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Fundación Libertad: White Paper on the Private Sector in Argentina

Articles

Introduction: Argentine democracy is in a worrying state, and not only because of the weak respect that the current government shows regarding democratic and republican principles, division of powers, regard for justice and freedom of the press. These problems are complex and politics by itself is t...

New Post-Conflict Trends: A New Resilience Challenge

Articles

The war in Ukraine has had profound political and economic effects across the Middle East and North Africa. In Tunisia, which imported 56% of its wheat from Ukraine and Russia over the last five years, food prices rose 13 percent just in the month of March. Prices of key staples such as grain, meat,...

Perceptions of Corruption Before and After the Pandemic — A Survey of Households in Bangladesh

Surveys

Introduction Bangladesh has a score of 26 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. This is an improvement from the country’s ranking in the early 2000s, but is far from ideal. Today, corruption is a reality and affects private sector’s prospects for growth and contribution ...

Belt and Road Initiative Animation

Guides & Tools |

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is China’s wide-reaching global development infrastructure strategy, connecting China internationally through trade and infrastructure projects. While BRI projects can provide critical investment in infrastructure, they may pose significant risks, such as opaque...

Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health – Introduction and Implementation of Management System

Guides & Tools | CIPE

The “Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health for Georgian Employers” guidebook outlines and explains five steps that employers should take in order to establish and implement an efficient labor safety management system. The guide is based on International Standardization Organization, Int...

Do Free Trade Zones Stimulate Entrepreneurship? New Evidence from China

Case Studies | CIPE

In a paper produced with support from the Center for International Private Enterprise, the authors look at the effects of China’s 2017 free trade zone (FTZ) program. They write: “we adopt the difference-in-difference techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of FTZ policies in encouraging ent...

Labor Legislation Guidebook for Georgian Employers

Guides & Tools | CIPE

The Labor Legislation Guidebook for Georgian Employers provides an overview for Georgian employers on the new labor legislation passed by the Georgian Parliament in 2020. The brochure provides an overview of important updates related to the Labor Code, including changes to general provisions, bylaws...

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Guatemala

Case Studies | CIPE

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) works with the Red Nacional de Grupos Gestores (RNGG) to support women’s economic empowerment in Guatemala, especially in rural communities where women face the most serious challenges. In 2021, CIPE launched a pilot Women’s Business Resourc...

Sahel Conference Report

Articles

English The stakeholders of the Sahel Economic Coalition Initiative met in Nouakchott, Mauritania between September 13 to 16, 2021 to analyze the effects of the pandemic on the private sector, as well as the response plans of each G5 Sahel country. This event was a part of a process of constructive ...

Case Studies from the Sida Project in Ethiopia

Case Studies | CIPE East Africa Regional Office in Addis Ababa

Sida Project Case Studies Following a COVID-19 impact assessment in Ethiopia, CIPE established a revolving loan fund to benefit marginal economic actors – specifically women-owned businesses – to recover from the devastating consequences of the economic downturn triggered by the pandemic. To clo...

Good Business Practices for Gender Equality

Guides & Tools

Since 2018, a series of conversations among different organizations in Medellin, Colombia, about the existence of gender gaps in the business sector have led to the creation of strategies that could address the root causes and close the identified gaps. Concerns raised by the private sector resulted...

Report and Recommendations: CIPE and CBC’s Women’s Empowerment Conference on the AfCFTA

Articles

Introduction The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) provides one of the greatest opportunities for bolstering inclusive growth and sustainable development on the African continent. A significant milestone in Africa’s regional integration efforts, the AfCFTA will remove 90% of tariffs on...

Promoting Trust in Business

Case Studies | Ritika Singh, Richard Tucker, Anna Kompanek, Eric Hontz

Introduction The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and AmChams in Europe present the Promoting Trust in Business Brochure, part of a larger effort by CIPE to strengthen trust in business and market institutions around the globe. This brochure contains eight case studies of local ini...

Report on Women in Technology, 2021

Case Studies | CIPE

In support of the Global Entrepreneurship Network and the 2021 Global Entrepreneurship Week, as well as November 19 – Women’s Entrepreneurship Day – the Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment and CIPE’s Slovakia office, are pleased to publish the results of a recent st...

Engagement of Multi-Stakeholder in TVET Sector: Policy Analysis and Recommendations

Case Studies | Angelita Bonsilao

This paper is intended to serve as a reference/ support for policy makers, academe, and the businesses, in making policy decisions (regulatory, non-regulatory, and mixed options) towards the development of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Philippines.

Technology for Democracy Online Course: Communication and Social Media

Guides & Tools

Welcome to the CIPE Technology for Democracy training module on Communication and Social Media. This module primarily highlights how to use social media, as well as other applications and tools effectively when communicating externally with a target audience. In addition, the best practices and tool...

Technology for Democracy Online Course: Digital Security

Guides & Tools

Welcome to the CIPE Technology for Democracy training module on digital security. This module provides practical tips on how to help keep an organization’s data secure and mitigate risks to digital security. To begin the module, please click play on the video below. Show Full Screen Back to modul...

Governance and Institutional Framework for Infrastructure Financing in Argentina

Case Studies

Investment in public infrastructure is important for the development of the country and its capacities in energy, logistics and other commercial activities that influence the productivity of the economy. In 2020 the State invested about 1.3% of GDP and in 2021 it was raised as an important economic ...

Africa Business Ethics Conference (ABEC), Nigeria 2020 — Conference White Paper

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Introductory Note Looking ahead as CIPE publishes the Africa Business Ethics Conference (ABEC) 2020 White Paper summarizing the key takeaways from the conference, we are excited to announce that the place and date for ABEC 2021 has been fixed for Nairobi, Kenya around anticorruption week in...

Foreign Investment in Bolivia – Exploratory Studies on Constructive Capital

Case Studies

There is no development without growth, and no growth without investment. This line of chance requires, of course, many additional conditions to be fullfed, and this book helps to identify some aspects that have rarely been addressed in Bolivian eco-nomic studies. A similar effort was made in a prev...