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Steps to Make International Trade More Efficient

Customers everywhere are complaining about empty shelves, while retailers explain that supply chains are tangled or broken. Yet there are ways that government and private sector could work together to improve the situation. For example, by making cross border trade simpler by reducing the paperwork that traders must submit to different government agencies to be...

Fasika Hone: A Success Story from Ethiopia

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...

Yekaba Abera: A Success Story from Ethiopia

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...

BRI Monitor: Boosting Transparency, Strengthening Governance Frameworks

The BRI Monitor, a project by five think tanks in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, seeks to assess the transparency of BRI projects across 38 indicators (such as project name, cost, and status) that should be proactively disclosed according to international best practices.

The Significance of the Evergrande Liquidity Crisis

China Evergrande Group was the largest property developer by sales in 2020, with an annual revenue of 507 billion RMB ($79 billion) and total assets worth 2.3 trillion RMB ($358 billion) in 2020. Its default will ripple through the Chinese economy.

Spotlight: OECD’s COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) aims to put people and their well-being at the center of public policy by...

Facilitating Online Meetings and Events: Key Considerations for Local Private Sector Organizations

As online meetings and events continue to be commonplace going forward, it is important to understand the best practices that can support BMOs and CSOs in delivering effective meetings while fostering inclusive participation.

BRI Monitor: Bringing Local Voices and Transparency to the Belt and Road

The BRI Monitor is a venture by five think tanks from Southeast Asia and the Pacific to track the transparency of projects funded by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The goal is not to end Chinese investment, but to ensure Chinese investment is sustainable and beneficial to all parties.

Will the Philippine National Elections Help Strengthen Democracy?

To strengthen democracy in the Philippines it will take much more than just an election. It requires a strategic, long-term, inclusive approach to meaningfully strengthen democratic institutions and move democracy forward.

Tourism as a Mechanism for Economic Transformation in Post-conflict Colombian Regions

The Observatory of Private Investment in the Zones Most Affected by the Conflict, founded in 2018, is the only resource of its kind in Colombia to systematically analyze private sector investment data in PDET regions and aid policy makers in measuring the impact of investment incentives in those regions.