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Remembering Ronald Coase’s Legacy: Remarks by Oliver Williamson

As the Economist once chided, “the economics profession was slow to recognize Ronald Coase’s genius. He first expounded his thinking about the firm in a lecture in Dundee in 1932, when he was just 21 years old. Nobody much listened. He published ‘The Nature of the Firm’ five...

How Do We Support Corporate Compliance in a Democratizing Global Marketplace?

Writing on Medium, CIPE’s acting Executive Director Andrew Wilson asks: with technological change and trade deals making it easier than ever to enter the global marketplace, how can we ensure robust compliance with anti-corruption, labor, environmental, and corporate governance standards? Rea...

With Freedom Comes Responsibility

By Tasneem Ahmar, Director, Uks Research Center Pakistan today has a large, vibrant and diverse media. Our media by and large enjoys freedom of expression. Barring a few “sensitive” topics that come under the rubric of “national interest,” “national security,” e...

Boosting Integrity in Global Trade

This post originally appeared on the Corporate Compliance Trends blog. Mutually beneficial exchange of goods and services is at the heart of David Ricardo’s comparative advantage argument and Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. Over the centuries, such exchange through commerce has conn...

Helping Earthquake-Affected Farmers Get Back on their Feet in Nepal

Just over a year after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake left thousands dead, destroyed centuries-old UNESCO World Heritage sites, and wiped out entire villages, Nepal is struggling to cope with the economic impacts of the earthquake. According to the Nepal government, the overall damage is estimated to b...

Storytelling: A Tool for Changemakers in Civil Societies Around the Globe

Join us for the #Storymakers2016 Twitter chat on May 4 On May 4, CIPE is partnering with Democracy International and Devex for TechSoup's 24-hour, around-the-world #Storymakers2016 Twitter chat. We'll dig into how civil societies are using traditional and emerging storytelling tools to empower in...

How Selling Online Helps Small Businesses in the Developing World Break into Export Markets

Can e-commerce markets help create a more inclusive global economy where small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from developing countries can export their products overseas without facing major obstacles? According to a recent report published by eBay Public Policy Lab, Small Online Business Growth Re...

Kenneth Arrow: Directions of Research in the Coasean Tradition

Last year, CIPE and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Ronald Coase Institute to host a conference that celebrated the legacy of Ronald Coase and review research inspired by his work. Ronald Coase is perhaps best known for his explanation of the importance of transaction costs, propert...

A Dream Come to Life

CIPE began working with Peruvian NGO, Instituto Invertir, in 2008, with the belief that developing business and leadership skills in young Peruvians from the country’s diverse regions would help build a culture of entrepreneurship and civic participation – creating alternatives to the limit...

Fostering a Spirit of Entrepreneurship in Bahrain

For the past four years, the Center for International Private Enterprise has been working in partnership with the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to assist local partners in Bahrain with fostering a new spirit of entrepreneurship. The program approached this issue from ...