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VOA Interviews CIPE’s Eric Hontz for Expert Opinion on Land Reform Law in Ukraine

02.06.2020 | CIPE in News | Eric Hontz

CIPE’s Eric Hontz, Senior Program Officer for Europe and Eurasia, was interviewed by Voice of America on a recent land reform law in Ukraine. “This reform will reduce that shadow market, reduce corruption risks, and put things in a transparent way,” said Eric Hontz. Watch the full ...

32 Women Entrepreneurs Graduated from an Online Program Administered by The Department of State and CIPE

01.14.2020 | CIPE in News

Read the original article here Thirty-two Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Thirty- two outstanding women in business graduated after 14 intensive weeks of undergoing the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) online business course. Seven of these women included enthus...

Landmark Agreement Urges Greater Business-Government Collaboration to Help Address G5 Sahel Security Crisis

12.13.2019 | CIPE in News

Amid heightened concerns over the growing security crisis in the G5 Sahel, many business leaders there are pledging to work with national and regional governments on ways to address the issue. Private sector representatives from Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali Mauritania, and Niger, along with the G5 Sa...

Africa Program Officer, Ryan Musser, Quoted in African Business Magazine Article

12.02.2019 | CIPE in News | Ryan Musser

Read the full article on African Business Magazine by Linus Unah. Nigeria border closure causes economic shock Below is a section highlighting Ryan Musser’s comments on Nigeria’s border closure: The closure has also led to shortages of materials imported from Nigeria in neighbou...

Comment Piece on Small Business in Dushanbe Published on BNE Intellinews

11.25.2019 | CIPE in News | Eric Hontz

COMMENT: Delivering for Dushanbe, now is the time to open the country Walking down Rudaki Avenue, in the heart of the Tajik capital of Dushanbe, on a warm October evening one can view a reflection of the current Tajik economy. At first your attention is drawn to the nice sidewalks, smooth pavement, ...

FWEAN and CIPE Mentioned in Himalayan Times

11.18.2019 | CIPE in News

1000 Women Entrepreneurs Seminar next week HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE Kathmandu, November 15 The Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Nepal (FWEAN) is organising the 1000 Women Entrepreneurs Seminar next week aiming to discuss the role of women entrepreneurs in reducing the trade def...

CIPE Corrosive Capital Report Linked in “The Global Americans” Article

11.15.2019 | CIPE in News

Read the full article here We’re underestimating China’s impact on governance in Latin America: Three persistent myths “In practice, the anticipation of potential economic benefits has yielded a deeply troubling degree of opacity in and around the signing of many agreements by LAC g...

Voice of America Covers CIPE Balkans Event

11.15.2019 | CIPE in News

To watch the full VoA coverage, please visit: https://ba.voanews.com/a/u-bih-i-srbiji-su-problem-slabe-institucije-korupcija-i-oportunizam/5167563.html Panel in Washington: Weak institutions, corruption and opportunism in BiH and Serbia ...

TV Appearance of CIPE Tunisia Country Representative

11.01.2019 | CIPE in News | Ali Ayadi

Tunis, Tunisia – Ali Ayadi, CIPE’s Country Representative in Tunisia was featured in a widely-viewed youth Television Talk Show entitled “I am the President” on a Carthage Plus TV Channel. The Program, which is supported by the Search for Common Ground aims at inspiring youth to actively...

TASHKENT BLOG: Uzbekistan reforms are real, can they sustain them?

10.10.2019 | CIPE in News | Eric Hontz

This blog originally appeared on BNE IntelliNews. Uzbekistan, a previously closed country of more than 30mn people, has been on the radar of frontier market investors since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev began a large scale economic reform program nearly three years ago. The changes in Tashken...