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Democracy That Delivers
by Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
The Democracy That Delivers podcast is about democratic and economic development and the intersection between the two. Through their personal stories, guests share how their work is helping build stronger democratic institutions in countries all over the world and how they are tackling some of the major governance challenges that many countries face today. The weekly discussion covers a wide range of topics including entrepreneurship, governance, rule of law, and the role of the private sector in democratic processes.
Episodes
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425 - Everything is Fine (Until It Isn't) – What NGOs Can Learn from Crisis Leadership
In a moment shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, social media and AI-driven information flows, crisis leadership depends on much more than a communications plan. In this episode, Michele Crymes of CIPE speaks with crisis communications adviser Ellen Barry about how organizations can prepare before...
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424 - Navigating Volatility, Risk, and Collaboration
At a moment when organizations are navigating volatility, fragmentation, and mounting compliance pressure, small- and medium-sized enterprises increasingly rely on trusted external networks to navigate legal, regulatory, and compliance challenges they often lack the capacity to manage alone. In...
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423 - How Corporate Communication Drives the Fight Against Corruption
This episode, part of CIPE's Rapid Response series and hosted by Frank Brown, explores how corporate communication drives the fight against corruption. Guests Nicola Allocca and Mohammed Ahmed share insights from their global work in business integrity, highlighting the importance of culture,...
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422 - Anti-corruption Windows of Opportunity
Moments of political change don't last long — and whether they lead to reform depends on who is ready to act. In this episode of Democracy That Delivers, CIPE's Michele Crymes speaks with Cheri-Leigh Erasmus of Accountability Lab about how civil society can seize democratic windows of…
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421 Australian Perspectives on Southeast Asia and the Pacific with Bill Costello
With Australian Foreign Minister Wong explaining that Australia and China "are in a state of permanent contest in the Pacific" what are Australia's priorities in the Pacific, as well as in Southeast Asia? How does Australia engage in creative diplomacy, and how can the United States and Australia...
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420 - Pacific Pivot with Andrew Harding
As the emerging democracies of the Pacific Islands grapple with development challenges and geopolitics, the region is attracting greater attention from around the world. CIPE's John Morrell speaks with Andrew J. Harding of the Heritage Foundation about his recent article The Pacific Pivot: An...
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419 - Chinese Spending and Lending in the Pacific: What Does it Mean?
As part of a special podcast series on Business and Politics in Today's Pacific Islands, CIPE's John Morrell discusses China's growing presence in the Pacific with Paul Barker, Executive Director of the Institute for National Affairs (INA) in Papua New Guinea. INA is the leading independent…
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418 - Business and Politics in Samoa with Sam Saili
As Samoa prepares for a historic election this August, and as the country's economy emerges from the pandemic, CIPE's John Morrell sits down with Sam Saili, President of the Samoan Chamber of Commerce and CEO of SkyEye Pacific, a technology company providing innovative solutions for the Pacific....
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416 - Powering Equality Women's Role and Challenges in the Energy Sector
A key driver of the modern increase in global entrepreneurship is the increasing participation of women in sectors that were once inaccessible to them. This Global Entrepreneurship Week, CIPE's Elena Ratoi sits down with Arijeta Pajaziti Qerimi, a trailblazer for women in Kosovo's energy sector....
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415 - Sri Lanka Elections: a New Government for Tackling Corruption
Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka follow the September selection of a new president and are expected to put the country on a new course. What might that look like? Sarrah Sammoon, CIPE's field coordinator in the country, joins Regional Director John Morrell to exchange insights on the economic...
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414 - Malawi Next Steps for Trade Facilitation from Local Customs Clearing Specialists
CIPE's own Sousena Tefera, Senior Program Manager with the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, hosts a discussion from Blantyre, Malawi, with key industry professionals McWilliams Mhone, Griffin Kamanga, and Mavuto Zabula. They explore the transformative impact of a new training program for...
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413 - ACGC- Revisiting the 20th Anniversary of the Tenth UN Global Compact Principle with Cristina Ritter
In this episode of the Democracy that Delivers podcast, Frank Brown, Director for the Anti-Corruption and Governance Center (ACGC), is joined by Cristina Ritter, Head of Governance and Anti-Corruption at the UN Global Compact (UNGC), in a discussion on the UNGC resolution and how it has served as…
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412 - ACGC - Understanding the International Chamber of Commerce's Anti-Corruption Efforts
Contemporary anti-corruption work has moved on from the old model defined by the public-sector directives and towards a new system of public-private collaboration. Our guest Viviane Schiavi sits at this critical intersection in her work with CIPE's valuable partner, the International Chamber of...
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411 - FEDN Small Grants- The Rule of Law, Our Future
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...
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Collectively Combating Kleptocracy - Armenia: The Velvet Revolution and Taking Steps Against Kleptocracy
In 2018, widespread protests dislodged a decades-long kleptocratic regime in Armenia. Known as the Velvet Revolution, these protests represented a culmination of decades of civil society organization and activism and the first surge of revolutionary action against Serzh Sargsyan following his...
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Collectively Combating Kleptocracy - Ukraine: EuroMaidan and the Revolution of Dignity
Beginning in November of 2013, then President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych withdrew from a long-desired and promised EU trade agreement in the interest of consolidating a kleptocratic regime with Russia. The events ignited a series of both violent and non-violent large-scale protests in Kyiv,...
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Collectively Combating Kleptocracy - Moldova: Collectively Pushing for Reform
In April 2008, contested election results and alleged electoral fraud in Moldova triggered public protests and political turmoil between activists and state authorities. Eventually, the Communist Party of then-President Vladimir Voronin was replaced it with a coalition called the Alliance for...
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Collectively Combating Kleptocracy - Guatemala: The La Línea Corruption Case and the Fight for Justice
In April of 2015, a telephone wiretap exposed Guatemala's then-President Otto Pérez Molina, his Vice President Roxana Baldetti, and and other high-ranking officials in the tax and customs administration as having been part of a kleptocratic network involving fraud in customs revenues. The La…
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Collectively Combating Kleptocracy - Malaysia: Holding Kleptocrats Accountable after 1MDB
The 1Malaysia Development Berhard scandal (1MDB Scandal) is known as one of the world's most prolific financial scandals. With billions lost as a consequence of fraudulent activity by a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB, the scandal saw a huge backlash from Malaysian citizens, the media, and...
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409 - Daily Life for People and Business in Today's Bangladesh
CIPE's Asia Director speaks with two young professionals in Bangladesh to learn their perspectives and first-hand accounts of the political crisis currently unfolding in the country. Civic unrest sparked by university student protests in June led to the fall of a government barely a month later,...
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408 - FEDN Global Conference: Democratic Challenges and Opportunities in Asia
Ahead of the annual FEDN conference, we invited two of our FEDN members to discuss opportunities and challenges to democratic institutions in the Asia-Pacfic region. CIPE's Tamari Dzotsenidze hosts Reiner Heufers of the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies and Robin Sitoula of the Samriddhi...
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407 - Reforming Healthcare Governance: How the SAHA Project Builds Consensus
This episode of the Democracy That Delivers podcast focuses on the SAHA Project, a CIPE initiative aimed at improving healthcare governance in Tunisia. Dr. Fatma Habboubi, the project manager, explains how the project, funded by the U.S. Department of State, seeks to enhance the healthcare system...
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406 - Reforming the Investment Landscape: Opportunities and Challenges in Argentina
This Democracy that Delivers episode delves into the complexities of the investment landscape in Argentina. Lesly Rubio, Senior Program Manager of CIPE's Latin American Programs, is joined by the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) Senior Program...
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405 - ACGC - A New Guide for Anti-Corruption Messaging in the Real World
Our episode today focuses on anti-corruption messaging: what messaging has looked like in the past, the challenges and risks it poses, and novel approaches that could yield better results. Holly Sandalow, Program Officer at CIPE's Anti-Corruption & Governance Center, sits down with Caryn Peiffer,...
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404 - ACGC - Anti-Corruption in Mexico: Elections, Programs, and North American Trade
Episode Description This episode's Democracy that Delivers podcast focuses on how individual entrepreneurs and policy professionals are using business integrity and compliance programs to deepen trade ties in North America. Michele Crymes, deputy director of CIPE's Anti-Corruption & Governance...
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402 - ACGC - The Cost of Maritime Corruption: A Nigerian Case Study
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,...
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401 - ACGC - Exploring the Innovative Tactics of Moldova's Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office with Veronica Dragalin
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…
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400 - FEDN Small Grants - Using Democratic Spaces to Promote Ethical Practices
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…
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399 - FEDN Small Grants- Democracy, A Digital Story for Young Generations Project
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...
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398 - FEDN Small Grants- The Rule of Law, Our Future
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...
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397 - ACGC - Upholding the Ruggie Principles in Colombia's Private Sector
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...
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396: Combatting Corruption in Sudan: A New Coalition Emerges
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...
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395: Innovating for Resilience: TÜRKONFED's Response to Türkiye's Earthquake Disaster
One year after devasting earthquakes in Türkiye, Erhan Arslan of TÜRKONFED joins Babak Yektafar, CIPE Program Director, and Stephen Rosenlund, Deputy Director of CIPE's Middle East and North Africa Team. TÜRKONFED, a CIPE partner, is an independent business confederation representing 30…
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394: Fostering Growth & Collaboration in Central Asia with B5+1
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…
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393: Unpacking the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) with Tom Firestone and Scott Greytak
Two authors of the groundbreaking U.S. Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) join the podcast to discuss one of the most sweeping and consequential anti-corruption laws of the last four decades. Tom Firestone, a partner at Squire Patton Boggs, and Scott Greytak, Director of Advocacy at the U.S....
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392: Glossary of Grift: How 300 Terms, Events and Case Studies Explain Corruption
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...
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391: CIPE at 40 Podcast - Reforming Right: Hernando de Soto on Empowering Latin American Entrepreneurs
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...
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390: Navigating Risks in Humanitarian Aid: Expert Insights on Compliance and Integrity
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 referred to as charities and nonprofit organizations. In this podcast, she…
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389: The Current Economic Situation in Lebanon: Catching Up with Dr. Patrick Mardini, One Year Later
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…
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388: Global Integrity Is Closing: A Deep Dive into Its Impact
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...
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387: CIPE at 40 Podcast: Advancing Women's Economic Empowerment in Bangladesh — A Conversation with BWCCI Founder Selima Ahmad
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...
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386: Cambodia's Historic Leadership Transition: What's Next for the Country?
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…
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385: Association Frontiers Series - Ukrainian Women in Business Platform and their Role in Rebuilding Ukraine
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...
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384: Empowering Ukraine's Private Sector: A Conversation with Nadiya Bedrychuk
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.
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383: Sri Lanka's Anti-Corruption Efforts: Insights from Transparency International
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...
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382: Insights and Analysis of Russia's War on Ukraine
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…
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381: Fueling Ukraine's Economic Engine: Marcin Nowacki on Entrepreneurship and EU Integration
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...
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The Democracy That Delivers podcast is about democratic and economic development and the intersection between the two. Through their personal stories, guests share how their work is helping build stronger democratic institutions in countries all over the world and how they are tackling some of the major governance challenges that many countries face today. The weekly discussion covers a wide range of topics including entrepreneurship, governance, rule of law, and the role of the private sector in democratic processes.
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