CIPE Insights - Center for International Private Enterprise

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CIPE Counters Foreign Malign Influence and Boosts Economic Resilience and Global Prosperity

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CIPE works around the world to combat the harmful economic and expansionist influences of authoritarian regimes like China, Iran, and others by bolstering transparency, accountability, and the rule of law across critical industries.

Capital Isn’t Enough: Why Advocacy Is the Private Sector’s Most Valuable Asset

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Capital alone cannot drive growth. Sustainable prosperity depends on rule of law, effective institutions, and empowered private-sector advocates who can push for reform within their own markets, align incentives, and support long-term economic development outcomes. Shifting toward trade and investment in foreign assistance will only succeed if the underlying business environment is strong.

Reflecting on the Role of Associations in 250 Years of American Democracy

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“In democratic countries, the science of association is the mother science; the progress of all the others depends on the progress of that one.”1 Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) was founded to share the experience of American business associations with counterparts abroad on the frontiers of democracy....

The Three Pillars of Economic Freedoms

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Three anniversaries are converging, each marking a turning point that reshaped the economic lives of billions. The first is widely recognized: 2026 marks 250 years since American independence. The American democratic experiment ignited democracy as a political model that many countries around the world now practice in some form. Second, and a bit more obscure,...

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