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Communicating to Transform, not Inform

Good research, data, and dialogue across key stakeholders are the foundations of good policy making. By contrast, the absence of such research, data and dialogue can lead to unanticipated consequences from policy reform, or the failure to achieve desired change. At Verité Research, we aim to contr...

Teaching our Kids Two Codes: The Code of U.S. Constitution and Computer Coding

A civics education extends far beyond a classroom or an exam. A civics education teaches how to listen, distinguish between fact and opinion, and back up an opinion with fact. It teaches the rights and duties of citizenship. A student that can analyze primary source documents, interpret data, and fo...

A Philippine Case Study in Improving Local Governance

How does the governance of a city become unstuck? How did Mayor Jonas Cortes of Mandaue City, the Philippines, move past a corruption scandal which he inherited and establish clean governance, a business-friendly environment, and participation of the poor? Robert Klitgaard and Melissa Mahone...

Working towards Peace in Conflict and Post-Conflict Regions

Every September 21 the United Nations celebrates its International Day of Peace to highlight progress being made towards a more harmonious world. But while we celebrate, there is no shortage of conflict around the world, and certain countries remain less stable than others. Recently, homicide...

Democracy That Delivers #172: Technical Guidance and Anti-Corruption Reform

In this episode of Democracy That Delivers, we are joined by Peter Glover, Associate program Officer of CIPE’s Anti-Corruption and Governance Center, and special guest Schuyler Miller. Miller recently returned from Trinity College in Dublin, where he completed coursework for his Master...

Why Trade Facilitation Matters – A Real Case Example

On February 22, 2017, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) entered into force. While much has been written about the importance of this agreement, when talking about trade, too often economists and policy wonks resort to abstract language and vague terminology th...

Digital Identity Paves the Way to Financial Inclusion for Refugees

Drive an hour northeast of Jordan’s capital city of Amman towards the Syrian border, and you’ll see white tents start to become visible, sprawling amongst the dry and arid desert. Enter the gates of Zaatari camp and the vibrant life of this Syrian refugee city surrounds you. Children race by, t...

World Chambers Congress – Notes from the Field Part III: Emerging Market Perspectives

This is Part III of a three-part blog series. Read Part I and Part II. In addition to the themes of the 11th World Chambers Congress (WCC) in Rio de Janeiro that I discussed in my two earlier posts, there was also an interesting conversation about the need for building inclusive and vibrant emergin...

World Chambers Congress – Notes from the Field Part II: Building Transparent and Inclusive Markets

This is Part II of a three-part blog series. Read Part I. Transparency and fair trade are key for the development of inclusive markets around the world. In addition, 68% of countries around the world point to corruption as a serious problem for economic development because of its effects o...

World Chambers Congress – Notes from the Field Part I: Democratizing Economic Opportunity

This is Part I of a three-part blog series. Thanks to the invitation from the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), I had the opportunity to attend the 11th World Chambers Congress (WCC) held on June 12-14 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The theme of this year’s event, orga...