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Celebrating 18 Years of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership in Romania

Case Studies | Carmen Stanila, Camelia Bulat

“In Europe people celebrate entering adulthood when they turn 18, but not many organizations reach this age. For an organization to last for such a long time, this means it provides value, it relies on committed members, and proves able to change with the times,” says Maria Grapini, a founding m...

U.S. – Bahrain Free Trade Agreement User’s Guide

Guides & Tools

This User’s Guide is designed to provide information about the U.S.-Bahrain FTA in an accessible format and to highlight the advantages it provides for American and Bahraini companies. The FTA is an agreement between Bahrain and the U.S. on certain obligations that affect trade in goods and se...

How to Empower Women in Processing for Sustainable Economic Development

Guides & Tools | Anna Cutler

This new report sheds light on how to strengthen women’s leadership in transformation, processing, and industrial development in continental Africa. The report was developed by CIPE in partnership with the Government of Niger and the African Union following a roundtable in Niamey, Niger. The objec...

Projet Conference Regionalle Noukcoutt

Guides & Tools

Le Centre International pour l’Entreprise Privé (CIPE), en partenariat avec le Secrétariat Exécutif du G5 Sahel, a organisé les 9 et 10 novembre 2022 une conférence régionale visant à promouvoir le dialogue public-privé au Sahel pour une lutte efficace contre les causes profondes de l’in...

Improving the Business Environment for Mauritanian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Guides & Tools | Anna Cutler

The Club des Entrepreneurs de Mauritanie (CEM) recently released an activity report with contributions from the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) that provides recommendations on how to build an economic development model that raises the profile of SMEs for wealth generation. This r...

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises’ (MSMEs) participation in Kenya’s Digital Economy: Gaining a Seat, a Voice and an Opportunity at the Table

Guides & Tools

According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), there are, 7.41 million Medium Small and Micro Enterprises1 (MSME) in Kenya (of which only 1.56 million are officially licensed), who collectively employ over 14.1 million people. This accounts for 90% of the private sector enterprises and...

The Research of Legal Regulation and Practice of Working Time Recording

Articles

The research of legal regulation and practice of working time recording was based on the study of EU Directive 2003/88, legal regulation models of EU member states, European practice, the 2019 decision of the CJEU, as well as the Georgian practice. The research document was commissioned by Center fo...

The State of Federalism in Nepal

Articles

Introduction This report has two main purposes: first, to thoroughly examine how well federalism has been implemented in Nepal, how much federalism reforms have improved Nepal’s governance, and what directions federalism might take in the future; second, to evaluate the Center for International Pr...

Authoritarian Capital in Chile – Risks and Recommendations

Case Studies

Investments from authoritarian countries have grown in Chile over the past two decades. In the context of Chile’s democratic institutions and liberal economic structure, foreign interests are traditionally welcomed, regardless of their origins. Stemming primarily from China, as well from United Ar...

SCALE Good Governance Guidebook

Guides & Tools | Kenneth Isaiah Ibasco Abante, Jeshamar C. Villasis, Reycel Hyacenth Nacario Bendaña, Jego Antonio T. Yap, Ryan Patrick Garcia-Evangelista, Kim Eric Bettcher, Srujana Penumetcha Huerter, Janessa B. Santelices

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and WeSolve Foundation present “Making Together Work: Support for Coalition Advocacy Learning and Engagement in Good Governance”Coalition building has been discussed extensively in the fields of collective impact, social work, social change,...

Chinese Investments In Ecuador: Analysis and Proposals For Institutional Improvement

Case Studies

The establishment of liberal democracy as the system of global democracy now seems further away than ever. The world is experiencing a democratic recession where it faces new threats. As risk factors, new far-right regimes and some former socialist republics have joined absolutist monarchies finance...

A Continuing Series: Perceptions of Corruption Before and After the Pandemic — Survey of SMEs in Bangladesh

Surveys

Despite progress made over the last few decades by private sector organizations that have tackled corruption and adhered to strong compliance protocols, corruption remains a substantial problem in Bangladesh. While the effects of corruption on the public sector and the public sector’s responses h...

Roadmaps for Transparent Public Procurement in the Andean Region

Surveys

Survey to Identify Corruption Gaps and Improvements in the Transparency of Procurement Processes in the Andean Region Between 2021 and 2022, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and Ipsos Napoleón Franco conducted 750 surveys in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, totaling 2,250 surveys ...

11 Questions and Answers about Women on Boards

Guides & Tools

The Importance of Women’s Representation on Boards CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment and partner, the Corporate Governance Center (CGC) foundation in Armenia, collaborated to publish “11 Questions and Answers about Women on Boards” based on the CGC’s Women on Boards trai...

Policy Brief and Research Report on the Assessment of Patients’ Satisfaction with Services Provided Under the Nigerian National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA/NHIS)

Surveys

Background on Policy Brief and Assessment: On August 9, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), in collaboration with CIPE held a hybrid Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) in Abuja to present the findings of the survey on patient satisfaction and challenges with services provided under the Nigerian Natio...

Refugee Entrepreneurship: The Current Status of Syrian-led SMEs in Turkey

Articles | Doğan Çelik, Nazlı Kazanoğlu

Executive Summary: Since 2011, the Syrian Civil War has displaced six million Syrians internally and five million externally. Today, 3.6 million of those who fled their country are living in Turkey. With the support of national and international humanitarian aid and development organisations, the ...

Tax Guide for Micro and Small Enterprises in Addis Ababa

Guides & Tools

The Taxation Guidebook for Micro and Small Enterprises in Addis Ababa provides an overview of the current tax legislation for Ethiopian micro and small businesses. The guidebook provides an overview of the tax legislation issued by the Ethiopian government and includes useful information regarding t...

Foreign Direct Investment Screening Mechanism – An Outlook for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Case Studies

The key objective of this study is to assess the current regulatory framework and national legislations of European Union (EU) member states and certain European countries that are not part of the EU with respect to the screening of foreign direct investment (FDI). By identifying deficiencies in exi...

Small and Medium Enterprises in Bangladesh: An Assessment Report

Articles

Bangladesh has a vibrant Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector which can be divided into 33 subsectors of products and services. Available data shows that SMEs constitute 50.91 percent of the micro-economic sector, employs 35.41 percent of workers, and contributes 48.41 percent to Bangladesh’s ...

Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Económica y Social (CERES): Money in a Digital Economy

Articles

There is a tendency to believe that the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated a process that was already underway in many parts of the world: the transition to an economy that requires fewer and fewer cash transactions, a cashless economy. Although this is thought to have occurred primarily because of c...