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• Interview with Hammad Siddiqui on Chambers and Associations in Pakistan

  CIPE Pakistan Deputy Country Director Hammad Siddiqui was interviewed by the Business Recorder this week, discussing the history and reform of the country’s... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two Years In, the World’s Newest Country is Growing Up

  

  Photo: Voice of AmericaFollowing on the heels of the United States’ own Independence celebrations, the world’s newest country has just celebrated its 2nd... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Don’t Forget: CIPE Public-Private Dialogue Webinar This Thursday

  Please join us this Thursday, July 11, from 9:30-11:30 AM EST for a free webinar on Public-Private Dialogue with Elias M. Dewah, former Executive Director of th... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Space Between Revolution and Resolution

  

  “Here’s why you have my undying support and friendship: you are doing what I take for granted all the time and forget sometimes. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Business Issues at Forefront of Albanian Elections

  

  On June 23rd, Albanians took to the polls for parliamentary elections with big implications for the future of their country. With European Union candidate statu... Read more

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

• A Collective Action Approach to Combating Bribery in Lebanon

  

  Eighty-one percent of Lebanese business owners and managers believe the level of corruption in the country has increased over the past two years, and another... Read more

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

• How Democracy Influences Growth

  

  Botswana, which has been democratically governed since independent, has also been one of the most stable and fastest-growing economies in Africa. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Capacity Building Efforts for Chamber Secretary Generals in Pakistan

  

  Participants at the 5th All Pakistan Secretary General Conference (Photo: CIPE Staff)CIPE Pakistan has conducted Secretary General Conferences for the past... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Quality of Democracy and Economic Freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean

  

  Sergio Daga is a CIPE-Atlas Corps Think Tank LINKS Fellow serving at the Heritage Foundation. According to the latest Democracy Index from the Economist... Read more

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

• Join a CIPE Webinar on Public-Private Dialogue in Africa

  Please join the Center for International Private Enterprise and Elias Dewah for a webinar discussion on public-private dialogue in Africa: July 11, 9:30-10:30... Read more

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

• Think Tanks in Belarus

  

  Maksim Karliuk is a CIPE-Atlas Corps Think Tank LINKS Fellow serving at the Cato Institute.The recently published report by the NED’s International Forum for... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There is Global Agreement on the Top Economic Priority – But What to Do About It?

  

  CIPE Executive Director John D. Sullivan speaks on a panel of private sector experts discussing the Pew findings at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Read more

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

• China’s Property Rights — and Wrongs

  

  A steady stream of rural workers coming into urban areas has fueled China’s rapid economic rise. Yet, these migrants remain constrained in their upward social... Read more

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

• The Democracy Diagnosis

  

  Photo: Wikimedia Commons While visiting a friend recently, I picked up the second year medical school textbook he had been studying and browsed through a... Read more

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

• The Economic Challenges Facing Pakistan’s New Prime Minister

  

  Photo: Daily Dawn“Now it should be decided forever that Pakistan’s survival, protection, sovereignty, progress, prosperity and respect in the international... Read more

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

• What Causes Implementation Gaps?

  

  The implementation gap – the difference between laws on books and how they function in reality – is a problem experienced all around the world. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Politics – a Family Business?

  

  President Benigno Aquino III with “Team PNoy” candidates (Photo: Yahoo)The recent mid-term elections in the Philippines brought both change and continuity. Read more

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

• What Can Save Pakistan’s Economy?

  

  Pakistan’s economy since independence has been confused. Much has been discussed about poor government regulations that resulted in an uncertain economy,... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The EU’s Failure to Bring Change in Belarus

  

  Maksim Karliuk is a CIPE-Atlas Corps Think Tank LINKS Fellow serving at the Cato Institute.Belarus has in certain respects a special position in Europe. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• China Talks Entrepreneurship

  

  Just 29% of Shanghai’s college graduates had jobs on graduation.(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)This week marks another anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY