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A Resource Handbook for Economic and Business Journalists

Guides & Tools | Syed Asad Hussain

The media has the responsibility to provide society with objective, accurate, and timely information of economic trends and events, however incomprehensible jargon is regularly used in news reports without an explanation of the context and meaning of such words, thereby alienating ordinary readers o...

Property Rights, Development, and Democratic Transitions: The Path Ahead

Articles | Anna Kompanek

Since the publication of Hernando de Soto’s landmark book The Mystery of Capital in 2000, the link between property rights and economic development, especially for the world’s poor, has become increasingly well understood. More recently, the events of the Arab Spring have thrown the rela...

Corporate Citizenship Manual for Development Finance Institutions

Guides & Tools

DFIs as Responsible Corporate Citizens Sustainability, a recent trend in international development, has redefined how companies and financial institutions around the world do business. Whereas before, business actions were largely driven by profits, today, people and the environment are also importa...

The Philippine Experience in Transition

Articles | Jesus P. Estanislao

Article at a glance: • The experience of the Philippines can be instructive to countries currently undergoing their own democratic transitions. • Citizenship in a democracy requires responsibility. Rights and privileges must be accompanied by a sense of duty and social responsibility. • Democr...

How to Sustain Burma’s Path Towards Democracy: The Need for Institutional Reform

Articles | John Morrell

Introduction In his speech at the July United States- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business Forum in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Burma President U Thein Sein explained that Burma “has embarked on a democratic path” and is “moving toward a new democratic era.” He went on to out...

Improving Public Governance: Closing the Implementation Gap between Law and Practice

Articles | Maiko Nakagaki, Anna Kompanek, Marko Tominic

Implementation gap is the difference between laws on the books and how they are carried out in practice. Many countries have legal frameworks that in principle should allow them to implement far-reaching social reforms and make daily functioning of the government helpful to ordinary citizens. Howeve...

Guide to Youth Entrepreneurship Programs

Guides & Tools | Maiko Nakagaki, Colin Bueger, Lauren Citrome, Molly Brister, Anna Kompanek

This guidebook is a resource for chambers of commerce, associations, and other business-oriented groups seeking to address some of the obstacles that young people face as they attempt to enter the economy in their communities. Its purpose is to share practical lessons practices from youth entreprene...

Looking Toward the Future: The Business Case for Corporate Governance

Articles | John D. Sullivan, Anna Kompanek

The essence of inclusive market economies is the institutional framework where private entrepreneurs have the opportunities to create and build wealth, to maximize their value to society, and to grow the economy of their countries. Corporate governance is a key element of that framework because it h...

Building Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

Articles | Anna Kompanek

Entrepreneurship is not only among the most fundamental human endeavors, but it is also at the core of vibrant market economies around the world. This article addresses the significance of entrepreneurship to democratic and economic development by focusing on two key elements of entrepreneurship-dri...

REFORM Toolkit: Expanding Access to Information

Guides & Tools | Kim Eric Bettcher, Frank Stroker, Anna Weber

Making the right information available to the right people helps them to lead change. This toolkit identifies core objectives and approaches in the field of access to information to guide the design of information programs. Based on CIPE’s experience, the toolkit shares key practices and lessons t...