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Governance and Institutional Framework for Infrastructure Financing in Argentina

Case Studies

Investment in public infrastructure is important for the development of the country and its capacities in energy, logistics and other commercial activities that influence the productivity of the economy. In 2020 the State invested about 1.3% of GDP and in 2021 it was raised as an important economic ...

CIPE’s Work in Central America

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CIPE Overview Populations in Central America are growing more quickly than the Latin America regional average. However, this trend isn’t translating into enough economic development and job creation. Corruption and the lack of sustained public policies by governments contributed to an overall la...

Public Perception of Economic and Social Reforms in Bolivia

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...

Good Business Practices for Gender Equality

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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...

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Guatemala

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...

Fundación Libertad: White Paper on the Private Sector in Argentina

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Introduction: Argentine democracy is in a worrying state, and not only because of the weak respect that the current government shows regarding democratic and republican principles, division of powers, regard for justice and freedom of the press. These problems are complex and politics by itself is t...

Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Económica y Social (CERES): Money in a Digital Economy

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There is a tendency to believe that the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated a process that was already underway in many parts of the world: the transition to an economy that requires fewer and fewer cash transactions, a cashless economy. Although this is thought to have occurred primarily because of c...

Roadmaps for Transparent Public Procurement in the Andean Region

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Survey to Identify Corruption Gaps and Improvements in the Transparency of Procurement Processes in the Andean Region Between 2021 and 2022, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and Ipsos Napoleón Franco conducted 750 surveys in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, totaling 2,250 surveys ...

Chinese Investments In Ecuador: Analysis and Proposals For Institutional Improvement

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The establishment of liberal democracy as the system of global democracy now seems further away than ever. The world is experiencing a democratic recession where it faces new threats. As risk factors, new far-right regimes and some former socialist republics have joined absolutist monarchies finance...

Authoritarian Capital in Chile – Risks and Recommendations

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Investments from authoritarian countries have grown in Chile over the past two decades. In the context of Chile’s democratic institutions and liberal economic structure, foreign interests are traditionally welcomed, regardless of their origins. Stemming primarily from China, as well from United Ar...

Central America Flyer – Fall 2022

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Corali Project: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Guatemala

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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 late 2021, CIPE launched a pilot Women’s Business Re...

Private Sector How-To Guides to Assess and Incorporate Gender Equity Practices

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CIPE partnered with EAFIT University in Medellin, Colombia, to research how private sector companies can integrate gender equity policies and initiatives at the company level. EAFIT University is a member of the Business Alliance for Gender Equity in Antioquia, a public-private initiative launched i...

Best Practices Manual — Board of Directors Elections for Women’s Business Associations

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CIPE and its partner, Asociación Red Empresarias y Emprendedoras para el Desarrollo Sostenible (AREED), have worked together for several years to increase the capacity of women’s business associations across Central America through mentorship, strategic planning, and capacity building workshops. ...

Good Business Practices with a Gender Focus in Ecuador

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A Methodological Guide This methodological guide is part of “Good Business Practices with a Gender Focus in Ecuador,” a research project promoted by the Fundacion Haciendo Ecuador with the support of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) in close collaboration with the Chambers ...

Investing in Latin American Democracy: Impacts of Corrosive and Constructive Capital

Case Studies | Catherine Gibson, Abby Guen, Taryn Seigel, Eric Hontz, Lucy Hale, James Bosworth

Investing in Latin American Democracy: Impact of Corrosive and Constructive Capital summarizes the key findings from five years of investigation into the influx and effects of “corrosive” and “constructive” capital in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The weakened and fragi...

Central America Flyer 2023

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CIPE’s Approach to Central America Programs Many countries in Central America suffer from widespread corruption, economic malaise and citizen disengagement, ultimately leading to higher migration rates. CIPE addresses economic and governance challenges in the region through bold, community-l...

Gender-based Violence in the Digital Environment an Analysis on Businesswomen and Female Workers

Surveys

This survey report arises as a joint initiative of the Observatory for Women’s Equity (OEM) in Colombia and the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). The objective of this research is to characterize gender-based violence online, with a particular emphasis on businesswomen and/o...

Democratic Innovation Beyond the State

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The Role of Non-State Actors in the Promotion of Citizen Participation in Latin America Executive Summary The role of non-state actors in the promotion of democratic innovations has been understudied, and consequently, underestimated. In Latin America, civil society has played an essential role in t...

Colombia Risk Analysis: Subnational and Regional Risk Indices

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As part of the project “Empowering the Andean Region’s private sector to consolidate democratic institutions,” the Regional Office of CIPE in Colombia, in partnership with Colombia Risk Analysis (https://www.colombiariskanalysis.com/), has created the Regional Risk Indices based on ...