Resources - Center for International Private Enterprise

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Business Associations, Business Climate, and Economic Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies

09.01.2008 | Articles | John D. Sullivan, Aleksandra Shkolnikov, Kim Eric Bettcher

Interest groups are rarely portrayed in a positive light. In economic theories of regulation, collective action, and rent-seeking, interest groups are commonly perceived as seeking some form of redistribution through a political process. In particular, interest groups in the private sector – busin...

From Sustainable Companies to Sustainable Economies: Corporate Governance as a Transformational Development Tool

10.01.2008 | Articles | Aleksandra Shkolnikov, Andrew Wilson

For democracy to deliver, reform efforts must focus on improving economic institutions as well as political structures. Many of the fragile democracies exhibit governments that are seldom accountable to their citizens beyond elections. In such countries, day-to-day decision-making processes remain o...

CIPE Guide to Program Development

01.01.2009 | Guides & Tools | Kim Eric Bettcher

The CIPE Guide to Program Development introduces techniques and principles that are essential to the development of robust reform agendas. This guide explains how CIPE assists private sector citizens in designing and implementing their own reforms tailored to their country’s situation. Helping bui...

2008 Annual Report

01.31.2009 | Annual Reports

After 25 years of strengthening democracy through market-oriented reform, this report celebrates CIPE’s partnership approach that has been the foundation for its success. Each regional section features an established CIPE partner and looks to the future of reform by profiling an emerging p...

The Business of Democracies that Deliver: Reflections on CIPE’s 25th Anniversary

05.15.2009 | Articles | John D. Sullivan

This year, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding. CIPE was created in 1983 and is one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. This anniversary provides...

From the Streets to Markets: Formalization of Street Vendors in Metropolitan Lima

05.21.2009 | Case Studies | Kim Eric Bettcher, Gustavo Marini, Martin A. Friedl

This detailed review provides insight into the work done by Hernando de Soto’s Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), which identified and promoted the crucial elements of growth that had eluded policymakers and businesspeople for decades: property rights, low barriers to market entry, cost-ef...

CIPE Reform Toolkit: Reducing Economic Informality by Opening Access to Opportunity

06.12.2009 | Guides & Tools | Kim Eric Bettcher, Nafisul Islam

Tearing down barriers to market entry opens routes to formality and creates new opportunities for both the informal sector as well as the poor. The Center for International Private Enterprise’s (CIPE) response to the informal sector addresses underlying institutional failures in order to encourage...

Promoting Youth Development: Policy options and reform recommendations

08.05.2009 | Articles | Eric Hontz

In order to capture the potential of the dramatic increase in the youth population, new policies need to be developed in an inclusive manner. Today’s youth are tomorrow’s business leaders and elected officials. A well-crafted set of policies developed with the input of youth is critical for the ...

Corporate Governance – The Intersection of Public and Private Reform

09.04.2009 | Guides & Tools | Eric Hontz, Aleksandra Shkolnikov

Introduction: The Linkages between Corporate Governance and Development Successful development efforts demand a holistic approach, in which various programs and strategies are recognized for their important contributions to progress and prosperity. In this regard, linkages between corporate governan...

25 Year Impact Evaluation

01.01.2010 | Evaluations | Kim Eric Bettcher, Joel Scanlon, Nigina Malikova, Steven B. Rogers

On the occasion of the Center for International Private Enterprise’s (CIPE) 25th anniversary, this internal evaluation study reviews the accomplishments and lessons of the past 10 years and reflects on a quarter century of progress. The report encompasses both micro-level project impact and macro-...

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