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Local Business Coalition Comes to the Rescue

What can private entrepreneurs expect when jumping into the sea of entrepreneurship at their own risk? Where do they turn for advice and support? One Russian entrepreneur, Marina Tereshenko, has the answer: to the local business coalition. Marina Tereshenko sells meat products at Mefodiev market i...

CIPE in Sudan

A chance to work with the recently created South Sudan Chamber of Commerce took me to Sudan for my first visit, and, I believe, CIPE’s first visit as well. A truly unique country with sights and sounds unimaginable. Only less than two years out of Civil War and enjoying nearly world-wide a...

First, Do No Harm

It is interesting to see the increase in publicity recently on microfinancing projects around the world that cater to women, especially in Africa and Asia. Many of these programs are touted as solutions to poverty and oppression – by giving a woman enough money to run a microenterprise, micr...

Corporate Governance in Russia

Today, CIPE held a roundtable with Dr. Igor Belikov, Director of the Russian Institute of Directors, who discussed the state of corporate governance in Russia -- its past, present, and future. In his presentation Dr. Belikov brought to the forefront some issues which are not unique to Russia alon...

Too Big of a Government?

BBC Monitoring, via Johnson’s Russia List, reports that Russian officials are multiplying at a record-breaking rate. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics data, over the last year [2005] alone, the legion of bureaucrats grew by nearly 150,000, that is by over 10 per cent. Al...

The Ghost of Tuol Sleng

Tuol Sleng Prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia is quiet now. Gone are the screams of the dying, the cries of the broken, and the disaffected stares of the condemned. Tuol Sleng was known as S-21 during Pol Pot's time and was one of a network of prisons that the Khmer Rouge used to punish "enemies of ...

50,000 in Iraq

50,000 is a pretty big number — bigger than most you see in headlines about Iraq, unless you’re talking budget numbers. 50,000 caught my eye in a report as the number of Iraqi businessmen and women that CIPE has reached in 2 years through its network of over 40 business associations a...

Developing a Standard on CSR

A new standard on corporate social responsibility, ISO-26000, is currently being developed. ISO-26000 is designed as a guide to help businesses understand where their responsibilities to various stakeholders begin and end. The standard, long in demand by Western businesses, will provide a company wi...

Peru’s Next President

Last week, the current president of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, highlighted that during his presidency the country has grown on average at 5%, which is quite an accomplishment when compared to previous periods in Peru's recent history. However, while Alejandro Toledo has "been a good manager, he has bee...

Student Protests…in Africa

While protests in France are capturing the headlines, students in various African countries also “take it to the streets.” See a discussion on the BBC website, where students share opinions on their right to protest against government policies and actions of school administrators. Many...

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