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2024 Africa Association Survey Findings

Surveys | Ryan Musser

Business membership organizations offer support for local businesses and help foster inclusive growth and economic development. These crucial functions are harder to provide when the organizations are too dependent on a single source of revenue, and that is a problem in Africa, according to survey d...

Identifying Successful Collective Action Approaches Against Kleptocracy

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This USAID-funded CEPPS/IRI/CIPE report outlines contemporary collective action approaches against kleptocracy. The research rests on key interviews and expert analysis and features 7 country-specific case studies: Armenia, Guatemala, Malaysia, Moldova, Romania, Thailand, and Ukraine. The aim of thi...

Ethiopian MSMEs and the AfCFTA

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The African Continental Free Trade Agreement ushers in a new era of cross-border commerce for the 54 countries that signed the pact. This policy brief is the first in a country-by-country series examining the opportunity for micro, small and medium-sized businesses. Ethiopia’s vegetables, leat...

Partner Impact in Southeast Asia: Small Grants Report

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CIPE’s extensive network of global partners includes independent economic think tanks and experts in dozens of countries. The well-known Asia Think Tank Network (ATTN) serves as a platform for peer-to-peer learning and collaboration for organizations across Southeast Asia, including work to empowe...

Corruption Risk Assessment: Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine

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Immense amounts of humanitarian aid continue to flow into war-torn Ukraine and CIPE is working to help gauge and curb associated corruption. Findings by CIPE’s Center for Anti-Corruption and Governance (ACGC) indicate corruption risk levels may be lower than many anticipate, in part due to digit...

CIPE Association Frontiers Transitioning to Strategic Agendas

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Has your Chamber or Association struggled to turn the strategic plan into action? The key may lie in reengineering it’s board meetings with a strategic focus. In this video, CIPE’s Director of Association Development, Stephen Rosenlund, CAE, IOM, and Association Options President, William Pa...

Driving Transparency in Cambodia: How Lenders Shape Infrastructure Standards

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Governments in emerging economies are turning to a variety of sources for infrastructure funding and technology. Among the avenues for countries in Asia and the Pacific: multilateral development banks and donor agreements with neighboring countries such as China, Japan, and South Korea. To show how ...

Modern Approaches To Establishing Trust in Business: A Study of Japanese Companies Operating in Southeast Asia

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Countries and communities are increasingly turning to the private sector as both a key constituency and a problem solver in addressing complex social and economic challenges, therefore establishing greater trust in business is essential. To inform and inspire, CIPE collaborated with the Tokyo-based ...

Opportunity for All: How Business Associations Can Empower Persons With Disabilities

Guides & Tools | Morgan Frost, Elena Ratoi

Persons with disabilities seeking to participate fully in the economy are often confronted with unique challenges, such as inaccessible workplaces, lack of access to finance, and limited opportunities for skills-building. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated these barriers, as entrepreneurs and...