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Why Beneficial Ownership Transparency is Essential for Compliance

Beneficial ownership transparency is a vital element of any effective corporate compliance program. It is also a powerful check against corruption in society generally. These two facts are sometimes misunderstood or obscured, especially in highly corrupt countries where economic and political elites...

Tools, Resources, and the Significance of Protecting Data Privacy for Individuals

Most people have a strong preference, if not a requirement, for privacy — a vital component of both personal life and a functioning democracy. Yet, when using the internet and digital devices, most activity is monitored by default, removing the privacy that many value. That is why the Center ...

Tools, Resources, and the Significance of Protecting Data Privacy for Businesses Part II

In Part 1 of this data privacy series, we focused on the importance of maintaining data privacy for individuals and entrepreneurs and provided in-depth analysis of relevant tools and resources. In Part 2, we will now focus on the business side of this subject. When using the internet and digital dev...

CELIS 23: Advancing Economic Security and Investment Screening in Europe

CIPE is a patron of the upcoming CELIS Forum on Investment Screening and Economic Security (CFIS 2023), a highly anticipated conference of global experts and government leaders in Prague. This will happen just ahead of the US-EU Summit in Washington. CIPE Europe Program Director Jeff Lightfoot previ...

Empowering Voices: A Journey with Businesswomen from the Sahel

I recently traveled to Mauritania for the first time. As the newest senior program manager for the Center for International Private Enterprise, in West Africa, I was there to meet with our local team, partners, and beneficiaries, to gain a deeper understanding of the fast-moving events in this unst...

Stopping the War and Making the Peace in Sudan

Sudan Experts Call for Anti-Corruption, Inclusion, and Private Sector Leadership On the six-month anniversary of the latest outbreak of war in Sudan, a panel of experts gathered at CIPE’s Washington headquarters to discuss the causes, the destruction, and the diminishing ability of the country’s...

Resilient Journeys: The Importance of Supporting Refugee Entrepreneurs

Where human resilience and the entrepreneurial spirit intersect, there lies an array of untold stories – the stories of refugee entrepreneurs spurring innovation amidst adversity. Around the world today, over 108 million people are forcibly displaced, including both refugee and internally displac...

Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Policy and Agreements in Africa

Introduction Trade and gender constitute a two-way relationship. The degree and form of gender inequalities caused by trade demands a response, and gender inequalities negatively affect trade strategies, policies, and outcomes. Gender mainstreaming refers to an approach to governance that integrates...

Pathways to Policy Influence – How Kenyan Business Membership Organizations Influence Policy to Improve the Business Ecosystem

Policy and Program Learning’s (PPL) Applied Research Unit works with CIPE’s leadership to identify knowledge gaps in CIPE’s programmatic priorities, creating a learning agenda through PPL’s expanding network of international scholars and in-house research. The Policy Solutions series synthes...

Seizing Opportunities and Removing Barriers: Women Business Leaders from Four Countries Share Insights

Good endings make for better beginnings, and that’s the spirit that infused CIPE’s Washington, D.C. headquarters on September 19. With a major program run by CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) and CIPE regional teams from Morocco, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Guatemala comin...

Understanding the Experience of Women in Business Online: Survey Results from Kosovo, Cambodia, and Colombia

To succeed in today’s economy, many business owners and entrepreneurs need and want to be able to move their businesses online safely. From September 2022 to June 2023, CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment (CWEE) commissioned surveys of women business owners and entrepreneurs in Camb...

The Inherent Link Between Democracy, Markets, and Human Dignity

Democracy is going through some trying times. Widespread popular discontent during the last decade leaves no room for doubt over the deepening crisis of legitimacy for liberal and market economy institutions. Autocrats and populists stoke resentment, hostility, and division in messaging usually conf...

The Orange Economy, According to Creative Entrepreneurs in Guatemala

When we refer to the creative economy or orange economy, we can’t define it with a single, universal definition. To CIPE and its entrepreneurial participants, it’s an economy fueled by entrepreneurial activity happening in a range of industries, including software, publicity, film, culture, and ...

Empowering Elgeyo Marakwet Youth: Linking Ethical Agribusiness and Democracy

Elgeyo Marakwet County is among the breadbasket counties of Kenya, contributing to the nation’s food security through large-scale maize and wheat cultivation. The county boasts an excellent climate conducive to year-round crop production, providing an economic opportunity to unemployed youth. ...

Entrepreneurship that Transforms

CIPE operates in some of the world’s most challenging environments to build inclusive economic environments. As a follow up to Global Entrepreneurship Week and Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, CIPE is launching a series of articles to highlight innovative programs with local partners that advance k...

Strengthening Women’s Economic Empowerment through Networking: A Focus on Women Entrepreneurs in Europe and Central Asia

Women’s economic empowerment is essential for gender equality and global economic growth. The World Bank highlights that gender disparities in lifetime earnings cost the global economy a staggering $160 trillion. Women entrepreneurs, however, still confront numerous barriers, including legal job r...

Resilient Minds Create Powerful Entrepreneurs

CIPE Programming in Guatemala Supports Businesswomen’s Mental Health Deep in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, CIPE’s Women’s Business Resource Center (known as “Corali”) bursts with energy and color. Within the bustling classrooms and hallways, the air is electric with the animated exch...

Legislation Repository of Economic Themes: Unlocking Business Successes in Nepal

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) supported its partner, the Samriddhi Foundation, to develop Nepal’s first Legislation Repository, exclusively dedicated to providing information on key economic themes. The repository serves as a knowledge hub, offering information on laws, ac...

CIPE Survey: Gap Analysis Finds Urban-Rural Divide for Georgian Business Associations

News Insights on the Needs of Georgia’s Business Associations In recent years, Georgia’s association sector has experienced significant growth, with over a hundred active associations now operating within the country. The business associations continue to address the many needs of their memb...

Implications of Smart City Technologies

Guarding Democracy through Digital Transformation: Implications of Smart City Technologies The population of cities in low-income countries grew fourfold from 1975 to 2020, according to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, and these populations are projected to exceed 700 million by 2070....