CIPE in the News - Center for International Private Enterprise

Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia Quoted in BNE Intellinews on Moldova’s Foreign Policy

11.23.2020 | CIPE in News | Natalia Otel Belan

Read the full article here. “Russia is learning to mind its limitations; to repel residual nostalgia; and to think straight, putting issues before personalities, and staying focused on its own interests, leaving the empire farther and farther behind,” writes Trenin. This ha...

Corrosive Capital Mentioned in a European Western Balkans Article

11.04.2020 | CIPE in News

CIPE’s concept of “corrosive capital” frames an opinion piece by Tena Prelec. Corrosive capital is not the whole story: Balkan political elites make use of foreign investments to further a narrative of themselves as ‘saviours’ of the nation. The problems of ‘corrosive ...

Term “Corrosive Capital” Used in Woodrow Wilson Center Webinar

10.23.2020 | CIPE in News

In a recent Woodrow Wilson Center webinar titled “Force Multipliers? U.S. and Taiwanese Interests in Latin America,” the CIPE-coined term ‘corrosive capital’ was used by Julie Chung, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. Chung also ...

CIPE Africa’s Lars Benson and Hanna Wetters Interviewed for Addis Business Talk

10.22.2020 | CIPE in News | Lars Benson, Hanna Wetters

CIPE Regional Director for Africa Lars Benson and Program Officer for Africa Hanna Wetters join the online radio show Addis Business Talk to discuss CIPE’s work in East Africa, with a focus on its program in Ethiopia. ...

CIPE Partners with Duff & Phelps for Article and Events Series

10.21.2020 | CIPE in News | Andrew Wilson, Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale, Dr. Efraim Chalamish

CIPE is partnering with Duff & Phelps consultancy firm to offer insights on key issues that impact private enterprise and democratic development. This includes the recent launch of an event series on The Post Pandemic Future of ESG (environmental, social, and governance factors) investing. Watch...

Ukrgasbank Assets Mentions CIPE Transparency and Corporate Governance Efforts

10.15.2020 | CIPE in News

Read the full article here. “The Corporate Governance Professional Association and the CSR Development Center, with the support of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), have recently assessed Ukrainian companies for transparency in the corporate governance system and corpora...

#Forum2000online – Andrew Wilson: Business, world trade & corruption amid pandemic

10.02.2020 | CIPE in News | Andrew Wilson |

INTRO FOR THIS FORUM 2000 ANDREW INTERVIEW: Business is now facing a dual responsibility. It is helping restore social health to support governments but it also has to provide people livelihoods – and it is trying to find the balance between the two. The private sector in�...

Diplomatic Courier Publishes Article by CIPE Staff on Trust in Business

09.30.2020 | CIPE in News | Andrew Wilson, Anna Kompanek

The Diplomatic Courier recently published an article by CIPEExecutive Director Andrew Wilson, and CIPE Global Programs Director, Anna Kompanek, about the growing importance of trust in business to drive economic growth and recovery amid COVID-19. Read the full article here. ...

US Senate Committee Hearing on Foreign Relations and Chinese Corrosive Capital Mention

09.18.2020 | CIPE in News

A September 17 Senate Foreign Relations Full Committee Hearing Includes Corrosive Capital Mention by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Julie Chung. WATCH IT HERE: Advancing U.S. Engagement and Countering China in the Indo-Pacific and Beyond WASHINGT...

Launch of COVID-19 Observatory in Guatemala

09.16.2020 | CIPE in News

In a recent news article in El Periodico of Guatemala, CIPE partner CIEN Guatemala’s COVID19 Investigation Observatory (“Observatorio”) launch is mentioned, as well as a quote from Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Martin Friedl. Friedl says that it is ...