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Due Process during COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

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Introduction On 11 March 2020, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In Sri Lanka, the first diagnosis of COVID-19 was reported on 27...

The Fate of Globalization in the Post-Coronavirus Era by Deputy Regional Director Eric Hontz featured on The National Interest

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Globalization cannot simply resume after the virus is no longer a worldwide threat. The scars left behind are simply too deep to cover up with platitudes and promises to do...

COVID-19 and Remittance Flows in Nepal: Potential Turning Point for Development

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The Nepali economy shows an atypical structural change over the past one and half decades – the movement of labor out of agriculture was not triggered by new jobs in...

Against the Norm? Populism and the Coronavirus in Pakistan

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In the last decade, the pandemic of populism, both of the left and the right, has spread far and wide across continents, across different types of countries of varying levels...

Primum Non Nocere: A Policy Approach for Pharmaceutical Investment in Indonesia

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COVID-19 has thrown international trade and investment into disarray; however, it is first and foremost a global health crisis. With Global Value Chains (GVCs) receiving heightened scrutiny, no other industry...

Corruption Risk Assessment Framework for Business Associations and Chambers of Commerce

Guides & Tools

Risk assessments are an essential element of any organization’s compliance program. The Principles on Combating Corruption for Business Associations and Chambers of Commerce (“Principles”) advise business membership organizations (“Associations”) to...

Accelerating Private Sector Reform

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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...

Facing a Second Wave of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Economic Cost of a Lockdown Strategy

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Background Sri Lanka is currently in the post-lockdown stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the surge in the number of infections in mid-March, the country was forced into a...

Re-engineering the Supply Chain in Nepal

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Context Landlocked and Difficult Terrain: Nepal’s geography and topography has impeded efficient supply chain management. Nepal has historically been predominantly dependent on India for sea access, although since October 2018,...

Self-Evaluation Tool for Countering Bribery

Guides & Tools

This Self-Evaluation Tool (SET) for countering bribery has been developed by Thai Institute of Directors (IOD) as Secretary of Private Sector Collective Action Coalition Against Corruption (CAC). The SET was...

Managing Third-Party Corruption Risk: The Case of Safaricom and Its Suppliers

Case Studies

This case study highlights the importance of anti-corruption compliance in the modern marketplace, specifically examining how it applies to supplier relationships in Kenya. Anti-corruption compliance continues to be a challenge...

The Importance of ‘Where’ in Revitalization Strategies for Nepal — Part 2

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Summary National policies and programs are necessary to provide immediate relief to the people of Nepal. Care must be taken, however, to match policy to reality because extreme diversity in...

Bangladesh In the Shadow of COVID-19

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Introduction Bangladesh has been experiencing a slow and incremental process of democratic backsliding since 2011, particularly after the one-sided election in 2014. Now it has joined the bandwagon of countries...

Indonesia in Post COVID-19 Global Value Chain Restructuring

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Introduction Amidst the unfolding pandemic, governments across the world are struggling to find ways to keep their economies afloat. As corporations switch to survival mode, market liquidity is draining rapidly...

Stalling the Pandemic of Corruption

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Introduction On June 6, 2020, a frustrated young Nepali started a Facebook page entitled ‘Enough Is Enough.’ His frustrations were with government apathy towards the COVID 19 pandemic and continuous...

Catering to the Vulnerable: Need for Overhauling of Social Security in Bangladesh

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Introduction Women and marginalized communities are proving to be the most vulnerable to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic costs of the ongoing lockdown as the pandemic spreads across Bangladesh....

COVID-19’s Arrival in PNG: Impacts on PNG Women-Owned and -Operated MSMEs

Surveys

Executive Summary This report presents the findings of a mixed-method survey conducted to examine the operating environment of businesswomen in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....

Restarting Pakistan’s Economy: Focus on the People, not the Stats

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Introduction On June 25, Pakistan reduced its interest rates – for the fifth time in only 100 days – to 7%, almost half the rate of 13.25% just three months...

Russian Economic Footprint in the Western Balkans

Case Studies

In 2017, CIPE embarked on a unique project, pioneering a new, comprehensive methodology to analyze: first, how “governance gaps” – such as loopholes in anticorruption policies, non-transparent procurement practices, and...

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

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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...