Resources - Center for International Private Enterprise

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...

2022 Policy & Program Learning Highlights

Annual Reports | Kim Eric Bettcher, Mikra Krasniqi, Althea Lloyd-White, Adam Goldstein, Tamari Dzotsenidze

The Policy & Program Learning (PPL) team is pursuing answers to crucial questions about the direction of democratic free-market systems and highlighting areas for business leadership in reform. Supporting independent economic voices and democratization opportunities requires knowledge of interna...

Interest Group Participation in Government Groups in Kenya

Case Studies | David Irwin, Mercy Kyande

Background on Research Conducted in Kenya on Interest Groups and their Effectiveness The objective of interest groups and business associations is to influence public policy. These organizations accomplish this by engaging in dialogue and advocacy with policymakers, both elected and unelected. A pot...

Refugee Entrepreneurship: The Current Status of Syrian-led SMEs in Turkey

Articles | Doğan Çelik, Nazlı Kazanoğlu

Executive Summary: Since 2011, the Syrian Civil War has displaced six million Syrians internally and five million externally. Today, 3.6 million of those who fled their country are living in Turkey. With the support of national and international humanitarian aid and development organisations, the ...

Public Perception of Economic and Social Reforms in Ukraine

Case Studies | Mikra Krasniqi, Adam Goldstein, Tamari Dzotsenidze

CIPE created the Knowledge Hubs for Democratic and Market Transition project with the financial support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to build a broader consensus around reform priorities in Ukraine, Tunisia, and Bolivia — three countries undergoing democratic transitions that have...

From Dual Economy to Parallel Universes: Attitudes and Coping Strategies of Businesses vis-à-vis Crony State Capitalism – the Case of Hungary

Case Studies | József Péter Martin

Research Report on State-Business Relations in a Hybrid Regime by József Péter Martin, PhD Executive Summary Although a member of nominally high-standard international organizations of Western alliance (European Union, NATO), and a foreign capital (FDI) dependent economy, Hungary under the Orbán ...

Leading People and Organizations: Self-Guided Learning

Guides & Tools

The role that good leadership, and good leadership practices play, cannot be underestimated in the success of any organization, whether multinational or small entrepreneurial enterprise. This training was designed to provide you with an understanding of foundational leadership issues so that you ...

Public Perception of Economic and Social Reforms in Tunisia

Case Studies | CIPE

In Tunisia, CIPE is engaging civil society to inject fresh thinking into a repetitive and stagnant public debate over economic reform. CIPE adapted the questionnaire it used in Bolivia and Ukraine to the Tunisian context and hired Elka Consulting, a leading Tunisian research firm, to conduct a surve...

Strengthening Business Leadership Through Policy Solutions and Program Learning

Case Studies | Kim Eric Bettcher, Mikra Krasniqi, Adam Goldstein, Tamari Dzotsenidze

The Policy & Program Learning team is pursuing answers to crucial questions about the direction of democratic free-market systems, and highlighting areas for business leadership in reform. PPL has sourced this knowledge by commissioning studies, conducting opinion polls, tapping the expertise of...

How to Write a Policy Brief

Guides & Tools

The purpose of a policy memo is to inform and persuade lawmakers to take action regarding a particular issue. A policy brief succinctly presents a practical policy solution to a concrete problem. It moves from the identification of an issue, through evidence and a line of analysis, to reach a basis ...