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Defining a New Social Contract: The Role of Business in Democracy

CIPE Insight | Andrew Wilson

Much of the world is increasingly concerned about inequality, climate change, and widespread political dysfunction. Over the past year, problems have been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic, also prompting new questions about whether the liberal democratic order established after World War II has ru...

How Democracy Can Deliver the Most Effective Use of Power: Four Elements Democracy Support Must Address

CIPE Insight | Andrew Wilson

A wave of brazen actions by authoritarian regimes and others is causing increased alarm and leading to new thinking about the modern use and abuse of power. A military coup is playing out in Myanmar, cutting off its citizens from most of the world. Pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong are being att...

The Role of Business in Building a Stronger American Democracy

CIPE Insight | Andrew Wilson

Though we have turned our calendars to 2021, the major challenges that faced the United States in 2020 have not yet abated. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated underlying inequities, while a bitterly contested election has laid bare our political divisions. Both took place against the backdrop of ...

Pricing Risk for Opportunistic Investment in Emerging Markets

CIPE Insight | Bill Endsley

Albania, Romania and North Macedonia have a degree of effective governance including the ability for citizens to petition the government and relatively free markets. The primary risk for investors in all of these countries is government regulation. While most of these countries have a favorable taxa...

Building Resilient Economies and Democracies in 2021 and Beyond

CIPE Insight

Building Resilient Economies and Democracies January is typically viewed as a time of transition and renewed hope for the future. For many, that includes a commitment to change and we can expect a lot of it in 2021. The new year starts with the slow rollout of COVID vaccines and intense debate over...

Businesses Must Build Trust for Post-COVID Rebuilding

CIPE Insight | Anna Kompanek

The Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD) defines trust as a person’s belief that another person or institution will act consistently with the expectations of positive behavior. Trust in businesses and the economic institutions in which they operate is essential for the bro...

Property Rights and Property Markets: Key Ingredients of Inclusive Development

CIPE Insight | Eliza Pugh, Anna Kompanek

“Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.” – Article 17, Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights lays out fundamental rights for all, including the right to ...

Innovation is a Necessity for Survival

CIPE Insight | Karim Shaaban

“Innovate or die” was coined by the father of business management, Peter Drucker. This concept cannot be truer and more urgent than now under the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic crisis. Innovation is defined as an idea, method, process, product, or practical solution to meet a need. It im...

The Urgency of Transparency

CIPE Insight | Karim Shaaban, Robert C. Harris

Editor’s Note: CIPE and partners around the globe are among those urging governments to ensure COVID-19 relief and response activities are transparent and corruption-free, so that citizens remain informed and receive the most benefit possible. The Lebanese Transparency Association has started ...

Three Reasons to be Optimistic About Trade in Latin America

CIPE Insight | José Raúl Perales

José Raúl Perales, Deputy Director at the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation explains the trends he sees in the region’s trade facilitation landscape. While speaking at a recent hemispheric business summit in Washington DC, a group of executives from several Latin American countries asked me...

Building a Market for Everyone: How Emerging Markets Can Attract Constructive Capital and Foster Inclusive Growth

CIPE Insight | Eric Hontz

In the past 30 years, the world has seen remarkable growth in investments across borders and international supply chains. Capital investment, which expanded beyond national boundaries as international treaties and agreements came into effect, is free to find the best opportunities available. These i...

The Importance of Private Sector Engagement in Advancing Pro-Market Values in Europe

CIPE Insight | Andrew Wilson

CIPE experts are meeting with hundreds of prominent thought leaders, politicians, and business leaders in Prague this week at the annual Forum 2000 conference. The focus this year is “Recovering the Promises of 1989.” On Monday, CIPE is hosting a panel discussion addressing the importance of pri...

Empowering Women Through Policy Reform: Five Key Lessons

CIPE Insight | Barbara Langley, Srujana Penumetcha Huerter

Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is now a global development, economic, and national security priority. Donors and implementers alike acknowledge that women are key to the development of sustainable livelihoods, reductions in poverty, as well as peace-building. Women typically invest as much as ...

CIPE Insights: Connecting the Dots in Private Sector Engagement

CIPE Insight | Kim Eric Bettcher

How do we engage the private sector? This question is being asked by governments, donors, and nonprofit organizations who see the inevitability of working with business on complex social challenges and yet struggle in finding ways to attract interest and steer cooperation. They want to do more with ...

CIPE Insights with Barb Langley

CIPE Insight | Barbara Langley |

CIPE Insights with Barb Langley, Director for CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment on the importance of women’s empowerment programs. She discusses how empowerment programs are making a positive impact around the world. She also talks about how CIPE is on the leading e...

CIPE Insights with José Raúl Perales

CIPE Insight | José Raúl Perales |

CIPE Insights with José Raúl Perales, the Deputy Director of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), on the Alliance’s work in Colombia and Vietnam. He discusses GATF’s unique approach, private sector integrity, and their groundbreaking work in the auto...

CIPE Insights: Proposed Laws in Hong Kong Would Be Bad for Business

CIPE Insight | Andrew Wilson

This week marks 30 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, when Chinese troops and tanks killed thousands in an attempt to silence voices calling for democracy. The crackdown followed a massive demonstration in favor of liberalism and had a deep impact on worldwide audiences, especially citizen...

CIPE Insights: Reconstructing Venezuela

CIPE Insight | John Zemko

As the political and humanitarian crises deepen in Venezuela, a pressing question still to be answered is how leaders can pull the country from economic freefall. Conventional wisdom would look to traditional sources of global development, such as the World Bank or International Monetary Fund, to be...

G-20 Summit: Finding Solutions to Corruption

CIPE Insight | John Zemko

World leaders are gathering in Buenos Aires, Argentina for G20 meetings intended to center around a theme of “Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development.” The host country and President Mauricio Macri face no shortage of challenges in achieving this goal and want to be a case stud...

CIPE Insights for Global Entrepreneurship Week: The Connection Between Entrepreneurship and Democracy

CIPE Insight | Kim Eric Bettcher

When business owners are given the freedom to innovate and support to get started, they launch companies that create jobs, provide needed goods or services, and fuel economies. In CIPE’s latest feature service article, Director of Knowledge Management Kim Eric Bettcher examines the conn...