Blog - Center for International Private Enterprise

Social Media Campaign Highlights Papua New Guinea Women’s Business Resource Center

03.12.2021

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the Papua New Guinea Women’s Business Resource Centre (PNG WBRC) are joining the global community in recognizing the progress made by women who have played exceptional roles in their communities, and in promoting the importance of women’...

Democracy that Delivers Episode #250: Anti-Corruption’s Past, Present, & Future with Transparency International Chair Delia Ferreira

03.12.2021 |

Delia Ferreira, Chair of Transparency International (TI), joins the podcast to give a decade-spanning tour of the global fight against corruption from her start as a non-profit leader in Argentina, to the global corruption agenda milestones of the 1990s and 2000s, and finally during the current ...

Democracy that Delivers #249: Women’s Economic Empowerment Series with Natia Ninikelashvili, Founder of Georgian Innovative Startup Soplidan.ge

03.09.2021 |

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, our host Ken Jaques is joined by co-host, Maya Eristavi, the Center for International Private Enterprise’s representative in Georgia for the USAID-funded Economic Governance Program. Our guest, Natia Ninikelashvili, is an entrepreneur who founded Soplid...

Voices from the Field Series: Slovakia

03.05.2021

CIPE staff members serve in the field year-round, helping launch and maintain programs to promote democracy and free enterprise. As the world marks International Women’s Day on March 8, our Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) asked several staff members to discuss the impact of their ...

Voices from the Field Series: Egypt

03.05.2021

CIPE staff members serve in the field year-round, helping launch and maintain programs to promote democracy and free enterprise. As the world marks International Women’s Day on March 8, our Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) asked several staff members to discuss the impact of their ...

Voices from the Field Series: Moldova

03.04.2021

CIPE staff members serve in the field year-round, helping launch and maintain programs to promote democracy and free enterprise. As the world marks International Women’s Day on March 8, our Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) asked several staff members to discuss the impact of their ...

Voices from the Field Series: El Salvador

03.04.2021

CIPE staff members serve in the field year-round, helping launch and maintain programs to promote democracy and free enterprise. As the world marks International Women’s Day on March 8, our Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) asked several staff members to discuss the impact of their ...

Democracy That Delivers #248: The Future of Democracy with NDI’s President, Derek Mitchell

03.02.2021 |

The events of January 6th changed the way we look at our democracy. Democracy work is more important than ever and our new series titled, The Future of Democracy, takes a deep dive into the ways we approach our work. Our host Ken Jaques and co-host Andrew Wilson, CIPE’s Executive Director, kick o...

Democracy That Delivers #247: Repositioning Anti-Corruption as a Pursuit for Social Justice

02.26.2021 |

Michael Johnston, co-author of the new book, The Conundrum of Corruption: Reform for Social Justice, joins the podcast to speak about “the one goal that makes corruption control a compelling concern in the first place: justice.” Johnston, a retired Colgate University professor and anti-corrup...

Advancing Consumer Protection across Africa in the Digital Age

02.25.2021

Consumer protection serves as an avenue for promoting transparency, accountability, and trust in the digital age, helping shield both consumers and small businesses from unfair practices online. According to a report by the International Finance Corporation and Google, “Africa’s internet economy...

Democracy That Delivers #246: Leading from the Emerging Future with Dr. Otto Scharmer

02.23.2021 |

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, Dr. Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer in the MIT Management Sloan School and co-founder of the Presencing Institute joins our host Ken Jaques and Co-host Anna Kompanek, Director of CIPE’s Global Programs. Dr. Scharmer explains his new way of thinking about...

Democracy That Delivers #245: Myanmar Coup, Protests, and Life on the Ground with Khin Lay, Founder and Director of Triangle Women’s Support Group

02.16.2021 |

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is under the control of its army after a military coup overturned a free and fair election on February 1, 2021. On this episode of Democracy that Delivers we’re joined by Khin Lay, a civil society leader living and working in the country; she shares an inside look at...

Stories of Resourcefulness and Resilience: Key Takeaways from the COVID-19 and Eurasian Women Entrepreneurs Essay Series Launch Event

02.12.2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the landscape for entrepreneurs everywhere. Over the past year, women entrepreneurs have faced disproportionate challenges in maintaining and sustaining their businesses for future operations. The Center for International Private Enterprise is working to understand ...

Democracy That Delivers #244: ESG, Corruption, and the Bright Future of Responsible Investing with Gabriel Thoumi

02.11.2021 |

What is Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) and how is it changing investing? Why has investor adoption of ESG accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic? What does the broadening of compliance standards driven by ESG mean for global anticorruption efforts? Please join a discussion of these que...

Tracking the Right to Information in Asia

02.11.2021

Across Asia, the process of obtaining government information through transparent mechanisms is a challenge. Many countries in the region still lack national laws defining the Right to Information (RTI), a crucial component for developing and maintaining public trust in government. Since the ability ...

Artificial intelligence, economic growth, and the future of work in Argentina

02.10.2021

We are on the verge of a new industrial revolution, where artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to change everything: the way we produce, consume, trade, and work. The experience of the previous industrial revolutions—the steam engine at the end of the eighteenth century, electricity in t...

Democracy That Delivers #243: Promoting Free Trade in Nigeria and Throughout Africa with Dr. Jonathan Aremu

02.09.2021 |

COVID-19 is disrupting supply chains and slowing economic integration around the globe. Nigeria is no exception. Still, the virus hasn’t prevented free trade advocates in Africa from moving ahead. In this edition of Democracy that Delivers, Dr. Jonathan Aremu, a university professor and forme...

Promoting Democracy is the Key to Eradicating Corruption and Violent Extremism in the Sahel

02.09.2021

For many in the Sahel, 2021 signals the continuation of a degrading situation, burdened by multiple crises, with no end in sight. 2020 marked the deadliest year for civilians in the central Sahel, with more than 6,600 civilians killed in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger between October 2019 and the end...

Businesses, Government, are Working Together to help Ethiopia Weather Covid-19

02.08.2021

The Covid-19 pandemic is hammering Ethiopian businesses. While life is slowly returning to a socially-distanced “normal,” the economic impacts of Covid-19 are rippling across the economy and making it difficult for small businesses to stay open. CIPE’s partner, the B...

Democracy That Delivers #242: Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections, Economic Reforms, and Anti-Corruption Efforts with MP Dumitru Alaiba

02.02.2021 |

Democracy is a journey, not a destination. Around the world, uprisings and challenges are familiar to many democratic political leaders. But there are always paths to progress. For example, political leaders in Moldova are working hard to build democratic norms and strengthen the country’s instit...