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Why is Data Important for Social Good?

Data for social good: it sounds nice, right? But what do we really mean when we talk about data and social good? Join CIPE, Data2X, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, +SocialGood, and TechSoup as we unpack why data is important for our common social good. Our Twitter chat will ...

Rebuilding Amidst Conflict, from Kosovo to Syria

The Syrian Economic Forum (SEF), an innovative think tank dedicated to strengthening the Syrian economy and promoting democratic and sustainable development is faced with an extraordinary challenge ahead. With nearly 5 million Syrian refugees and 6.6 million internally displaced persons, SEF must o...

CIPE 2016 Photo Competition Now Open

The 2016 CIPE Photo Competition is now open! CIPE invites photo submissions from CIPE partner organizations from around the world to submit a photograph that captures the theme: Leaders standing up for freedom and democracy exist in communities throughout the world This competition seeks to hig...

Inspiration from Syria this International Youth Day

The work of CIPE’s partner the Syrian Economic Forum (SEF) inspires on a daily basis. Formed by small business owners across Syria, this think tank is pushing the envelope every day when it comes to thought leadership in the midst of conflict. From creating space for wrecked Syrian factories ...

Global Development Needs Grassroots Activation

Looking back at the global development efforts over the last few years, one theme tends to reoccur: too many reforms are owned by the elites and civil society leaders in the capital with too little engagement at the grassroots. This common disconnect was raised at the White House Summit on Global ...

Closing the Gender Gap in Political and Economic Participation

“In high school, boys and girls are equally interested in running for office in the future. But by college graduation, young women’s political ambitions drop dramatically.” The voice of women and youth is considerably underrepresented in political leadership positions worldwide, a...

Using Technology to Strengthen Civil Society in Cambodia

This year Heritage Foundation ranked Cambodia as 112th or “mostly unfree” in its 2016 Index of Economic Freedom. Though Cambodia’s management of public finances and trade have become notably more open and transparent, deep institutional and systemic challenges remain, in part due...

What Does “Intersectionality” Mean for International Development?

By Hanna Pioske The word “intersectionality” is thrown around a lot these days. Political candidates use intersectional rhetoric in their campaigns, and organization after organization publish reports on the benefits of creating intersectional programming. Everyone seems to be using the...

Associations Must Innovate to Survive Digital Disruption

Digital disruption is turning the world on its head, and presenting opportunities as well as threats, to associations, chambers, societies, non-profits, and other membership organizations. As relationships develop online and social media opens up new ways to be part of many communities, many associa...

What Good is Economics as a Science, if Not Based on Field Studies?

By Dr. Reem Abdel Haliem This post originally appeared in Arabic on the CIPE Arabia blog. I currently work with CIPE partner the Federation of Economic Development Associations (FEDA) on a study to bring Egypt’s informal sector into the formal one. Since there are number of studies on this to...