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• Poland, Burma, and Democracy That Delivers

  

  In a recent trip to Poland, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa that Poland’s path has inspired her to dream... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• CIPE Launches New Afghanistan Website

  

  CIPE is launching a new website focused on its programs in Afghanistan. Through its office in Kabul, CIPE strengthens democracy by building an understanding of... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Highlights from the Webinar “The Principles of Free Enterprise and Democracy”

  

  Trying to explain the connection between democracy and market-driven growth can be like trying to solve the puzzle of the chicken and the egg: which came first? Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Celebrating Democracy Day

  

  Freedom House’s Freedom in the World report shows there is still much work to be done.September 15 is the International Day of Democracy, celebrating the... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Opening Up the Private Sector

  

  OpenCorporates, a UK-based enterprise founded by Chris Taggart and Rob McKinnon, was created with a simple yet ambitious goal in mind: to have a web page for... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Remembering Ronald Coase

  

  The world was saddened this week by the passing of Ronald Coase, who won a Nobel prize for his groundbreaking work providing clarity and insight on a range of... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Private Sector in Turkmenistan: A View from the Regions

  

  Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat, seen at night. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)The private sector faces challenges to growing and developing within Turkmenistan’s... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Principles of Free Enterprise and Democracy: A Webinar with Champions of...

  

  Democracy and free enterprise – how can we get the best of both? The Free Enterprise and Democracy Network, established in 2012, has issued four principles... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Past as Prologue…

  

  These are notes from Jean Rogers’ farewell remarks to CIPE staff as she moves on after twenty years.As I leave CIPE, it is hard to do justice to the past... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Death and the Penguin: Corruption, Entrepreneurship, and Hope in Ukraine

  

  Recently I stumbled across Andrey Kurkov’s  Death and the Penguin, a deadpan satire of a single man and his pet penguin struggling to get by in Ukraine’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Property Rights and Women’s Economic Participation in Bangladesh

  

  Collecting milk from women dairy farmers in Bangladesh. (Photo: Akram Ali/CARE Bangladesh)Although exact data is difficult to come by, it is estimated that wome... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Afghanistan & Pakistan Seek Greater Economic Cooperation

  

  Long-run regional stability is the goal in agreement Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Most Important Lessons from My ThinkTankLINKS Fellowship

  

  Sally Roshdy was a CIPE-Atlas Corps Think Tank LINKS Fellow at the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED).It was a great pleasure participating in the Think... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When Karachi Bleeds, Pakistan’s Economy Bleeds

  

  The former capital of Pakistan, Karachi, has an ethnically and religiously diverse population of more than more than 22 million, making it the 8th largest city... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Six Months of ThinkTankLINKS Fellowship: Final Thoughts

  

  ThinkTankLINKS participants and CIPE Program Officer at a baseball game in DC. Maksim Karliuk is second from right.Maksim Karliuk was a CIPE-Atlas Corps Think... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Could Civic Crowdfunding Improve Governance in the Middle East?

  

  (Photo: Flickr user csaila)Earlier this month, in an attempt to escape the heat wave afflicting Washington DC, I sought refuge on a bus awkwardly packed with... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Role of Youth in Social Transformation Through Entrepreneurship

  Young people are pushing for systemic, democratic changes around the world through political and economic vehicles. In Cambodia last month, youth (who are... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Middle East Youth Bulge – Where is It Today?

  

  In 2008 I was speaking to a young man waiting tables at a Cairo hotel. He had graduated from an Egyptian university with a degree in hospitality and tourism,... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Creating Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Afghanistan

  Decades of war have had dramatic effects on Afghan society; disrupting the social, political, and economic institutions that hold a nation together. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bringing Youth Entrepreneurship Education to Rural Ecuador

  

  Over the course of June and July, nearly 1,000 high school and university students in cities throughout Ecuador learned about business plan development,... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY