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Egypt Team Launches Video Series Titled “The Corona Economy: Crisis and Opportunities”

The Corona Economy: Crisis and Opportunities CIPE is pleased to announce the launch of a series of interviews produced by our Egypt team in conjunction with the young leaders of our Egypt Tomorrow Economic Forum on the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. Episodes are under the title “The Cor...

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....

CIPE and Partners Respond to COVID-19

How We Are Providing Immediate Assistance and Developing Long-Term Strategies to Economic Challenges We are in a time like no other. Not only are families around the world struggling with a massive health crisis, but the COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the global economy that is ...

Businesses Collaborate to Fight COVID-19 in Sfax, Tunisia

Tunisia’s business associations were already strongly advocating macro-economic reforms to improve the business environment when COVID-19 struck, making the economic struggle even more complicated. No one knows how long this pandemic will last, but what is clear is that the economic impact and hum...

Theme of the Month

CIPE is highlighting Private Sector Leadership & Business Advocacy in April and throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Business is the engine of every economy and the private sector is playing a crucial role in guiding governments worldwide on how to endure the COVID-19 pandemic impacting us all. In th...

Advocating for Expanded Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs in Nepal

Across South Asia, many women entrepreneurs face several formal and informal obstacles that prevent them from participating fully in the economy. To address these challenges, CIPE supported the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs’ Association of Nepal (FWEAN) to better engage with its members and a...

Gender Inclusive Policy Reforms in Pakistan – Progress Since 2017

Pakistan was recently ranked 151 out of 153 on the global gender parity index, according to a World Economic Forum report. To help combat this issue, CIPE and its partners have worked towards women empowerment through policy reforms since 2006. In a country that has been performing poorly on the Ge...

Demonstrate Strength in Uncertain Times

As one private-sector leader put it, business “associations were made for times such as these.” Experts Bob Harris and William Pawlucy, both longtime CIPE partners, advise organizations on how to demonstrate strength during uncertain times in this new Multibriefs Exclusive article: https://...

Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for University Students in PNG

In 2015, CIPE launched an initiative in collaboration with the Australian and United States governments to encourage, support, and reward women’s entrepreneurship in Papua New Guinea. Phase I of this project laid the groundwork for the emergence of an “entrepreneurial ecosystem,” including th...