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Get the Word Out: Next Steps for CIPE and the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act

One of the main authors of the groundbreaking Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), Tom Firestone, underscored earlier this month at a CIPE briefing that the newlaw’s effectiveness in curbing bribery solicitation will depend on boosting awareness. “I think that the most valuable thing an...

How the Private Sector Can Strengthen Healthy Information Ecosystems

Supporting independent journalism and freedom of expression remains a top priority for the global democracy agenda. Companies and business organizations can take impactful steps to counter threats to healthy information spaces. Supporting Media and Access to Information Free and independent media ar...

Enthusiasm for Private Sector Anti-Corruption Reform in Paris at GACIF 2024

Anti-Corruption Efforts in the Private Sector An important benchmark in the anti-corruption field is the extent to which the private sector devotes effort, expertise, and resources to drive company-level anti-bribery programs as well as external initiatives to push back against the pernicious effect...

Unleashing Potential: The Impact of Women’s Business Associations in Costa Rica

Women’s business associations play a key role for women in the private sector by leading advocacy efforts, providing business development resources, and fostering networking opportunities. The Center for International Private Enterprise builds the capacity of women’s business associations with t...

Resilience and Reform: Ukraine’s Journey Through Crisis and Recovery

The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 profoundly changed the lives of Ukrainians. In the face of advancing Russian troops and relentless bombardments, many were forced to abandon their homes, seeking refuge either in other regions of Ukraine or abroad. This upheaval led to ...

Burdens of the Care Economy: CIPE’s Approach to Empowering Women by Advancing Care Infrastructure

The Economic Costs of Caregiving Globally, women are responsible for nearly three-quarters of unpaid care work. In many countries, young girls withdraw from their education to assume caregiving responsibilities for siblings, children, and other family members as demand for accessible care continues...

Collective Action Improves Digital Outcomes for Women

Digital transformations are usually a years-long process, as governments devise strategies, procure equipment, train civil servants, fix glitches in the systems, and help constituents to use and build trust in new tools. But not in Albania. There, in April 2022, the state gave people just four days&...

B5+1 Takes New Steps To Accelerate Central Asia’s Economic Integration

The CIPE-led B5+1 Forum is emphasizing five priority industries and concrete actions needed to accelerate regional integration and economic development in Central Asia. B5+1 is the business counterpart to C5+1, the diplomatic platform for Central Asia countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikist...

First Ever B5+1 Forum Commences

UPDATE: The B5+1 Forum has adjourned and released a Communique. Read Day 2 recap READ THE B5+1 COMMUNIQUE B5+1 is the business counterpart to C5+1, the diplomatic platform for Central Asia countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) and the U.S. Th...

Marking Seven Hundred and Thirty-One Days of Resilience

Nataliia Zhuhai, CIPE Ukraine Program Officer, recounts her team’s experiences on the second anniversary of war. February 24 marks the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an event that has brought a harrowing conflict in the heart of Europe. Over the past two ...