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2020 CIPE Annual Report

Articles

The year 2020 was defined by the COVID-19 crisis. The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) was well prepared to meet the challenges of the pandemic both at home and abroad. CIPE quickly went from a physical environment to a virtual, assisting its partners to meet the challenges of the ...

The Impact of COVID-19 and PNG’s Reform Agenda

Articles | Paul Barker

Introduction After several years of poor economic performance, including negligible economic and employment growth, and growing debt and debt servicing costs, Papua New Guinea (PNG) commenced 2020 with cautious optimism that the modest recovery which commenced in 2019 would be sustained. The gains m...

Online Course: How to Create an Enabling Environment for the Digital Economy

Guides & Tools |

Welcome to CIPE’s introductory course on “How to Create an Enabling Environment for the Digital Economy.” This interactive online course provides a high-level overview of CIPE’s Digital Economy Enabling Environment Guide: Key Areas of Dialogue for Business and Policymakers, developed in part...

Young Entrepreneurs Forum Members Discuss Digital Transformation in Ethiopia

Case Studies | CIPE East Africa Regional Office in Addis Ababa

We asked nine members of the Young Entrepreneurs Forum to tell us what they see as the biggest opportunities and challenges facing digital transformation in Ethiopia. Summaries of their responses: Mohammed, 20 Technology and Practice Oriented Education Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Q: If you could change an...

Digital Leninism: The Complex, Dangerous Relationship Between Tech Giants and the Chinese Communist Party

Articles | Chen Bing-Ming

In the course of the past 40 years of economic development, a number of large Chinese technology companies have come to wield global influence, including Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, which have expanded beyond their origins as internet companies; telecom giants that have benefitted from close relati...

Joining the Eurasian Economic Union: Perspectives from the Eurasian Business Community

Case Studies | CIPE

Joining the Eurasian Economic Union: Perspectives from the Eurasian Business Community Since its inception in 2015, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has sought to integrate the economies of Eurasia into a regional trade bloc to bolster intra-regional trade and enhance foreign investment. When in e...

Continental Integration & the Nigerian Economy: The Effect of the African Continental Free Trade Area on Medium Small and Micro-scale Enterprises in Nigeria

Case Studies

Executive Summary Africa is at a historical crossroads. The launching of the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement during the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in Niamey, Niger on 7 July 2019 marks the most significant even...

Tackling Corruption in the Nigerian Ports — A story of collective action highs, lows, and wins

Case Studies

Executive Summary Nigeria loses up to $1.95 billion USD in government revenue and $8.15 billion USD in private sector revenue annually due to corruption at the Nigerian ports[i]. Money lost because of illicit financial flows at ports weighs very heavily on the economy of a country that as of May 202...

Digital RMB: All Show, No Substance

Articles | Chen Bing-Ming

With digital payments, the user sends transaction instructions to a financial institution, either directly or indirectly, via an electronic terminal, resulting in the transfer of money or capital. As mobile smart devices became ubiquitous, tech giants like Alipay and WeChat Pay have been pushing the...

Strengthening Ethical Conduct & Business Integrity: A Guide for Companies in Emerging Markets

Guides & Tools | Ekaterina (Katya) Lysova, Sharon Kimel

CIPE has a new resource for businesses in emerging markets that may be struggling to understand compliance issues amid increasing concerns about corruption and inequality. CIPE’s AntiCorruption and Governance Center is condensing decades of lessons learned from thousands of overseas programs into ...