Blog - Center for International Private Enterprise

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Empowering Voices: A Journey with Business Leaders 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 unstable region. Over the subsequent four days...

CELIS 23: Advancing Economic Security and Investment Screening in Europe

US President Joe Biden will host EU Council President Charles Michel and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House for a US-EU summit on October 20. Top agenda items will involve discussing ways to strengthen transatlantic collaboration on economic security.