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Women Alliance of Business Associations in Zimbabwe (WABAZ)

08.31.2021 | Case Studies

Zimbabwe has battled democratic and economic instability since the early 2000s, leaving women and marginalized groups excluded from political and economic leadership. Government reform in 2009 provided one of the first opportunities for women to engage in economic policy and play a more visible role...

Africa Business Ethics Conference (ABEC), Nigeria 2020 — Conference White Paper

08.27.2021 | Articles

Introductory Note: Looking ahead as CIPE publishes the Africa Business Ethics Conference (ABEC) 2020 White Paper summarizing the key takeaways from the conference, we are excited to announce that the place and date for ABEC 2021 has been fixed for Nairobi, Kenya around anticorruption week i...

COVID-19 and Corruption in Latin America: The Pandemic’s Impact on Corruption Risks in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina

08.18.2021 | Case Studies

Introduction COVID-19 and Corruption in Latin America Over the course of the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened existing social, economic, and political inequalities, profoundly transforming communities around the world. In Latin America, countries throughout the region have sustained ...

There Is More to Democracy That Delivers

08.13.2021 | Articles | Aarya Nijat

U.S. President Joe Biden will host a virtual democracy summit on December 9-10, 2021. The purpose of the summit is to exercise American leadership towards global democratic renewal by focusing across three principal themes: defending against authoritarianism, fighting corruption, and promoting resp...

Developing a Pipeline of Future Policy Leaders: Reflecting on the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies’ Emerging Policy Leaders Program

07.29.2021 | Case Studies

Background In 2019, the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) piloted an innovative Emerging Policy Leaders Program (EPLP). EPLP is a six-month immersive training program for future policy analysts and researchers in Jakarta, Indonesia. The program provides promising college graduates who i...

Geopolitics of the Pandemic: Bangladesh Perspective

07.02.2021 | Articles | Zillur Rahman

Executive Summery A flare-up of a COVID-19 pandemic disease, caused by a novel coronavirus, has posed a serious risk to global human health. Bangladesh has also come under the invasion of this viral disease. Since the Coronavirus SARS-COV-2 began its spread across the world, many analysts have conte...

Strengthening Business-to-Business Linkages in Ethiopia: A Guidebook for Chambers and Other Business Membership Organizations

06.08.2021 | Guides & Tools

Executive Summary The establishment of industrial parks near Ethiopian towns presents an untapped opportunity for local businesses and entrepreneurs to supply goods and services to international buyers. Ethiopian Chambers of Commerce and other business membership organizations (BMOs) can accelerat...

China’s “Nuclear Dragon” Goes Abroad: Exporting Nuclear Power Infrastructure through the Belt and Road Initiative

05.18.2021 | Articles | Chen Bing-Ming

In 2013, the Chinese government announced a grand strategy to export nuclear power infrastructure, with plans to build nuclear plants in dozens of countries as part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This is a big gamble. China has chosen to compete in a high-stakes field against the US and Russ...

Corrosive Capital in the Western Balkans: An Analysis of Four High Impact Chinese Investments

05.17.2021 | Evaluations | Damir Marusic

In this paper, Damir Marusic, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, analyzes the impacts of corrosive capital on corruption in the Western Balkans. He presents and examines the key findings of four recently published policy reports by Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) local partner...

The Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Regional Stability in the Sahel

04.30.2021 | Case Studies | CIPE

CIPE is dedicated to supporting innovative solutions that support women business leaders and entrepreneurs across the Sahel. As an example of our approach, on March 16, CIPE hosted a virtual event titled, Contribution de l’Entrepreneuriat Féminin à la Stabilité au Sahel in collaboration with th...