Democracy That Delivers

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, our host  Ken Jaques is joined by co-host Adam Sachs from CIPE's Global Team and Thomas Dewaranu, a researcher at the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS). CIPE partnered with CIPS to engage in a digital economy advocacy pilot that examines the country's digital economy environment via interviews, public-private dialogues, and other awareness-rais...

The 5th episode of CIPE's anti-corruption rapid response podcast mini-series features the  National Democratic Institute 's Program Director Frieda Arenos and Southern and East Africa Deputy Regional Director Gemima Barlow . Arenos and Barlow share their experiences working with new governments during political transitions and emphasize the human capacity challenges that can face new reformist gov...

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, our host Ken Jaques is joined by co-host Adam Sachs from CIPE's Global Team and Sheilah Birgen , The Cord CEO and 2020 Open Internet for Democracy Leader. The  Open Internet for Democracy Leaders Program  is a non-resident leadership program that empowers emerging leaders from across the globe to build their advocacy and organizing skills to protect inte...

The latest edition of CIPE's anti-corruption rapid response podcast mini-series features  Abigail Bellows , Non-Resident Scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Bellows speaks about the political character of corruption fighting, including how corruption has undermined support for democracy around the globe. Joined by CIPE Communications Director Ken Jaques and Program Officer...

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, our host Ken Jaques brings fan favorites CIPE Africa Senior Program Officer Lola Adekanye and Kroll Compliance Risk and Diligence Managing Director John Arvanitis back together again from across the globe to continue the fascinating discussion from Episode #269 . This time, they discuss President Biden's Memorandum on Establishing the Fight Against Corru...

This episode of CIPE's Democracy That Delivers podcast features special guest  Eguiar Lizundia , Deputy Director for the Center for Global Impact at the International Republican Institute (IRI). The latest in a rapid response anti-corruption mini-series hosted by Peter Glover of CIPE's Anti-Corruption & Governance Center (ACGC), the podcast features Lizundia sharing his perspective on rapidly depl...

Paul Massaro serves as a senior policy advisor for the US Helsinki Commission, but for those with a window into the US government's efforts to combat global corruption, Paul's is a household name. He is a behind-the-scenes driver of a new wave of thinking about the connection between global corruption and US national security. He spoke with Peter Glover of CIPE's Anti-Corruption & Governance Cente...

Ana Linda Solano is a professor, criminal lawyer, and former Director of Colombia's Special Investigative Police on Economic and Financial Crimes, and this week she joins CIPE's Anti-Corruption & Governance Center  to discuss the topic of sextortion and the growing call to address the issue. Sextortion is a type of corruption which occurs when those in authority extort sexual favors in exchange fo...

For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on Democracy That Delivers, our host Ken Jaques gets the latest updates from CIPE's partner the Accountability Lab in Nepal. Our organizations work together in Nepal to strengthen a subnational environment of effective public-private sector partnerships. This episode's guests Bikin Ghimire , Communication and Product Manager, and Suve...

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, our host Ken Jaques and co-host Lola Adekanye, CIPE Africa Team Senior Program Officer, are joined by John Arvanitis, a managing director in the Compliance Risk and Diligence practice of Kroll with almost three decades of experience in federal law enforcement. 

Maldives Anti-Corruption Commission  President and Former  Transparency  Maldives Executive Director Mariyam Shiuna joins the CIPE  Anti-Corruption & Governance Center  podcast this week to share her perspective and lessons learned on the transition from being a transparency and integrity civil society leader to heading the government's newly empowered anti-corruption agency. Shiuna talks about he...

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, the "Women in Business during the Pandemic" series brings our host Ken Jaques to Moldova once again. He is joined by co-host Natalia Otel Belan , CIPE Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, as well as our guest Olga Melniciuc, National Consultant on Women's Economic Empowerment for UN Women Moldova and past President of the Association of Women Entrep...

On this episode of Democracy That Delivers, our host Ken Jaques is joined by Sarwagya Raj Pandey , the Research and Advocacy Officer at Bikalpa - an Alternative , a public policy think tank based in Nepal in partnership with CIPE's Asia Pacific Team . They talk about his firsthand experience of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people of Nepal both socially and economically, notably for s...

In this continuation of the "Future of Work" series, we seek to make sense of the changes, reforms, and challenges brought about by COVID-19 in Latin America. Our host  Ken Jaques  is joined by  CIPE Latin America & Caribbean  Regional Director and cohost  John Zemko in a discussion with the newly-appointed Executive Director of the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity...

Political scientist, China scholar, and University of Michigan professor Yuen Yuen Ang , PhD, joins the CIPE Anti-Corruption & Governance Center  podcast this week to provide an expert's guide to how corruption has supercharged and complicated China's blistering rate of economic growth. Sharing insights from her new book,  China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption , Ang...

On this episode of Democracy That Delivers, our host Ken Jaques takes the mini-series to Moldova with local CIPE Program Officer Elena Ratoi. They are joined by our guest, Angela Gladei , the President of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs from Moldova (AFAM). AFAM partners with the Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) program to build the capacity of women and girls in Moldova. Hear about Ms. Gla...

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, our host Ken Jaques and our co-host and Executive Director, Andrew Wilson, are joined by International Republican Institute 's President, Dr. Daniel Twining . This discussion concludes our podcast series titled, The Future of Democracy . Dr. Daniel Twining explains the importance of both building and protecting democracies and how the four core institute...

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers our host Ken Jaques and co-host Luiza Ayvazyan, a CIPE Program Officer located in Armenia, are joined by Elen Manukyan, Co-Founder & Program Manager at Fashion and Design Chamber of Armenia. The Chamber is a non-profit association founded in November 2017 by a group of Armenian designers with the mission to support Armenian fashion, design, and textile se...

México  Evalúa 's  Laurence  Pantin   discuss es   her work on  t he Mexican  j udicial  s ector's  e xperience with d igital  t echnologies .  Pantin   is the author of " Guide to Good Practices on the Use of New Technologies for the Administration of Justice ; "  the report explores how Mexico adapted to COVID-19's restrictions and delivered justice to its citizens. The report is part of México ...

Jon Vrushi, Transparency International's Research Coordinator, joins ACGC's podcast to discuss the statistical basis and methodology behind the world's most popular corruption measure: The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Vrushi explains the 13 data sources behind the index and explains why expert opinions and evaluations of public sector corruption - including some based on quantitative eviden...

In this episode of Democracy that Delivers our host Ken Jaques is joined by co-host Hannah Byrd, CIPE  Program Associate for the Center for Women's Economic Empowerment, and f ormer CIPE LIFE Project Coordinator, Nour Akkad. Nour describes how the LIFE Project  recruited and   incubated refugee women and shares  success stories from the program. CIPE  and a Consortium of international partners dev...

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers our host Ken Jaques and co-host Luiza Ayvazyan, a CIPE Program Officer located in Armenia, are joined by Lilit Asatryan, founder and President of Armenian Young Women's Association (AYWA) and the founder of Women Entrepreneurship Network in Armenia. Listen to learn more about these two organizations that help women entrepreneurs access global business net...

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, our host Ken Jaques and our co-host Anna Kompanek, Director of CIPE's Global Programs, are joined by Mercedes Bidart, CEO & Co-Founder of Quipu. Quipu is a new digital platform and app that builds community marketplaces to allow micro-businesses in the informal economy to trade without money while building creditworthiness. The goal is to facilitate comm...