Resources - Center for International Private Enterprise

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Guatemala

02.15.2022 | Case Studies | CIPE

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) works with the Red Nacional de Grupos Gestores (RNGG) to support women’s economic empowerment in Guatemala, especially in rural communities where women face the most serious challenges. In 2021, CIPE launched a pilot Women’s Business Resourc...

Good Business Practices for Gender Equality

01.19.2022 | Guides & Tools

Since 2018, a series of conversations among different organizations in Medellin, Colombia, about the existence of gender gaps in the business sector have led to the creation of strategies that could address the root causes and close the identified gaps. Concerns raised by the private sector resulted...

Public Perception of Economic and Social Reforms in Bolivia

11.29.2021 | Case Studies | CIPE

In Bolivia, CIPE worked with an advocacy business group to help frame reform priorities, based on credible economic arguments, by incorporating the perspectives of civil society. To understand what the public thought about which reforms were needed, CIPE designed a survey and contracted CiesMor...

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 a s...

Colombia: Making Trade of Essential Goods Simpler, Faster and More Cost-Effective

03.01.2020 | Case Studies

Colombia Introducing a risk management system for Colombia’s National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute Timeframe: August 2017 – August 2019 Donor funding: USD 157,812 In-kind contribution from business: USD 150,220 Challenge The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation worked with ...

Leading Practice: Instituto Invertir – EmprendeAhora

11.11.2019 | Case Studies

Organization: Instituto Invertir Country: Peru Name of the Practice/Program: EmprendeAhora Start date: February 2008 1. What is the problem addressed by this practice? EmprendeAhora is a training program that was design to change the bad attitudes and wrong concepts that university studen...

Leading Practice: Fedesarrollo – Policy Paper and Presidential Debates

10.31.2019 | Case Studies

Organization: Fedesarrollo Country: Colombia Name of the Practice/Program: Policy Papers and 2010 Presidential Debates Start date: October 2009 1. What is the problem this practice addresses? Following a first round election on May 30, Colombians elected a President in a run-off on June 20, 2010....

Economía Digital – Guía De Un Entorno Propicio: Áreas Clave Para Empresas Y Responsables De Formular Políticas

06.06.2019 | Guides & Tools | Louisa Tomar, Katrin Kulhmann, Megan Glaub, Mengyi Wang, Kim Eric Bettcher, Morgan Frost, Ana Maria Garces Escobar, Lanxin Chen, Brian Bieron

El Centro Para La Empresa Privada Internacional (CIPE, por sus siglas en inglés) y New Markets Lab (NML, por sus siglas en inglés) presentan:“Economía Digital – Guía De Un Entorno Propicio: Áreas Clave Para Empresas Y Responsables De Formular Políticas” Esta guía explica los c...

Channeling the Tide: Protecting Democracies Amid a Flood of Corrosive Capital

09.18.2018 | Case Studies | John Morrell, Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Kim Eric Bettcher, Claude G.B. Fontheim, Claire Garney, Ken Jaques, Pamela Kelley Lauder, Anna Kompanek, Natalia Otel Belan, Elena Padbury, Andrew Wilson, John Zemko

Introduction & Summary There is an alarming trend occurring worldwide that threatens democracy and free market principles. A growing volume of evidence indicates that many forms of capital emanating from authoritarian nations are having a corrosive effect on democratic institutions a...

Guide to Responsible Investment in Post-Conflict Zones

04.10.2018 | Guides & Tools

Introduction: Guide to Responsible Investment in Post-Conflict Zones Colombia has achieved great successes despite having experienced various forms of violence and conflict since the mid-twentieth century. For several decades its economy has grown steadily, without fluctuations or significant crises...