Improving integrity standards, increasing transparency, and strengthening compliance programs help the business community take collective action to address corruption. Systemic corruption erodes the legitimacy of laws and political leadership and...
Regional Overview Challenges to democracy vary widely across countries in East and South East Asia, as does CIPE’s approach. In new, struggling, and transition democracies, CIPE projects target the institutional...
Regional Overview Across Europe and Eurasia, sharp distinctions have emerged between countries striving to make progress on democratic and economic reform, and those marked by anti-democratic tendencies. In countries with...
Regional Overview Despite relatively open electoral systems and high levels of public participation, emerging democracies in South Asia have struggled to consolidate. Institutional flaws, weak governance, and entrenched interests have...