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Women Alliance of Business Associations in Zimbabwe (WABAZ)

Case Studies

Zimbabwe has battled democratic and economic instability since the early 2000s, leaving women and marginalized groups excluded from political and economic leadership. Government reform in 2009 provided one of the first opportunities for women to engage in economic policy and play a more visible role...

COVID-19 and Corruption in Latin America: The Pandemic’s Impact on Corruption Risks in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina

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...

There Is More to Democracy That Delivers

Articles | Aarya Nijat

U.S. President Joe Biden will host a virtual democracy summit on December 9-10, 2021. The purpose of the summit is to exercise American leadership towards global democratic renewal by focusing across three principal themes: defending against authoritarianism, fighting corruption, and promoting resp...

Geopolitics of the Pandemic: Bangladesh Perspective

Articles | Zillur Rahman

Executive Summery A flare-up of a COVID-19 pandemic disease, caused by a novel coronavirus, has posed a serious risk to global human health. Bangladesh has also come under the invasion of this viral disease. Since the Coronavirus SARS-COV-2 began its spread across the world, many analysts have conte...

Strengthening Business-to-Business Linkages in Ethiopia: A Guidebook for Chambers and Other Business Membership Organizations

Guides & Tools

Executive Summary The establishment of industrial parks near Ethiopian towns presents an untapped opportunity for local businesses and entrepreneurs to supply goods and services to international buyers. Ethiopian Chambers of Commerce and other business membership organizations (BMOs) can accelerat...

China’s “Nuclear Dragon” Goes Abroad: Exporting Nuclear Power Infrastructure through the Belt and Road Initiative

Articles | Chen Bing-Ming

In 2013, the Chinese government announced a grand strategy to export nuclear power infrastructure, with plans to build nuclear plants in dozens of countries as part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This is a big gamble. China has chosen to compete in a high-stakes field against the US and Russ...

Corrosive Capital in the Western Balkans: An Analysis of Four High Impact Chinese Investments

Articles | Damir Marusic

In this paper, Damir Marusic, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, analyzes the impacts of corrosive capital on corruption in the Western Balkans. He presents and examines the key findings of four recently published policy reports by Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) local partner...

Opportunities to Reduce Economic Informality

Guides & Tools | Kim Eric Bettcher

Introduction Most of the world has an informal, or hidden, economy working in parallel to the formal, or mainstream, economy. The informal sector produces goods and services outside of government regulation and without legal status or protection. It consists of all firms, labor, and activities that ...

The True State of the Chinese Economy

Articles | Chen Bing-Ming

Introduction The Chinese economy is able to maintain a certain level of growth. From the second half of this year [2020] through next year, the trend will be obvious. But over the years, as chronic issues take their toll in the wake of the pandemic, this growth will look insignificant. While GDP sta...

Papua New Guinea: Centering the “People’s Economy” in COVID-19 Recovery

Articles | Michelle Nayahamui Rooney

Introduction Papua New Guinea (PNG), the largest country in the Pacific region, is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse countries on Earth. It has an estimated population of around 8.9 million people, of whom around 35% are between 0 and 14 years old, and around 65% are below the ag...