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Leveraging the Youth Bulge to Transform the Arab World

Last Thursday marked five years since Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted from power in what has come to be known as the Jasmine Revolution. A well-waged campaign of civil resistance, provoked by the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, ultimately led to the upending of Ben Ali...

Ten Years of Expanding Opportunity in Pakistan

How far has Pakistan come? And how much further is there to go? This month, we mark the 10th anniversary of CIPE’s office in Pakistan by asking these questions. At the time that CIPE opened its Karachi office, then-President Pervez Musharraf had installed a technocratic government and had lib...

Kuwait Needs More Young Entrepreneurs

By Hanna Rhodin There is a long history of a bustling merchant culture in Kuwait. Since the 18th century, the country has been known for trade: whether in exchanging goods with India, boat-building, or its pearling industry. Wealth has come to be associated with certain families within the country,...

Small Associations as a Way to Strengthen Financial Security

By Hanna Rhodin How do you go about starting a business when you lack the education or financial means? The answers often depend on the region, country, or city you live in. In early 2015 I traveled to Beira, Mozambique to volunteer with Care for Life, an NGO working with a holistic approach to assi...

Association Executives Strengthen Their Profession in the Philippines

By Octavio “Bobby” Peralta The Philippine Council for the Advancement of Association Executives (PCAAE)* was created in 2013 to facilitate the work of association executives in managing their organizations, and to advance their profession through knowledge delivery, recognition and co...

Vested Interests Continue to Drive Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

CIPE’s Frozen Conflicts blog series looks at the current situation in seven breakaway regions of the former Soviet Union, with a particular focus on the economic dimension. To learn more about frozen conflicts and what can be done about them read CIPE’s Economic Reform Feature Service...

Fighting Informality in Albania

With reports showing a steady increase of the level of informality in Albania and recent World Bank reports that Albania’s informal sector is estimated to make up as much as 40 to 50 percent of the country’s economy, the issue of informality is integral to Albania’s development. ...

Carrots Before Sticks: Celebrating International Anti-Corruption Day with Successful Anti-Corruption Approaches

On Wednesday the world celebrated the International Anti-Corruption Day, designated in 2003 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly when it adopted the UN Convention against Corruption. Recognizing the importance of fighting corruption in that way was a major step in a growing global effort to...

Argentina: Observing the Ballotage

By Mario Felix Lleonart Originally published on his blog Cubano Confesante. Con curiosidad asisto de observador a elecciones #Argentina. 1er experiencia de mi vida de elecciones democraticas pic.twitter.com/t5q9jzO5e6 — Mario Felix Lleonart (@maritovoz) November 22, 2015 I was brought by God...

The Role of the Presidential Debate in Macri’s Argentina Election Victory

This post has been updated on December 17, 2015. What a difference a month can make! During Argentina’s first presidential candidate debate in October, Daniel Scioli, the Peronist government party candidate, appeared to be a shoo-in with voters. A month later at the November debate held at ...