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ESG Advocacy through MSMEs in South Asia Can Deliver Labor-Business Symbiosis

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has reoriented international and private sector attention toward the lack of regulation and compliance that harmed international workers embedded within global supply chains. Consecutive, deadly South Asian industrial incidents and violations of workers rights are stark...

Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Business Associations: Global survey results

In support of the Global Entrepreneurship Network and the 2021 Global Entrepreneurship Week, as well as November 19 – Women’s Entrepreneurship Day – the Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment and CIPE’s Philippines office, are releasing results of a global survey with ...

Philippines’ TVET System: Raising Solutions Through Multistakeholder Perspectives

With the drastic shift in the labor market during the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for technological innovation to continue business operations in many industries worldwide is increasing. As new technology disrupts the workforce, new skills are necessary to keep up with these developments. Technic...

CIPE Launches New Technology for Democracy Online Course

CIPE recently launched the newly enhanced Technology for Democracy Online Course to empower business associations and partner organizations to leverage civic technology tools more efficiently and effectively. The tailored curriculum is designed to improve the knowledge and use of digital tools and s...

Helping Federalism Deliver on Its Promise: The Case of Motorbike Licenses in Nepal

Two-wheelers are integral to basic transportation for most people in Nepal. Motorbikes save time and money for average Nepali citizens, small businesses and entrepreneurs, serving as an efficient means for work and school commutes, ridesharing, goods transportation, and other daily necessities. For...

Transforming Nigeria’s Regulatory Environment to Enhance Competition for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

In February 2019, CIPE’s longtime partner the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) together with the Convention for Business Integrity (CBi) and CIPE’s Lagos Office embarked on a collaborative project to improve transparency and trust amongst government regulatory agencie...

CIPE Launches Central America Regional Youth Entrepreneurship project: Soy Colmena Creativa

Latin America is facing unprecedented rates of emigration and citizen disengagement, particularly among the youth and marginalized populations. In response, CIPE began the Central America Regional Youth Entrepreneurship (CARE) program to stimulate youth civic engagement and entrepreneurship in the...

CIPE Congratulates Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa

CIPE is proud to have collaborated with Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa and her organization Rappler on amplifying civil society stakeholders’ voice in good governance. The Nobel Peace Prize is often awarded to someone who has spent many years promoting the cause of freedom, rather than someone wh...

CIPE Launches Online Hub for Anti-Corruption Rapid Response

The Anti-Corruption and Governance Center (ACGC) at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) has a new Anti-Corruption Rapid Response website. The website will be a community hub for anti-corruption activists and thought leaders engaging in swift interventions during windows of opportu...

Advocating For a Better Economic Environment for Refugees

Refugee youth in Kakuma Refugee camp embody the endurance of the human spirit. A study carried out by the International Financial Corporation (IFC) in 2018 took a unique look at Kakuma Refugee Camp and its hosting environment from a market point of view, and measured its cumulative annual economic ...