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Businesswomen and Technology: The Path Towards Inclusive Digital Transformation In El Salvador

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This research paper is a joint initiative between the Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social (FUSADES) and the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). The research delves into the transformative landscape of digital technology in El Salvador, aiming to highlight t...

Gender Gap Assessment in Male- and Female-Dominated Industries: Construction and Textile Manufacturing in Colombia

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This research by the Business Alliance for Gender Equity in Antioquia, Colombia, provides empirical evidence to improve gender equity in the region’s business sector. The study aims to provide clear areas for private sector intervention in the country and elsewhere to improve gender equity. Since ...

Bolivia’s Creative Economy: Opportunities for Economic Development and Civic Engagement

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This book is a joint initiative between the Center for Studies of Economic and Social Reality (CERES) and the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). The research delves into the pressing need for Bolivia to shift from a state-led, extractivist economic development model to a more priv...

CIPE’s Programs in the Latin American & the Caribbean Region

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CIPE focuses its work in the Latin American and Caribbean region on initiatives that contribute to democratic and economic development. Our regional work areas include women’s economic empowerment, combating corrosive capital (international financing to countries lacking transparency, accoun...

Colombia: Strengthening the Business Environment by Promoting Business Integrity

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Colombia Country Office worked with Frontera Energy Colombia to promote ethical conduct and integrity in businesses by using the ACGC guide “Strengthening Ethical Conduct & Business Integrity“, to encourage dialogue in the territory and strengthen relations between large companies an...

Tracking Corrosive Capital: A Guide for Investigative Journalists

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Tracking Corrosive Capital is a guide for investigative journalists to identify and track foreign investments that weaken a country’s democratic institutions and values. Corrosive capital describes financing, whether state or private, that lacks transparency, accountability, and market orientation...

Rapid Response Evaluation in Ecuador

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This report presents the impact evaluation of the Rapid Response Opportunities for Anti-Corruption in Ecuador (RRAP) developed between May and September 2023. It implemented a qualitative assessment of three significant outcomes: mobilization of civil society and the private sector, adoption of refo...

Colombia Country Office Flyer

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Colombia Country Office as a Regional Hub CIPE’s Latin America and the Caribbean team promotes initiatives across the region aimed at bringing together public and private actors to strengthen democracies. CIPE’s partners work closely with leading private sector organizations and key local and in...

A Future of Prosperity and Freedom for the Northern Triangle

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This flyer outlines a roadmap for Central American economic integration. The flyer was crafted by the Salvadorian Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUSADES) and the National Center for Economic Research (CIEN) on behalf of the Central American Think Tank (CATT) network, and the projec...

Colombia: Promoting Transparency in Public Procurement

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Based on a survey conducted among more than 2,000 entrepreneurs in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, CIPE developed roadmaps to promote transparency in public procurement. In 2023, CIPE’s Colombia Country Office (CCO) partnered with Transparency for Colombia and Icesi University to disseminate the reco...