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• Equipping Pakistani Business Associations for Effective Advocacy

  In their latest Economic Reform Feature Service article, CIPE Pakistan Country Director Moin Fudda and Deputy Country Director Hammad Siddiqui look back at the... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What’s New in CSR?

  

  Participants on a panel at the BCLC event.Corporate social responsibility (CSR), or corporate citizenship, is not a new concept. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER, CURRENT, MARKETING & ADVERTISING

• Closing the Implementation Gap

  

  In every country, sound laws are a key foundation of democratic governance and economic development. Crafting such laws, however, is only part of the path to... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Venezuelan Elections: Role of the Private Sector

  

  The private sector has a long history of involvement in Venezuelan politics, some of it quite controversial. For this reason, the peak organization... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Rise of the Middle Class in Brazil, India, and South Africa

  

  The middle class in emerging markets has started to draw attention as a force to be reckoned with. Economically, the global middle class has new-found... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• CIPE Opens Nigeria Office

  After more than twenty years of innovative and impact-oriented programming in Nigeria, CIPE has opened the doors of its first brick-and-mortar office in... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Venezuela Elections: On the Front Lines

  

  Last week I was invited by the opposition Democratic Unity Coalition (MUD) in Venezuela to serve as an election observer in the presidential elections where Hug... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Economic Journalism: The Manual

  

  Informed and educated citizens are an important part of a thriving democracy.  When citizens are well-informed and equipped with facts and independent... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lebanon’s Smoking Ban: Where Do We Go Now?

  

  One of Lebanon’s most successful films last year was Nadine Labaki’s W halla’ la wayn‎ (Where do we go now?). W halla’ la wayn tells the story of a remote... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Girls Matter: Celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child

  

  As today marks the inaugural United Nation’s International Day of Girl Child, a day to promote girls’ human rights, let's reflect on why it matters to invest... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Tax Reform in Pakistan

  

  Pakistan is estimated to have one of the lowest tax to GDP ratios in the world, with only about 17 million of the country’s 176 million people paying income tax... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Expanding Economic Journalism Throughout Central Asia

  

  Participants in last year’s economic journalism training program.From Astana to Tashkent, approximately 80 Central Asian media and business representatives... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 CURRENT, ECONOMICS, POLITICS

• Translating Success: CIPE Announces 2012 Leading Practices Contest Winners

  

  It is becoming more and more accepted that there is no universal solution to overcoming the challenges of development. That is not to say, however, that... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The “Other” Corruption

  

  A still from the secret video that revealed corruption in Polish SOEs.This post originally appeared on the TrustLaw blog.It was a hot summer for Polish politics. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, LEGAL, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• KnowHow Mentees Come Together

  Last week, CIPE welcomed six mentee associations from the KnowHow Mentorship program to Washington, D.C. As you may recall from previous posts about KnowHow, th... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Attention Young Entrepreneurs!

  

  Photo: muftah.orgEntrepreneurs start their own businesses for variety of reasons. Some may have stumbled upon a great idea and had the right opportunity to... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• ICC Announces 2013 World Chambers Competition

  In conjunction with the 8th World Chambers Congress taking place in Doha, Qatar April 22-25 2013, the International Chamber of Commerce has launched its newest... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What’s Next for the Kenyan Coast?

  

  Security forces patrol the streets of Mombasa after rioting last month. (Photo: BBC)Mombasa recently made international headlines when the city, commonly... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Advice from Youth: Meet the Essay Contest Winners, Part 3

  

  (Photo: Ramapo College)Recently, CIPE announced the launch of the 2012 CIPE Youth Essay Competition. As we look forward to reading a new batch of essays from... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Liberation Technology

  

  Twitter graffiti on a shop near Tahrir Square during the Arab Spring uprising in 2011. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)We live in a connected world: social... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY