Podcasts

Democracy that Delivers #410 – Paths to Colombian Digital Transformation for SMEs

In this new episode of the Democracy that Delivers podcast, Adam Sachs, Program Manager for the Center for Digital Economy and Governance (CDEG), discusses the results of a recent study characterizing Colombian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their levels of digital adoption with Lu...

Collectively Combating Kleptocracy #1 – Moldova: Collectively Pushing for Reform

In April 2008, contested election results and alleged electoral fraud in Moldova triggered public protests and political turmoil between activists and state authorities. Eventually, the Communist Party of then-President Vladimir Voronin was replaced it with a coalition called the Alliance for Europe...

Collectively Combating Kleptocracy #2 – Guatemala: The La Línea Corruption Case and the Fight for Justice

In April of 2015, a telephone wiretap exposed Guatemala’s then-President Otto Pérez Molina, his Vice President Roxana Baldetti, and and other high-ranking officials in the tax and customs administration as having been part of a kleptocratic network involving fraud in customs revenues. The La Lín...

Collectively Combating Kleptocracy #3 – Malaysia: Holding Kleptocrats Accountable after 1MDB

The 1Malaysia Development Berhard scandal (1MDB Scandal) is known as one of the world’s most prolific financial scandals. With billions lost as a consequence of fraudulent activity by a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB, the scandal saw a huge backlash from Malaysian citizens, the media, and...

Collectively Combating Kleptocracy #4 – Armenia: The Velvet Revolution and Taking Steps Against Kleptocracy

In 2018, widespread protests dislodged a decades-long kleptocratic regime in Armenia. Known as the Velvet Revolution, these protests represented a culmination of decades of civil society organization and activism and the first surge of revolutionary action against Serzh Sargsyan following his attemp...

Collectively Combating Kleptocracy #5 – Ukraine: EuroMaidan and the Revolution of Dignity

Beginning in November of 2013, then President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych withdrew from a long-desired and promised EU trade agreement in the interest of consolidating a kleptocratic regime with Russia. The events ignited a series of both violent and non-violent large-scale protests in Kyiv, spann...

Collectively Combating Kleptocracy #6 – Thailand: Thai CAC and Businesses Against Bribes

Corruption has long troubled Thailand, halting economic growth and the development of democratic regimes. Attempts at fighting corruption from civil society and governmental procedure have done little to stymie corrupt exchange and have facilitated a culture of corruption across branches of Thai soc...

Democracy that Delivers #409 – Daily Life for People and Business in Today’s Bangladesh

Description CIPE’s Asia Director speaks with two young professionals in Bangladesh to learn their perspectives and first-hand accounts of the political crisis currently unfolding in the country. Civic unrest sparked by university student protests in June led to the fall of a government barely a mo...

Democracy that Delivers #408 – FEDN Global Conference – Democratic Challenges and Opportunities in Asia

Description Ahead of the annual FEDN conference, we invited two of our FEDN members to discuss opportunities and challenges to democratic institutions in the Asia-Pacfic region. CIPE’s Tamari Dzotsenidze hosts Reiner Heufers of the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies and Robin Sitoula of the Samr...

Democracy that Delivers #407 – Reforming Healthcare Governance: How the SAHA Project Builds Consensus

Description This episode of the Democracy That Delivers podcast focuses on the SAHA Project, a CIPE initiative aimed at improving healthcare governance in Tunisia. Dr. Fatma Habboubi, the project manager, explains how the project, funded by the U.S. Department of State, seeks to enhance the healthca...

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