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FWEAN District Chapters Greatly Impacted Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

Virtually all businesses in Nepal are at a standstill due to the lockdown in response to COVID-19, proving to have devastating impacts on women entrepreneurs. Mandated lockdowns have forced markets to close, creating damaging repercussions for women in business. The Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs...

Launch of the Sudan Anti-Corruption Resource Center

To support Sudan’s delicate transition, CIPE launched the Sudan Anti-Corruption Resource Center (SARC) on Friday, June 5th to support Sudanese civil society, business, and government efforts to mitigate corruption. The launch event was hosted on Facebook Live with 1,000 live attendees and ...

Steps To Help the Underground Economy Survive a Pandemic

Informal businesses, or businesses with limited access to mainstream economic opportunities and legal protections, are part of what is known as the “informal,” “hidden,” or “underground” sector of the economy.  Despite the recurring problems that threaten its very existence, this secto...

SME Survival During & Post-Pandemic

On May 14th – 15th, CIPE collaborated with CIPE’s Business Integrity and Compliance Partner, Rainbow Consult based in Accra, Ghana to organize a 2-day SME Survival & Recovery bootcamp. The bootcamp provided practical advice on how businesses can adapt to the changes and uncertainties in the ...

Democracy That Delivers #203: An Analysis of COVID-19 and Bangladesh

Dr. Ali Riaz is a well-known author, a Senior Non-Resident Fellow with the Atlantic Council, and a Distinguished Professor​ at the Department of Politics and Government of Illinois State University. He joins Regional Director John Morrell, and host Ken Jaques to discuss the economic impact of ...

The Rise of Digital Economy: Silver Lining Amid COVID-19

Just as quickly as government-issued stay-at-home orders swept across the globe, citizens realized the vital role that internet access and the digital economy play in the time of crisis. The pandemic lends itself as a wake-up call on the importance of cultivating an inclusive digital space. E-c...

Six Essential Themes for an Economic Recovery Roadmap

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we live and do business for the foreseeable future. Amid a rapidly evolving medical crisis, many countries are grappling with record unemployment figures, broken supply chains, and worries about limitations on personal freedoms. Governments and communities are t...

CIPE Partner Organizations in MENA Fight COVID-19

It is a strangely positive time at CIPE, not because there is anything good about COVID-19, but because we feel we can be so useful. In a way, this is the reason CIPE exists: to support partners to participate in civil society and address the problems they face. And there has rarely been a bigger p...

Democracy that Delivers #197: Keeping MSMEs Connected and in Business

How can we advocate forcefully to maintain a business enabling environment amid COVID-19, lockdowns, and changing rules? Associations and chambers of commerce affiliated with CIPE are providing new forms of leadership on this front, as well as services and information, to people around the world....
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