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Land Reform and Property Rights: A Key to Prosperity

As the global population surpasses 8 billion and concerns of crises driven by climate change and a resurgence of authoritarianism increase, it is more important now than ever to understand...

Stories from Guatemala: How CIPE Helps Grow Businesses (Part 5)

February 2023 marks a year since the launch of CIPE’s Women’s Business Resource Center’s (“WBRC” or “Corali”) first program for women entrepreneurs. During its first year of operation, Corali reached 350+ beneficiaries through its dozens of workshops, events, and courses. Mujer Empresaria (“Businesswoman” in English) is one of the three flagship programs that the center...

Challenges To Democratic Market Reforms in Uzbekistan and the Risks of State Capture From State-Owned Enterprises

When President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in 2016, Uzbekistan showed promising signs of entering a new era of liberal market and governance reforms. Initially, Mirziyoyev took a proactive approach...

Why the Private Sector’s Role in the Reconstruction of Yemen Is Crucial

Yemen is a country that has faced numerous challenges in recent years, ranging from humanitarian and political difficulties to economic and infrastructure woes. The ongoing conflict in the country has...

CIPE Is Celebrating Its 40th Year of Work To Support Economic Development and Democratic Institutions Around the Globe.

This timeline highlights milestones and innovative programs with local partners, governments, and many others. Throughout 2023 we will add more stories about key projects and people who have worked with...

Tour of Corali: CIPE’s Business Resource Center in Guatemala

In late 2021, CIPE and its partner the Red Nacional de Grupos Gestores (RNGG) launched a pilot Women’s Business Resource Center (“WBRC” or “Corali”) in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala that addresses economic gender disparities and supports women’s inclusion in their local economies. Corali is a centralized, safe physical space where women from all backgrounds can access vital...

Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship: a Conversation with Dorian Popá, One of CIPE’s Early Success Stories in the Orange Economy

In this fireside chat, Martin Friedl and Dorian Popá discuss the importance of youth entrepreneurship and empowerment in the “orange economy” (also known as the creative industries). Dorian’s entrepreneurial ventures...

The Voices of Ukrainian Business Are Reaching Out to the European Union

There is no need to wait for the war to end to reconstruct Ukraine. This was the key takeaway of a panel, organized by CIPE, within the European Values Summit...

The Corruption Risk Forecast Detects What Other Indices Don’t

In the global fight against corruption, our intuition is often right. We expect countries with faltering governments, fragile institutions, and low per capita incomes to struggle to keep money from going where it shouldn’t—and generally speaking, they do. Likewise, many examples of wealthy countries with strong rule of law and government integrity institutions lead us to associate wealthier states with higher integrity—and data confirms this trend too.

Seven Keys To Successful Business Mentorship Programs: How Entrepreneur Support Organizations Can Maximize Their Impact

Based on insights gleaned from this mentorship program in Bahrain — and drawing from our 20-year track record designing entrepreneurship development programs — we have distilled seven key learnings which can help ESOs to implement successful mentorship programs, while providing them with an opportunity to continuously learn and adapt their mentorship approaches and offerings.