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CIPE Development Blog
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The CIPE Development Blog focuses on international development issues, particularly the interplay of democratic development and economic reform. We cover a wide variety of themes including anti-corruption, international aid, corporate governance, entrepreneurship, women's empowerment, private sector development, reform approaches, and others.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1268 )
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Ode to a Box
poferrymasters.comI am writing today in praise of the humble shipping container. Anonymous and hopelessly boring, this simple metal box has transformed... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Citizen Security Begins at the Local Level
An IRI-supported discussion on local security. (Photo: IRI)Tom Fisk is Vice President for Policy and Strategic Planning for the International Republican... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2011 SOCIETY -
The Global Fight Against Corruption
Posts on this blog (111 to be exact) have explored a variety of specific measures to fight corruption, including mobile applications that map where people pay... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
What’s in a Title?
Participants discuss property market barriers at the Nairobi roundtable (Photo: CIPE)What is the setting and who are the actors in this complicated story? Read more
Posted on 31 May 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Silent Seats: the Debate on Women Board Members in Pakistan
One of the biggest challenges facing Pakistan is the low literacy rate especially for girls, compounded by a high school dropout rate. According to the... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Building Democracy One Conversation at a Time
The world is anxiously watching Egypt: How will the country reconcile more than 80 million voices so that it can proceed along the path of democracy? Egyptians... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Human Agency? There’s No App for That
It's certainly revealing for information about bribes to finally appear on new widely-accessible platforms. In countries like India or regions like sub-Saharan... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2011 GADGETS, POLITICS, SOCIETY, TECH -
A Hippocratic Oath: Competitive Neutrality and SOEs
An abandoned former state-owned factory near Sofiya in the Bulgarian countryside, just one of many dotting the landscape as a legacy of inefficient state-owned... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2011 BUSINESS -
An Emerging Network for Economic Reform in Moldova
Collective action – the ability of a group composed of individuals with unique interests to work together in pursuit of common goals – is an issue central to th... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Strengthening Local Voices for Development: CIPE’s 2010 Annual Report
What do Nigerian business associations, the Ukrainian private sector, and high school entrepreneurship students in Afghanistan have in common? Read more
Posted on 17 May 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Dialogue That Delivers for Pakistan ICT Sector
P@SHA President Jehan Ara speaks to the media at a CIPE-P@SHA event. (Photo: CIPE)Last week, a young parliamentarian named Ms. Marvi Memon submitted a bill to... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2011 BUSINESS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Representing Women in the Boardroom & Throughout the Private Sector
Each day I peruse the web sites of between eight and 12 news organizations – ranging from my hometown newspaper to ABC News to the Financial Times. Today, a... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY -
True Story
Selling shea butter from around the world at a Washington D.C. street market. (Photo: Oscar Abello)This is not a parable about one western government official... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2011 SOCIETY -
From the Archives – The Silenced Majority
Editors’ note: In anticipation of Democracy that Delivers for Women: An international conference on women’s empowerment taking place June 20-21 this year, the... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
What Can Be Measured Can Be Reformed
Global Integrity launched today its 2010 report covering countries from around the world, including some that are currently at the center of international... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Breaking Down Barriers to Pakistani Youth Entrepreneurship in ICT
Jehan Ara, President P@SHA briefing about the initiative to engage Pakistani youth in ICT entrepreneurship. Sitting are ICT entrepreneur Jawwad Farid and CIPE... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2011 BUSINESS -
Building Empowerment by Breaking Down Barriers
The act of reforming Pakistan’s Trade Organizations Ordinance helped break down one of the legal barriers to women’s economic empowerment. Before the reform,... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
From the Archives – A Global Call for the Economic Empowerment of Women
Editors' note: In anticipation of Democracy that Delivers for Women: An international conference on women's empowerment taking place June 20-21 this year, the... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Three Grains of Salt
Greg Mortenson poses with Sitara ''Star'' schoolchildren in Wakhan, northeastern Afghanistan in this undated handout photograph released to Reuters March 11,... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Family Businesses in Pakistan Share Corporate Governance Stories
Dr. Daud had a lifelong dream of building a hospital in Pakistan, which originated from a promise he made to his ailing father. Read more
Posted on 26 April 2011 BUSINESS, POLITICS