Events - Center for International Private Enterprise

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Corrosive Capital: Lessons and Answers in Latin America

4.22.2022, 11:00AM

Watch in English Watch in Spanish About this Event On April 22, CIPE’s field office in Bogotá, Colombia hosted an in-person panel to discuss lessons and responses to corrosive capital around the region. The panel featured partners from Argentina, Chile and Ecuador as well as CIPE’s Direct...

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Manila Webinar Series: Why SDGs & ESG Matter to Business

4.19.2022, 9:30PM

About the Event In recent years, the role of business has shifted from purely maximizing profit or shareholder value to taking into consideration the sustainability of a company’s policies and operations. The management of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues has moved beyond...

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Research Unbound: What Can We Learn about Entrepreneurship from Syrian refugees in Turkey?

4.14.2022, 10:00AM

About the Event Since the war began in Syria in 2011, more than eleven million Syrians have been displaced, of whom 3.6 million now live in Turkey. Though the sheer number of displaced persons has put enormous pressure on the host country and strained resources in local communities, the Syri...

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Launch of the Framework for Constructive Capital

4.14.2022, 9:00AM

About the Event The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the Oxford Analytica Foundation (OAF) launched A Framework for Constructive Capital: Investment, Integrity, Impact, a new resource that addresses how countries can develop effective policy frameworks to foster Constructive C...

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The Corruption Risk Forecast: A Next-Generation Corruption Analysis Tool

4.12.2022, 12:00PM

About the Event The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) launched the Corruption Risk Forecast (CRF), a next-generation corruption analysis tool that is rooted in facts and not perceptions. Consolidating a vast array of granular public data, the Forecast provides risk analysis...

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Launch of CIPE Center for Accountable Investment

4.5.2022, 9:00AM

CIPE Chairman Greg Lebedev delivered opening remarks for the launch of CIPE’s new Center for Accountable Investment. Watch the video and learn more about the event and CAI below. About the Event The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) launched its new Center for Accountable Investm...

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Democratic Transitions: Navigating Citizen’s Economic and Political Expectations

3.31.2022, 10:00AM

About the Event What lessons can be learned from democratic and market transitions? How do local champions overcome distrust in public institutions and private sector to strengthen democracy and promote private enterprise? What conditions enable partnerships to form across sectors and advoc...

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The Future of Work in Latin America

3.24.2022, 11:00AM

Click here to watch in Spanish. About the Event Please join the LAC team on Thursday, March 24th at 11:00 am ET as they host a regional conference entitled the “The Future of Work in Latin America” (El Futuro del Trabajo en América Latina) in Bogotá, Colombia. This event will f...

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Do Free Trade Zones Stimulate Entrepreneurship? | 10:00 AM ET, Monday, February 28, 2022

Research Unbound: Do Free Trade Zones Stimulate Entrepreneurship?

2.28.2022, 10:00AM

About the Event In this webinar organized by Policy & Program Learning (PPL) at CIPE, Tiffany Qiu of Oxbridge Economics will present findings from her paper, ”Do Free Trade Zones Stimulate Entrepreneurship? New Evidence from China. We will discuss the business environment factors and p...

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Manila Webinar Series on Democracy – The 2022 Elections: What’s at Stake for Philippine Democracy?

2.23.2022, 8:30PM

About the Event Amidst the backdrop of an ongoing pandemic, the Philippines will hold its national elections in May. As the oldest democracy in Southeast Asia, Philippine democracy has been tried and tested and while it has shown some resilience, many observers note a decline of democracy in recent...

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Papua New Guinea Women’s Business Agenda Launch

2.10.2022, 6:00PM

About the Event The Papua New Guinea Business Advocacy Network (BAN) and the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) host a panel to launch the first PNG Women’s Business Agenda (WBA). This report presents recommendations for strategic action and policy reform to address priorit...

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Andean Region Corrosive Capital Roundtable

2.3.2022, 11:00AM

About the Event The goal of this roundtable is to convene a diverse panel of experts with expertise or experience with corrosive capital in the primary resource industries in the Andean region. We hope to understand how these experts have perceived or seen the impact of corrosive capital in these in...

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The State of the Private Sector in China

1.19.2022, 9:00AM

About this event China is the largest economy in the Asia-Pacific region and is counting on its state-led economy to drive further growth. Yet the recent default of the Evergrande Group and the ongoing crisis in Chinese real estate and bond markets show the underlying structural weaknesses withi...

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On Land and Sea: How Businesses Collectively Fight Corruption

12.17.2021, 9:00AM

Click here to register. About the Event Maritime trade and development are critical to keeping the global economy moving and ensuring stable governance. Seaports serve as vital infrastructure to economies globally. This has been particularly evident during the past two years as the world has dealt w...

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Foreign Bribery Enforcement: A Vital Tool for Building Democracy

12.14.2021, 1:00PM

Click here to register. About the Event Corruption has a corrosive effect on society. It impedes economic growth and international development, undermines democratic institutions and the rule of law, and traps millions in poverty. It also damages business by distorting competition and presenting ser...

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Free Enterprise & Democracy Network: Reflections on the Summit for Democracy

12.14.2021, 9:00AM

About the Event After years of democratic backsliding, the Summit for Democracy is an opportunity to reaffirm and reinvent how democracy delivers. The Free Enterprise & Democracy Network is examining how open market economies and business contribute to democracy that delivers, through the len...

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Private Sector Forum — Our Business Too: Democracy & Private Enterprise Delivering Together

12.8.2021, 8:30AM

About the Event On December 8, CIPE participated in an official Summit for Democracy Day Zero event, a Private Sector Forum called “Our Business Too: Democracy and Private Enterprise Delivering Together”. The event offered a constructive dialogue around the symbiotic relationship between busine...

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UN IGF 2021: “Forging Trust in the Digital Economy: A Consumer Perspective”

12.8.2021, 7:50AM

In recent decades, the development of new digital technologies, platforms, and business models has drastically altered the nature of markets and commerce by lowering barriers to entry and expanding access to information, capital, and consumers. Despite these advancements, access and accountability g...

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UN IGF 2021: “Level Up: Methods for Localizing Digital Policy and Norms”

12.7.2021, 9:45AM

The session will directly tackle the challenges and opportunities associated with how global policies and norms—including global human rights instruments as well as emerging global digital policy standards—are effectively implemented and interpreted at the national level. Implementation is often...

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UN IGF 2021: “Connecting Democracy and Internet Governance Advocates”

12.7.2021, 6:45AM

Come to this networking session to connect with others working at the intersection of democracy and internet governance. As a technological platform, the internet offers incredible potential in terms of strengthening democratic processes worldwide. Yet, over the past decade, there has been a global ...