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Creating a Culture of Consultative Policymaking in Georgia: CIPE’s Leading Role in Civil Society Strengthening Through Governing for Growth (G4G)

Governing for Growth (G4G) in Georgia was a five-year, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) – funded project that supported the Government of Georgia in improving the business-enabling environment. Its aim was to foster legal and regulatory reforms that are fairly and tr...

Women’s Economic Empowerment: Advocating for Improved Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria

According to the Council on Foreign Relations and the McKinsey Global Institute, “Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) could grow by 23 percent—or $229 billion—by 2025 if women participated in the economy to the same extent as men.” However, limited access to finance remains a major ch...

Despite Obstacles, Guatemalan Entrepreneur Finds Success

Being an entrepreneur in Latin America is difficult. Being an entrepreneur in a city that is hours away on a winding road from the capital city in Guatemala is even harder. In addition, as a woman, the challenge of being a successful entrepreneur is even greater. Women face many cultural barrie...

CIPE Celebrates Women’s History Month

CIPE is celebrating International Women’s History Month in March. Throughout the month of March, CIPE will be publishing and revisiting content related to our work in women’s programming around the globe, and highlighting our Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) launched ...

Entrepreneurship Profiles – Creating a Policy and Enabling Environment for Entrepreneurship

RNGG Mayoral Forum In the western highlands city of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, CIPE and local partner Red Nacional de Grupos Gestores (RNGG) have fostered a growing entrepreneurial community through the Xelajú Naranja program. Since 2016, Xelajú Naranja has supported young entrepreneurs in the cr...

Entrepreneurship Profiles – Connecting Across Communities and Cultures

Connecting Across Communities and Cultures “The Cuisine of LIFE” Since 2011, the Syrian Civil War has forced than 5.6 million people to flee the country, with 3.6 million in Turkey. In light of this massive influx of refugees, Turkey is in need of durable, innovative solutions that create jobs a...

Entrepreneurship Profiles – Empowering Individuals

Empowering Individuals North Macedonia North Macedonia has one of Europe’s highest youth unemployment rates. Entrepreneurship is driven by necessity. Roughly half of its population under the age of 29 considers leaving to look for opportunities elsewhere, but opportunities are on the rise. For the...

February is Entrepreneurship Month at CIPE

February 2020 is Entrepreneurship Month at CIPE! We are highlighting stories on some of our programs from past, present, and future related to entrepreneurship. All stories will be featured here, and will fall under the categories of: Empowering Individuals Connecting Across Communities and Culture...

The Power of Constituency

In his opening remarks for CIPE’s event, Leveraging the Private Sector to Improve the Economic Enabling Environment for Women, Executive Director Andrew Wilson suggested that power is not given, but taken. Wilson went on to describe four phases of empowerment, including: taking control/power of y...

Two Days in the Life of CIPE

On January 9-10, CIPE opened its doors to four Johns Hopkins students to give them a taste of what it’s like to have a career in democracy assistance and private sector development. Organized by the Johns Hopkins Life Design Lab, this “Host a Jay at Work” event gave undergraduate students an ...