo on the theme of “Tipping the Scales: Positioning Democratic and Economic Reforms for Impact.” The January 28 expo combined a panel discussion, ...

CIPE in Mexico: Active Projects and What the Future Holds

CIPE is paving the way for a stronger democracy in Mexico through innovative programming and private sector-oriented solutions. Mexico has been an important area for CIPE programming, both as the second-largest economy in Latin America, and a critical southern partner to the U.S. and Canada. CIPE be...

An Economic Opportunity in Nigeria

Women in Nigeria come home from roadside stalls, community markets and other informal work with small baskets of money. In October, I was in West Africa engaged in dialogues about how to help women access credit to buy their own properties. During lunch, a colleague shared an anecdote about how he r...

Highlights from the 16th Annual United Nations Internet Governance Forum

CIPE actively participated in the 16th annual United Nations Internet Governance Forum (UN IGF), hosted by the government of Poland in a hybrid format (virtual and in-person participation). The UN IGF is a global forum that brings diverse stakeholder groups together – including civil society, the ...

Steps to Make International Trade More Efficient

Customers everywhere are complaining about empty shelves, while retailers explain that supply chains are tangled or broken. Yet there are ways that government and private sector could work together to improve the situation. For example, by making cross border trade simpler by reducing the paperwork ...

Fasika Hone: A Success Story from Ethiopia

Following a COVID-19 impact assessment in Ethiopia, CIPE established a revolving loan fund to benefit marginal economic actors – specifically women-owned businesses – to recover from the devastating consequences of the economic downturn triggered by the pandemic. To close the widening finance ga...

Yekaba Abera: A Success Story from Ethiopia

Following a COVID-19 impact assessment in Ethiopia, CIPE established a revolving loan fund to benefit marginal economic actors – specifically women-owned businesses – to recover from the devastating consequences of the economic downturn triggered by the pandemic. To close the widening finance ga...
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