Resources

Western and Chinese Investments in Africa: Challenges And Opportunities

Articles

This brief examines the opportunities and challenges of Western and Chinese investments in Africa. It recommends promoting constructive capital investments and mitigating the negative effects of corrosive capital investments in...

The Status of Nigeria’s Debt Stock And Its Implications for The People and Economy (Policy Recommendations)

Articles

This policy brief examines the effect of the rising debt stock on the economy and Nigerian citizens and the potential consequences of the country’s inability to manage its external and...

Constructive or Corrosive? Examining China’s Financing in Nigeria

Articles

This report examines China’s inflows into Nigeria using the Constructive Capital-Corrosive Capital framework and compares them to financing sources like the African Development Bank (AfDB). While Chinese financing has aided...

Assessing Foreign Capital Flows in Nigeria: Promoting Constructive Capital for Inclusive and Sustainable Development (Policy Recommendations)

Articles

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) defines corrosive capital as financing lacking transparency, accountability, and market orientation, which can hinder sustainable development through inefficiency, negative impacts on governance processes,...

Tracking Corrosive Capital: A Guide for Investigative Journalists

Guides & Tools

Tracking Corrosive Capital is a guide for investigative journalists to identify and track foreign investments that weaken a country’s democratic institutions and values. Corrosive capital describes financing, whether state or...

The State of Sustainability Reporting in the Philippines

Case Studies

As Philippine businesses navigate a rapidly changing landscape shaped by regulatory compliance, the Center for International Private Enterprise and its partners Makati Business Club (MBC), and SGV & Co., conducted...

Supply Chain Resilience After the February 2023 Earthquakes in Turkey

Surveys

CIPE partner TÜRKONFED’s (the Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation) report on supply chain resiliency in the context of the February 2023 earthquake examines the effects of the disaster on supply...

Colombia: Strengthening the Business Environment by Promoting Business Integrity

Flyer

Colombia Country Office worked with Frontera Energy Colombia to promote ethical conduct and integrity in businesses by using the ACGC guide “Strengthening Ethical Conduct & Business Integrity“, to encourage dialogue...

Advancing Women’s Participation in Formal Employment in Papua New Guinea Unveiling Challenges, Barriers, and Aspirations

Case Studies

The National Employment Policy (NEP) 2021-2031 reflects Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) commitment to economic growth and development, aligning with international labour standards stated in the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No.122)....

Harnessing the Power of the Digital Economy (HPDE) Tok Pisin-English Digital Vocabulary Mini Dictionary

Guides & Tools

The creation of this Tok Pisin-English digital vocabulary mini-dictionary addresses several needs for modern communication and learning in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The country of approximately 10 million people has...

Understanding the Regulatory Environment for ICT Infrastructure in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of the Coral Sea Cable System

Case Studies

Over the past decade, digital connectivity has emerged as a critical new form of infrastructure, akin to roads, energy, or ports—underpinning economic growth and social development. In Papua New Guinea...

Understanding the Regulatory Environment for ICT Infrastructure in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study on the Integrated Government Information System (IGIS)

Case Studies

The Government of Papua New Guinea (GoPNG) is taking steps to match the Pacific and global transition to digital transformation and digitalization by rolling out the Digital Government Plan 2023-2027...

Papua New Guinea’s Digital Transformation: Understanding the Governance Structure

Case Studies

As the Pacific region is rapidly digitizing and embracing digital transformation, the newly available technology can empower Pacific citizens with greater access to information and networks. However, there is a...

Papua New Guinea’s Digital Transformation: Understanding Legal and Regulatory Challenges

Guides & Tools

Digital transformation enhances economic growth and creates new opportunities, and emerging markets worldwide seek to reap these rewards. Digitizing commerce and state services requires significant spending on Information Communication Technologies...

Western and Chinese Investments in Africa: Challenges And Opportunities

The Status of Nigeria’s Debt Stock And Its Implications for The People and Economy (Policy Recommendations)

Constructive or Corrosive? Examining China’s Financing in Nigeria

Assessing Foreign Capital Flows in Nigeria: Promoting Constructive Capital for Inclusive and Sustainable Development (Policy Recommendations)

Tracking Corrosive Capital: A Guide for Investigative Journalists

The State of Sustainability Reporting in the Philippines

Supply Chain Resilience After the February 2023 Earthquakes in Turkey

Colombia: Strengthening the Business Environment by Promoting Business Integrity

Advancing Women’s Participation in Formal Employment in Papua New Guinea Unveiling Challenges, Barriers, and Aspirations

Harnessing the Power of the Digital Economy (HPDE) Tok Pisin-English Digital Vocabulary Mini Dictionary

Understanding the Regulatory Environment for ICT Infrastructure in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of the Coral Sea Cable System

Understanding the Regulatory Environment for ICT Infrastructure in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study on the Integrated Government Information System (IGIS)

Papua New Guinea’s Digital Transformation: Understanding the Governance Structure

Papua New Guinea’s Digital Transformation: Understanding Legal and Regulatory Challenges

Reconnecting Central Asia through Trade and Investment

Innovating Through Crisis: How Albanian Businesses and Entrepreneurs Have Survived and Thrived Despite COVID-19

Repurposing Slovakia’s Automotive Industry for a New Era of Geo-Economics

Harnessing the Power of the Digital Economy: MSME Guide to Digital Transformation

Bolivia’s Creative Economy: Opportunities for Economic Development and Civic Engagement

Market Assessment: Agribusiness in Central Asia