Resources - Center for International Private Enterprise

Beneficial Ownership Transparency — Exploring the Private Sector Use Case

Case Studies | Michael Barron, Tim Law

Beneficial ownership transparency has emerged as one of the most effective tools for exposing corruption, and around the world 121 governments have committed to establishing central registers of beneficial ownership information. But surprisingly little attention has been paid to the role of the priv...

Investing in Latin American Democracy: Impacts of Corrosive and Constructive Capital

Case Studies | Catherine Gibson, Abby Guen, Taryn Seigel, Eric Hontz, Lucy Hale, James Bosworth

Investing in Latin American Democracy: Impact of Corrosive and Constructive Capital summarizes the key findings from five years of investigation into the influx and effects of “corrosive” and “constructive” capital in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The weakened and fragi...

Private Sector Priorities for Ukraine’s Recovery

Case Studies

This report leverages CIPE’s expertise and experience to share private-sector preferences for Ukraine’s post-war recovery, starting with improved governance and transparency. Despite the current challenges, the report finds realistic reasons for hope. Ukraine’s private sector accounted for ...

New Report from WDI: Strategizing a Recipe for Success

Case Studies

This case was written by Amy Gillett and Kristin Babbie Kelterborn, both of the Entrepreneurship Development Center at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan as part of the CIPE project “Economic Diversification and Access to Finance,” designed to support inclusive and sus...

Good Business Practices with a Gender Focus in Ecuador

Guides & Tools

A Methodological Guide This methodological guide is part of “Good Business Practices with a Gender Focus in Ecuador,” a research project promoted by the Fundacion Haciendo Ecuador with the support of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) in close collaboration with the Chambers ...

Best Practices Manual — Board of Directors Elections for Women’s Business Associations

Guides & Tools

CIPE and its partner, Asociación Red Empresarias y Emprendedoras para el Desarrollo Sostenible (AREED), have worked together for several years to increase the capacity of women’s business associations across Central America through mentorship, strategic planning, and capacity building workshops. ...

Mapping Report: Formalisation of Cooperatives and Private Sector Organisations

Guides & Tools | Kim Eric Bettcher

Mapping Report — Support to Policy Dialogue for Investment Climate in Somalia Executive Summary As part of a non-key expert assignment under the SPDI project, funded by the European Union, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) undertook a field-based mapping exercise to assess the...

Women’s Economic Empowerment: Making Markets and Democracy More Inclusive and Resilient

Articles | Barbara Langley, John Morrell

Women, Money, & Democracy: Introduction & Context Championed through a bipartisan effort led by former U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act became law on Janu...

Case Study: Business Agenda for Economic Recovery and Cooperation in Ethiopia 2023

Case Studies

Executive Summary Recent conflicts in Ethiopia have taken a great toll on the social and economic life of the country, and the war in Northern Ethiopia in particular has had a devastating impact on the Ethiopian economy. The war has damaged crucial economic facilities such as airports, roads, bridge...

Shaping Investment Security Policy: A Guide for Business Associations

Guides & Tools | Sarah Bauerle Danzman

Foreword Shaping Investment Security Policy: A Guide for Business Associations Emerging geopolitical tensions and concerns about supply chain, health, and food security have recently resulted in greater state intervention in economic affairs, including regulating investments. Governments have increa...