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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...

Women’s Economic Participation in Jordan

Jordan has made great strides toward gender equality, especially with an education system that ensures equal access for men and women. As a result, Jordan has a highly educated female population. According to Jordan’s Department of Statistics, 93 percent of females aged 15 years and older ...

Tunisia: The Country of Unconditional Gender Equality

Tunisia is a rapidly growing and changing country. However, as a Tunisian woman, economist, and university professor I believe that women in my country are an underutilized economic asset. Despite the emancipation of Tunisian women in 1956, we continue to fight to assert ourselves as stakeho...

An Opportunity for the Economic Empowerment of Women Athletes

On July 7, 2019, the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) deservedly won its unprecedented 4th soccer world championship in France, becoming only the second women’s national team to successfully defend its title. For many, the latest edition of this global tournament offered a vast field of femal...

Pakistani Businesses Consider CPEC Projects Non-Participatory

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), signed between the two countries in 2013, stands as the largest single-country investment portfolio in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, with most recent figures placing total investment pledges around USD $62 billion. CPEC is meant to target Pakistan�...

Democracy and the Future of Ethiopia’s Developmental State

White Paper – Democracy and the Future of Ethiopia’s Developmental State Keynote Transcript – Francis Fukuyama Since Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018, Ethiopia has seen an unprecedented wave of political reforms. On the heels of widespread unrest and a national...

Can South Korea Resolve its Youth Unemployment Problem Through Entrepreneurship? Part 2

The amount of effort the South Korean government puts into youth entrepreneurship is tremendous. Youth entrepreneurship is seen as a solution to combat the high youth unemployment rate. Since Moon Jae-in’s administration began in 2017, the government has invested close to $700 million USD to imple...

Fostering Entrepreneurship is Critical to Refugees’ Economic and Social Integration

On World Refugee Day, CIPE celebrates refugee entrepreneurs for their contribution to the development of entrepreneurship ecosystems and the expansion of economic opportunity for all in host countries. Refugee entrepreneurship supports sustainable livelihoods and resilience among refugee and host co...

World Chambers Congress Rio de Janeiro 2019

Join CIPE’s experts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the World Chambers Congress June 12-14. This three day event is the largest international gathering for chambers of commerce and their business members. Comprising an influential thought-leadership conference and a world-class competition to sh...

Can South Korea Resolve its Youth Unemployment Problem Through Entrepreneurship?

This blog is Part 1 of a two-part series on youth entrepreneurship in Korea. South Korea is suffering from its highest rates of youth unemployment since the Korean economic crisis in 1998 . The youth unemployment rate, which calculates the number of unemployed 15-24 year olds, has steadily increase...