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Three Reasons to be Optimistic About Trade in Latin America

CIPE Insight | José Raúl Perales

José Raúl Perales, Deputy Director at the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation explains the trends he sees in the region’s trade facilitation landscape. While speaking at a recent hemispheric business summit in Washington DC, a group of executives from several Latin American countries asked me...

Building a Market for Everyone: How Emerging Markets Can Attract Constructive Capital and Foster Inclusive Growth

CIPE Insight | Eric Hontz

In the past 30 years, the world has seen remarkable growth in investments across borders and international supply chains. Capital investment, which expanded beyond national boundaries as international treaties and agreements came into effect, is free to find the best opportunities available. These i...

The Importance of Private Sector Engagement in Advancing Pro-Market Values in Europe

CIPE Insight | Andrew Wilson

CIPE experts are meeting with hundreds of prominent thought leaders, politicians, and business leaders in Prague this week at the annual Forum 2000 conference. The focus this year is “Recovering the Promises of 1989.” On Monday, CIPE is hosting a panel discussion addressing the importance of pri...

Empowering Women Through Policy Reform: Five Key Lessons

CIPE Insight | Barbara Langley, Srujana Penumetcha Huerter

Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is now a global development, economic, and national security priority. Donors and implementers alike acknowledge that women are key to the development of sustainable livelihoods, reductions in poverty, as well as peace-building. Women typically invest as much as ...

CIPE Insights: Connecting the Dots in Private Sector Engagement

CIPE Insight | Kim Eric Bettcher

How do we engage the private sector? This question is being asked by governments, donors, and nonprofit organizations who see the inevitability of working with business on complex social challenges and yet struggle in finding ways to attract interest and steer cooperation. They want to do more with ...

CIPE Insights with Barb Langley

CIPE Insight | Barbara Langley |

CIPE Insights with Barb Langley, Director for CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment on the importance of women’s empowerment programs. She discusses how empowerment programs are making a positive impact around the world. She also talks about how CIPE is on the leading e...

CIPE Insights with José Raúl Perales

CIPE Insight | José Raúl Perales |

CIPE Insights with José Raúl Perales, the Deputy Director of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), on the Alliance’s work in Colombia and Vietnam. He discusses GATF’s unique approach, private sector integrity, and their groundbreaking work in the auto...

CIPE Insights: Proposed Laws in Hong Kong Would Be Bad for Business

CIPE Insight | Andrew Wilson

This week marks 30 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, when Chinese troops and tanks killed thousands in an attempt to silence voices calling for democracy. The crackdown followed a massive demonstration in favor of liberalism and had a deep impact on worldwide audiences, especially citizen...

CIPE Insights: Reconstructing Venezuela

CIPE Insight | John Zemko

As the political and humanitarian crises deepen in Venezuela, a pressing question still to be answered is how leaders can pull the country from economic freefall. Conventional wisdom would look to traditional sources of global development, such as the World Bank or International Monetary Fund, to be...

G-20 Summit: Finding Solutions to Corruption

CIPE Insight | John Zemko

World leaders are gathering in Buenos Aires, Argentina for G20 meetings intended to center around a theme of “Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development.” The host country and President Mauricio Macri face no shortage of challenges in achieving this goal and want to be a case stud...