Building a Network of EntrepreneuHERS
Click to view slideshow. Forbes estimates that 90 percent of startup businesses will fail. However, the entrepreneurship ecosystem – that is the enabling environment that is more or less conducive for...
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Property Rights, the Rule of Law, and Indigenous Rights
The United Nations chose “Ensuring indigenous peoples’ health and well-being” as the theme for this year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9. (Photo: CIPE Staff) What do...
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Guatemalan Youth Fed Up with Spectating Become Protagonists in their...
By Dara Sanford In the past few months, Guatemala has been hit by a wave of protests aimed at the government, focusing primarily on corruption endemic in the country. Thousands of Guatemalans, a...
View ArticleWomen Mentoring Women in Nicaragua
“REN-CIPE is [about] teamwork, working together with a person who is blazing a trail for me to follow,” said Noeilin Escobar, mentee and owner of Velas Amazonia, “so that my journey is clearer and...
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Will Argentina’s First-Ever Presidential Debate Help Change Politics for the...
Candidates at the October 4 debate, with an empty podium for incumbent Daniel Scioli, who dropped out of the debate. (Photo: AP) When the lights went down and the countdown to going live on the air...
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Property Rights are Human Rights: How Land Titles Support Self-Determination...
(Photo: Darryl Dyck, The Canadian Press) Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Okanagan Aboriginal Leader and President of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, was photographed with a broad smile on his...
View ArticleHow the Private Sector Helped Make Tijuana Safe Again
Learn more about the private sector’s role in reducing insecurity in Tijuana with this short video (10 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles) Between 2007 and 2010, Tijuana was one of the most...
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The Debate Over Term Limits in Bolivia is About More Than President Morales
On February 21, Bolivians will head to the polls to cast a yes or no vote on whether the constitutional two-term limit for presidents and vice presidents should be amended. The outcome will decide...
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Argentina: Observing the Ballotage
Mauricio Macri, nuevo presidente de Argentina (Foto EFE) By Mario Felix Lleonart Originally published on his blog Cubano Confesante. Con curiosidad asisto de observador a elecciones #Argentina. 1er...
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The Role of the Presidential Debate in Macri’s Argentina Election Victory
This post has been updated on December 17, 2015. What a difference a month can make! During Argentina’s first presidential candidate debate in October, Daniel Scioli, the Peronist government party...
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A Dream Come to Life
Selva Constructor, Karolo’s latest business venture, is an architecture and construction firm based in Tarapoto, Peru. CIPE began working with Peruvian NGO, Instituto Invertir, in 2008, with the belief...
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Democracy that Delivers Podcast #17: Atlas Corps Fellow Gigi Raffo on What...
Podcast host Julie Johnson (center) and guest host John Zemko with guest Gigi Raffo. Atlas Corps fellow and social media manager at Venezuelan think tank CEDICE, Gigi Raffo (@GianninaRaffo), talks...
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Revisiting: A Dream Come to Life
CIPE has long supported the belief that entrepreneurs and private enterprise drive gains in productivity and innovation and are thus crucial to building prosperous societies that deliver opportunity...
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Democracy that Delivers Podcast #43: Angela Ospina on Making Trade Policies Work
From left: Podcast guest Angela Ospina (center) with hosts Ken Jaques and Julie Johnson On this week’s Democracy that Delivers podcast, Colombian trade advisor Angela Ospina discusses what is involved...
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Democracy that Delivers Podcast #44: Aurelio Garcia on Making Trade More...
Podcast guest Aurelio Garcia This week on the CIPE Democracy that Delivers podcast, international trade expert Aurelio Garcia talks about trade facilitation and how tackling red tape makes trade more...
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Democracy that Delivers Podcast #56: Aurelio Concheso on the Challenge Facing...
Podcast guest Aurelio Concheso In this week’s Democracy that Delivers podcast, Aurelio Concheso, President of the Advisory Board of Venezuelan think tank Centro de Divulgación del Conocimiento...
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Defending Liberal Democracy in Emerging Markets
From left: Panelists Güray Karacar, Selima Ahmad, Aurelio Concheso, and moderator Karen Kerrigan Following a wave of global democratization, over the last decade democracies in emerging markets have...
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M&E, Technology, and $2,000 Smartphones in Argentina
Participants at the workshop in Argentina. This article originally appeared on panoplydigital.com. By Alexandra Tyers Last week, I was in Rosario, Argentina with the Center for International Private...
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Democracy that Delivers #60: Martha Boudreau on the Importance of Messaging...
Podcast guest Martha Boudreau (Photo courtesy of AARP) This week on the Democracy that Delivers podcast, AARP Chief Communications and Marketing Officer Martha Boudreau discusses the importance of...
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Democracy that Delivers Podcast #74: Mauro DaCunha on the Democratization of...
From left: podcast guest Mauro DaCunha, guest host John Zemko, and host Ken Jaques Mauro DaCunha, the chief executive officer of Brazil’s AMEC (Capital Market Investors Association), discusses the...
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