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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...

Attracting New Members During COVID-19: Lessons Learned from AmCham Uzbekistan

03.30.2021 | Articles | Tatyana Bystrushkina, Kalea Power

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the for-profit and non-profit sectors in Uzbekistan. In the year that brought immense financial strain and a shift in priorities to businesses all over the world, many business member organizations (BMOs) and business associations (BAs) struggled to retain membershi...

Accelerating Private Sector Reform

08.28.2020 | Articles | Sujeev Shakya

CONTEXT Private Sector in Nepal: Following the restoration of peace and the establishment of liberal economic policies in the 1990s, there have been years of sustained private sector expansion in the country. The Nepali private sector contributed about 80% of the economy’s gross fixed capital form...

Programmatic Assessment Report: Empowering Marginal Economic Actors through Policy Reform from the Bottom-Up

07.22.2020 | Evaluations | Dobrina Gogova, Ahmed Mohammed Awel, Getachew Sileshi, Helen Alemayehu

Beginning in April 2020 CIPE implemented an assessment of marginal economic actors and business and civil society organizations in Ethiopia to assess the initial impacts of COVID-19. Through a series of virtually conducted key informant interviews, CIPE collected data on issues pertaining to the ...

CIPE’s Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Practical Guide for Civil Society Organizations

02.06.2020 | Guides & Tools

Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Practical Guide for Civil Society Organizations is a handbook to assist business associations and civil society organizations in emerging markets and developing countries with conducting cost-benefit analyses of proposed policies or reforms, and to present their findings in...

Case Study: Tunisia National Business Agenda and Regional Business Agendas

10.15.2019 | Case Studies

A national business agenda (NBA) is a vital tool for the business community to encourage investment and stimulate business activity and economic growth. Developing an agenda mobilizes the business community to use its skills to effect public policy reform by setting legislative and regulatory priori...

Case Study : Moldova National Business Agenda

09.09.2019 | Case Studies

A national business agenda (NBA) is a vital tool for the business community to encourage investment and stimulate business activity and economic growth. Developing an agenda mobilizes the business community to use its skills to effect public policy reform by setting legislative and regulatory priori...

Case Study: Afghanistan National Business Agenda and Provincial Business Agendas

04.17.2019 | Case Studies

A national business agenda (NBA) is a vital tool for the business community to encourage investment and stimulate business activity and economic growth. Developing an agenda mobilizes the business community to use its skills to effect public policy reform by setting legislative and regulatory priori...

Business Associations for the 21st Century

01.28.2019 | Guides & Tools

Business Associations for the 21st Century is a business association management guide developed by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) to help business owners and managers around the world build a stronger and more favorable business climate through effective programs and the adv...

Nigeria: Maritime Ports Feedback Report

09.20.2018 | Case Studies

Executive Summary Over the last decade, Nigerian maritime port sector experienced concerted efforts by different stakeholders (Federal Government in collaboration with private sector and development partners) to reposition it for efficiency and global best practices. For instance over the la...