Democracy That Delivers

Description Corruption in the shipping industry is a persistent challenge for fair trade across the world, estimated by our guests to cost the international economy billions of dollars each year. The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) is a global business network of over 200 companies that, since 2011, has become a pre-eminent example of collective action to battle corruption. On this week's...

Description Challenged by a legacy of oligarchic state capture and a war raging in neighboring Ukraine, Moldova has made significant strides in recent years in putting in place anti-corruption structures that strengthen the rule of law and democratic institutions. In the forefront of that effort is Moldova's Chief Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, Veronica Dragalin, a former Assistant United States Atto...

In 2022, FEDN Member Grace Nzou began the project "Using Democratic Spaces to Promote Ethical Practices in Business." As one of the inaugural FEDN small grants projects, the first phase of the project focused on training youth in Elgeyo Marakwet on ethical entrepreneurship. The second phase focused on implementation, working with youth to submit memoranda, track budgets, and build lasting partners...

Between July 2024 to January 2024,  CIPE supported a new project, " Democracy: A Digital Story for Young Generations " through the  Kurdistan Economic Development Organization  (KEDO). As part of the  Free Enterprise and Democracy Network  (FEDN)  Small Grants initiative, they created a  new website to educate youth on the importance of democratic values and institutions. In the second episode of...

Episode Description Last year, Poland held extraordinarily consequential parliamentary elections where the conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) lost its majority for the first time since 2015. Against this backdrop, CIPE supported a new project, " The Rule of Law – Our Future " through the  Institute for Private Enterprise and Democracy (IPED)  based in Warsaw between July 2023 to January 2024...

Episode Description The Ruggie Framework is a three-pronged approach that includes the obligations of corporations to uphold human rights, the responsibility of the state to protect those rights, and the provision of effective remedies for any infringements.   In this CIPE Anti-Corruption and Governance Center (ACGC) podcast, Luis Fernando de Angulo, Senior Advisor to the   Center for Responsible...

Anticorruption Taskforce Sudan, ACT-Sudan, is a newly established coalition of local Sudanese civil society organizations dedicated to identifying and combating corruption in Sudan to achieve the ultimate goal of ending the war and bringing justice to the people of Sudan. The task force aims to address corruption through advocacy campaigns, investigative research, and public mobilization. Omayma G...

One year after devasting earthquakes in T ü rkiye, Erhan Arslan of TÜRKONFED joins Babak Yektafar , CIPE Program Director, and Stephen Rosenlund , Deputy Directo r of CIPE's Middle East and North Africa Team . TÜRKONFED , a CIPE partner, is an independent business confederation representing 30 federations and 300 associations with more than 60,000 company members across Türkiye . Arslan , TÜRKONFE...

Fostering Growth & Collaboration in Central Asia with B5+1 The  B5+1 is a business dialogue platform for the five central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, along with the United States. The Center for International Private Enterprise  had a leading role in bringing these voices of the private sector together, including convening a two-day...

Two authors of the groundbreaking U.S. Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) join the podcast to discuss one of the mos t sweeping and consequential anti-corruption laws of the last four decades. Tom Firestone , a p artner at Squire Patton Boggs , and Scott Greytak , Director of Advocacy at the U.S. chapter of Transparency International (TI) , discuss the importance of FEPA . The law makes it a...

Elizabeth David-Barrett , Director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex, is one of the co-editors of the " Dictionary of Corruption. " She joins  Katya Lysova , who leads CIPE's Business Integrity and Anti-Corruption and Governance Programs in  Europe and Eurasia , and  Sofiia Sapihura , Senior Humanitarian Aid and Anti-Corruption Expert for CIPE's Europe and Euras...

Hernando De Soto is the Founder and President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) in Peru – CIPE's first developing-country partner. ILD and De Soto shaped Peru's economic modernization by influencing some 400 state initiatives, regulations and laws; CIPE replicated this success by forming thousands of partnerships with business associations, think tanks and civil society groups world...

Sabrina Segal , a risk and compliance professional with almost 20 years in the international development humanitarian sector, says there's a link between democracy and third-sector anti-corruption efforts, also commonly referre d to as chariti es and nonprofit organizations . In this podcast, s he joins  Michele Crymes , Deputy Director for CIPE's  Anti-Corruption and Governance Center , to discus...

Dr. Patrick Mardini , CEO of the  Lebanese Institute for Market Studies (LIMS),  is a leading advocate for market-based solutions to Lebanon's economic challenges . One year since their first conversation on the podcast , Dr. Mardini updates Marie A. Principe , Program Director for CIPE's  Middle East and North Africa  team, on the  ongoing  financial crisis , prospects for reform in key sectors,...

Amy Miller-Taylor , Executive Director, and  Elsa Peraldi , Associate Director, are executives at  Global Integrity , a Washington-based anti-corruption NGO that is closing at the end of 2023. In its 18 years of existence, Global Integrity helped nurture what is today a global anti-corruption movement of unprecedented scope and impact. The organization was established on the belief that transforma...

Selima Ahmad , Founder of the  Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) , joins  John Morrell , Regional Director for CIPE's  Asia and Pacific team  to discuss empowering women entrepreneurs. They highlight CIPE and BWCCI's partnership and how their work breaks down barriers, Ahmad's story of perseverance in founding the BWCCI, and Bangladesh's current political and economic outlo...

It's  a pivotal moment in Cambodia's history, and Charles Dunst joins the  Democracy That Delivers  podcast to  discuss the  leadership  transition  as  Prime Minister  Hun Sen  hands power to  his son Hun Manet.  Does this create a  once-in-a-lifetime historic  change for the country ? Dunst  is  a regional expert and  the author of  Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy can Prevail in the Age o...

The Ukrainian Business Women Platform, founded by President Nadiia Lysetska, specializes in assisting business women and women entrepreneurs, especially during wartime in Ukraine. Lysetska and Kateryna Khudyk, platform mentor, join Deputy Director of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Programs Stephen Rosenlund, CAE, IOM, to explain the essential mission of the association and its impact. Both Ly...

Nadiya Bedrychuk, Ukrainian Direct Selling Association Executive Director and Ukrainian Business Council board member discusses her vision for Ukraine's future and policy changes necessary to strengthen Ukraine's business climate and drive growth. 

Sankhitha Gunaratne , Deputy Executive Director at  Transparency International Sri Lanka , joins  Barada Regmi , Asia Program Officer, and Emma Yingst , Asia Program Associate, to discuss the latest anti-corruption efforts in the country, including a law that was recently certified and the launch of a government diagnostic report. Sri Lanka faced its most severe economic crisis since gaining indep...

Acclaimed Russia expert Jill Dougherty examines the history of Ukraine and Russia and offers her thoughts on the future.  Based on her experience as a former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief and Georgetown University professor, Dougherty discusses the global implications of Russia's brutal aggression and how Ukraine continues to inspire.

Marcin Nowacki, President European Enterprise Alliance shares his bold ideas to help strengthen Ukraine's economy. As a leading figure in Poland's business community, Nowacki is spearheading initiatives to address supply chain challenges and open opportunities for Ukrainian companies. Tune in to learn how Ukraine's economic entrepreneurial spirit is helping to fuel the economy.

Natan Epstein, Deputy Division Chief and Deputy Mission Chief for Ukraine at the International Monetary Fund offers his perspective on how global investors are thinking about their support and loans, and what Ukraine can do to build lasting growth and stability.