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• Building Women’s Chambers and Associations in South Asia

  

  Hammad Siddiqui, Deputy Country Director for CIPE’s Pakistan field office, contributed to this report.To begin addressing the issue of why some women’s... Read more

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

• Promoting Budget Transparency in Kyrgyzstan

  

  Budget transparency strengthens a government’s accountability to its constituents. The public has a right to be informed about how taxes are allocated and spent... Read more

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

• Building Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

  Entrepreneurship plays a key role in every economy on earth, whether they are sanctioned or not (even in North Korea!) By innovating, providing jobs and creatin... Read more

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

• Quick-Thinking Russian Entrepreneurs Already Selling Meteor Fragments Online

  

  (Photo: Moscow Times)Entrepreneurs can create opportunity out of the most unexpected places. Sometimes, inspiration drops out of the sky – in this case, quite... Read more

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

• Kenya’s Aspiring Governors Debate the Economy

  

  While the recent presidential debates in Kenya are being hailed as a success, a newly-created political office could have a decidedly more powerful influence... Read more

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

• Mentorship Across Borders

  

  (Photo: The Telegraph)Elissa Myers is the president and CEO of Advice Consensus. She is serving as a mentor for the Georgian Small and Medium Enterprise... Read more

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

• Upcoming: CIPE Webinar on Access to Information

  Please join the Center for International Private Enterprise and Marcela Prieto, Executive Director of the Political Science Institute, for a webinar discussion... Read more

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

• Peru’s Lesson for the Middle East and North Africa

  

  One of the first people to walk through the doors after CIPE’s founding in 1983 was Hernando de Soto, President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy... Read more

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

• Economic Inclusion, Democracy, and the Arab Spring

  

  Examples of some of the informal legal documents used by “extralegal” businesses in the Arab world. (Source: ILD)On December 17, 2010, police expropriated the... Read more

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

• Lebanon’s Biggest Stumbling Block: Electoral Reform

  

  (Photo: arabsaga.blogspot.com)I remember walking on Bliss St. outside of the American University of Beirut (AUB) on the day of Lebanon’s 2009 parliamentary... Read more

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

• Spain’s Recession May Aid Anti-Corruption Efforts

  

  A popular movement is on the rise, it demands answers Read more

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

• The Business Case for Corporate Governance

  From board selection and strategic decision making to day-to-day operations and legal compliance, corporate governance is a way for companies to create a... Read more

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

• New Tool Puts Spotlight on Rule of Law for Business

  

  It’s a brave, new, global world for business.  Plenty of opportunity; plenty of risk.  As e-commerce, free trade agreements, and modern infrastructure have... Read more

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

• CIPE Webinar on Access to Information

  

  Please join the Center for International Private Enterprise and Marcela Prieto, Executive Director of the Political Science Institute, for a webinar discussion... Read more

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

• What Are Entrepreneurs Like?

  

  Not all entrepreneurs are like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. (Photo: BBC)When you think “entrepreneur” what image comes to mind? Read more

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

• Yemen’s National Dialogue: Economic Reform Key to a Successful Democratic...

  

  The Arab Spring uprisings brought about unprecedented opportunity for change and reform to the Middle East and North Africa region. Read more

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

• Business Shows Clear Commitment to Fighting Corruption in Thailand

  

  Participants at the January IOD training included senior officers from some of the largest local and multinational companies in Thailand. Read more

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

• The Power of Failure

  

  Inventors tried hundreds of designs to make flying machines practical. Looking at the glittering corporate campuses of booming technology startups in places lik... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Update on CIPE’s 2012 Youth Essay Competition

  Thank you for everyone who participated in CIPE’s 2012 Youth Essay Competition! We received over 330 submissions from more than 60 countries, including... Read more

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

• Supporting Small and Medium Sized Businesses in Senegal

  

  A public-private dialogue session with Senegalese business leaders and President Macky Sall. Watch here (in Wolof)Caught between the West African Sahel and... Read more

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