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7th All-Pakistan Secretary Generals’ Conference 2015

By Huzaifa Shabbir Hussain and Emad Sohail “I am always proud to be a part of the Secretary Generals Conferences that have created tremendous impact in the working and improving the efficiency of the participating Chambers and Associations in Pakistan. In every conference we learn new and in...

Will Decentralization Lead to More Corruption in Cambodia?

Watch a short video about the Silaka project. In 2009, Cambodia's provincial legislatures became elected bodies for the first time in the country's history. Against the backdrop of decentralization, this newly democratic level of government is also being called upon to handle a greater share of pu...

The Moldovan National Business Agenda Goes to the Regions

A national business agenda (NBA) is a powerful tool and platform for business people to engage in a proactive dialogue with policy-makers on issues affecting the private sector in a given country. Developing an NBA requires the private sector to collaborate to identify issues that constrain busine...

How Multi-Stakeholder Platforms Help Build an Enabling Environment for Business

"The work of development is too important to be left in the hands of governments alone. It is the responsibility of everyone. Especially the business community… Business, like governments, will have to be at the forefront of this change. No one can do it alone." In the latest Economic Reform Fe...

Libya or Tunisia: Who Needs the Other More?

Hiba Safi is a CIPE-Atlas Corps Think Tank LINKS Fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Diplomatic Ties The Libyan conflict is not only causing tens of thousands of deaths, destroying a society, and wiping out a state. It also is spilling over into neighboring Tunisia, destabili...

How Can Youth Make a Difference in Democratic Reform?

While young people tend to be the most active participants in movements for democratic change, their involvement is often confined to staging demonstrations and other similar activist activities. However, in order for democratic reform -- or any reform for that matter -- to be meaningful and su...

Celebrating Ronald Coase’s Legacy with Practical Approaches to Economic Reform

Ronald Coase was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. As important as his theoretical contributions was the simple but profound idea of moving away from "blackboard economics" to look at real-world problems and how institutions actually work. This is an insight that inf...

Public Procurement: The Nexus of Public and Corporate Governance in Combating Corruption

  By Kirby Bryan For over a decade, the World Bank Group's Doing Business index has served as quintessential tool for determining how well a country's institutional infrastructure is suited to the promotion of a productive business environment. But something was missing. Businesses and ...

China and Pakistan’s All-Weather Friendship

Huma Sattar is a CIPE-Atlas Corps Think Tank LINKS Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. This post originally appeared at The Diplomat. Much to the befuddlement of the rest of the world – and as ironic as it is – Communist China and Islamic Pakistan are fast friends. It’s all hail to China ...

Investing in Ethics

Loss of profits and market share, diminishing brand reputation, and costly fines threaten companies that do not meet the international standards of ethics. As evident in the wake of scandals involving top brands such as Apple and Nike for example, today's consumers are becoming better educated about...