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Democracy That Delivers

414 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings

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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395: Innovating for Resilience: TÜRKONFED's Response to Türkiye's Earthquake Disaster

March 13, 2024 16:20 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MB

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 federations and 300 associations with more than 60,000 company members across Türkiye. Arslan, TÜRKONFED’s Deputy Secretary General – Project Development and Coordination, discusses his organization’s mobiliz...

394: Fostering Growth & Collaboration in Central Asia with B5+1

March 05, 2024 15:35 - 25 minutes - 27.3 MB

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 conference in Kazakhstan in March 2024. CIPE's Executive Director, Andrew Wilson, is joined by ...

393: Unpacking the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) with Tom Firestone and Scott Greytak

February 14, 2024 20:50 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MB

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. chapter of Transparency International (TI), discuss the importance of FEPA. The law makes it a crime for a foreign official to demand or accept a bribe from a company with a U.S. nexus, including t...

392: Glossary of Grift: How 300 Terms, Events and Case Studies Explain Corruption

January 17, 2024 19:21 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MB

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 Eurasia team, to discuss the purpose of the dictionary, the methodology employed to create it, the ever-evolvi...

391: CIPE at 40 Podcast - Reforming Right: Hernando de Soto on Empowering Latin American Entrepreneurs

January 11, 2024 20:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

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 worldwide. For this podcast, De Soto joins CIPE Executive Director Andrew Wilson to discuss the impor...

390: Navigating Risks in Humanitarian Aid: Expert Insights on Compliance and Integrity

January 03, 2024 18:29 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MB

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 joins Michele Crymes, Deputy Director for CIPE's Anti-Corruption and Governance Center, to discuss the importance of risk considerations in operations and knowledge sharing between third-sector organiza...

389: The Current Economic Situation in Lebanon: Catching Up with Dr. Patrick Mardini, One Year Later

December 07, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MB

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, and how LIMS is engaging local leaders for change. 

388: Global Integrity Is Closing: A Deep Dive into Its Impact

November 29, 2023 20:38 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MB

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 transformative change requires deep local expertise, something it helped build into CIPE's operations. Miller-T...

387: CIPE at 40 Podcast: Advancing Women's Economic Empowerment in Bangladesh — A Conversation with BWCCI Founder Selima Ahmad

November 16, 2023 20:38 - 32 minutes - 74.7 MB

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 outlook.

386: Cambodia's Historic Leadership Transition: What's Next for the Country?

November 15, 2023 18:09 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

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 of the Strongman, and joins Jennifer Anderson, Program Director for CIPE's Asia & Pacific team, to discuss implicati...

385: Association Frontiers Series - Ukrainian Women in Business Platform and their Role in Rebuilding Ukraine

November 08, 2023 20:15 - 36 minutes - 50 MB

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 Lysetska and Khudyk draw from their personal business experience and explain how the war has chan...

384: Empowering Ukraine’s Private Sector: A Conversation with Nadiya Bedrychuk

November 02, 2023 13:15 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB

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. 

383: Sri Lanka's Anti-Corruption Efforts: Insights from Transparency International

November 01, 2023 17:56 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MB

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 independence in 1948 due to widespread corruption, leading to the Aragalaya protest movement in 2022. Gunar...

382: Insights and Analysis of Russia’s War on Ukraine

October 19, 2023 13:30 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

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.

381: Fueling Ukraine's Economic Engine: Marcin Nowacki on Entrepreneurship and EU Integration

October 05, 2023 13:08 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

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.

380: Exploring the Intersection Between Gender and Corruption in Indonesia

October 04, 2023 20:46 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MB

Justin Snyder and Meissy Sabardiah of Indonesia’s Kemitraan, join Gabrielle Cervone, ACGC Program Associate, to discuss their research into sextortion in Indonesia, and explain why it’s a unique problem in the country. They share lessons learned from recently completed case studies funded by USAID’s Integritas initiative. Findings from the case studies should be applied by everyone working on sextortion Snyder and Sabradiah argue.

379: Rebuilding Ukraine’s Economy: The IMF’s Strategic Role and Insights

September 21, 2023 13:46 - 31 minutes - 32.8 MB

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.  

378: Feeding Ukraine's Future

September 21, 2023 13:15 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MB

Feeding Ukraine’s Future features a discussion with Andrii Dykun, Chairman of the Ukrainian Agrarian Council. The agriculture sector has been a main engine of Ukraine’s economy since before the war. This podcast provides a stark look at everyday life for the country’s network of farmers, considered some of the country’s most important small business owners. Some have been imprisoned by the invaders and others are being forced to sell their crops below cost.

377: Exploring Innovative Anti-Corruption Training with Max Burger-Scheidlin

September 21, 2023 12:31 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MB

Dr. Maximilian Burger-Scheidlin, Executive Director of the International Chamber of Commerce in Austria, specializes in finding new ways to encourage individuals and businesses to adhere to global anti-corruption standards and legal frameworks through business incentives and practical ways to resist bribery and other forms of corruption, especially in difficult environments. Burger-Scheidlin joins Anna Kompanek, Director for Global Programs, to provide an overview of his innovative anti-corr...

376: Reconstructing Ukraine’s Economy: Insights from the EBRD

September 14, 2023 13:20 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MB

What will it take to revitalize Ukraine’s economy amidst conflict? Dimitar Bogov, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Lead Economist for Eastern Europe and Caucasus discusses economic recovery strategies, investment climate reforms, and long-term growth prospects.

375: Empowering Ukraine's Entrepreneurs: A Conversation with Kateryna Glazkova

September 14, 2023 13:15 - 22 minutes - 31.3 MB

Kateryna Glazkova, head of Ukraine’s largest business union, shares how entrepreneurs are driving resilience and renewal. Learn how strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and improving the business climate can accelerate growth during rebuilding.

374: Building Coalitions to Expose the Secret Owners of Shell Companies: The Global Push for Transparency

August 30, 2023 21:08 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MB

Gary Kalman, Executive Director of Transparency International U.S., explains why Beneficial Ownership Transparency is one of the most effective tools for exposing corruption. Beneficial ownership laws reveal the real owners behind companies, even shell companies, so criminals can't anonymously enable financial crimes. Kalman, who oversees efforts to combat illicit finance, discusses the utility of building coalitions amongst business allies and other diverse stakeholders to make progress. Th...

373: Increasing Accountability in Chile’s Extractive Mining Industry with María Jaraquemada

August 17, 2023 20:09 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MB

Maria Jaraquemada, Executive Director of Chile Transparente (CT), joins the Anti-Corruption and Governance podcast to explain the impact of the Chile’s recent joining of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, what the move means for the country, and the role to be played by her organization. She will also explain some of the potential private sector concerns and how EITI membership could impact U.S.-China competition. This episode is co-hosted by Frank Brown, Director of CIPE's ...

372: How can Public Banks in the Global South Strengthen Democracy and Governance, with Thomas Marois.

July 19, 2023 20:41 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MB

How can Public Banks in the Global South strengthen democracy and governance? Thomas Marois, a global expert on public banks and a political economy specialist, draws from his background working with numerous public financial institutions around the globe. Marois, a recent Reader in Development Studies at SOAS University of London and a Professor in Political Science at McMaster University, where he is working towards creating a new global center for public banking, explains how public banks...

371: Understanding Financial Secrecy’s Increased Role, with Raymond Baker

June 29, 2023 13:50 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MB

Invisible Trillions is the title of a new book by Raymond Baker, Founding President of Global Financial Integrity. Baker asserts that democracy and capitalism have progressively decoupled over the last few decades, making it easier for illicit money to flow around the globe. Baker shared specific examples and recommendations on CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast, addressing key issues such as increasing corruption and “golden visa” programs that give high-net-worth individual...

370: An Overview of Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Infrastructure with Hasmik Tigranyan

June 22, 2023 13:16 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MB

In recent years, Armenia’s government has put in place a robust anti-corruption infrastructure to counter what had been the country’s historically high levels of corruption. Hasmik Tigranyan, the Head of the Anti-Corruption Policy Development and Monitoring Department at Armenia’s Ministry of Justice, joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss the progress that has been made to date. Listen now to hear Tigranyan elaborate on the government’s planned initiatives, as w...

369: Top Association Expert Weighs in on Essential Leadership Tools

June 07, 2023 19:21 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MB

How can associations and business membership groups stay ahead of the curve in these challenging times? Bill Pawlucy joins the Democracy that Delivers podcast to discuss his new book: The Essential Handbook for Nonprofit Leaders. Listen now to hear Pawlucy draw on decades of experience working with business associations worldwide, covering everything from sustainable revenue and governance strategies to advice on how to harness technology and navigate emerging trends. This episode is hoste...

368: Assessing Armenia’s Corruption Climate with Eric Hacopian

May 31, 2023 19:41 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MB

By many measures, Armenia has made significant strides in the fight against corruption since the Velvet Revolution of 2018. Eric Hacopian, a political analyst and the host of the online show Insights with Eric Hacopian, joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss the noticeable reduction of petty corruption in Armenia and how that transition came to be. Listen now to hear Hacopian elaborate on how certain Armenian industries, most notably the information technology se...

367: Understanding the Increased Monitoring of Nigeria by the Financial Action Task Force

May 25, 2023 17:10 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MB

What really happens when a country is “grey listed” by the global Financial Action Task Force (FATF)? CIPE examines this with Muazu Umaru, Director of Policy and Research at the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering (GIABA) in West Africa. The discussion follows announcements that Nigeria is among the new adds to the FATF’s “grey list” of countries with deficiencies in their structural abilities to counter money laundering and terrorism financing. CIPE’s Nigeria Country ...

366: Association Frontiers Series - TÜRKONFED's Earthquake Response in Turkey

May 04, 2023 17:54 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MB

A CIPE partner is among those leading crisis efforts on the ground in southern Turkey, where massive February earthquakes leveled entire communities and displaced millions. TÜRKONFED (Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation) was one of the first organizations to respond after the quakes, mobilizing its vast network of associations and federations to assist with immediate relief efforts. The groups are now supporting longer-term business rebuilding efforts amid the grief and despair. ...

365: A Trailblazing Approach to Preventing Corruption in Indonesia, with Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas

April 26, 2023 19:20 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MB

Much anti-corruption work focuses on identifying corruption that already exists. A different approach proves more preventive: helping enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability in organizations. That is the method used by Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas, who joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss the award-winning work being done by the Private Sector Collective Action Coalition Against Corruption (KAKI), launched in September 2020 in partnership with CIPE. ...

364: Defeating the Dictators, a new book by Charles Dunst

April 06, 2023 20:36 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MB

Charles Dunst, Deputy Director of Research & Analytics at The Asia Group, a Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Contributing Editor of American Purpose, joins Jennifer Anderson, Senior Program Officer for CIPE's Asia & Pacific team to discuss his new book, "Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman," which can be found here: http://linktr.ee/defeatingthedictators @defeatingthedictators | Linktree Defeating the Dictators by...

363: Designing A New Generation of Anti-Corruption Communication Campaigns, with Corina Rebegea

March 29, 2023 16:44 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MB

Corina Rebegea, an Anti-Corruption Advisor at the National Democratic Institute, joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center (ACGC) podcast to discuss how to craft effective messaging that supports anti-corruption campaigns during windows of opportunity. Her report, The Role of Anti-Corruption Communications in Sustaining Integrity Reforms, highlights specific ways to design effective anti-corruption communication campaigns to earn popular support for government integrity reforms. Drawi...

362: Building Inclusive Job Markets, with Profesia

March 22, 2023 18:57 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MB

Anna Podlesna, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager for Profesia, joins Anna Kompanek, CIPE's Director of Global Programs, to discuss the impact of Profesia's work in the disabilities sphere. Profesia was founded in 1997 in Slovakia and currently hosts the biggest job portal in the country. Profesia has since expanded beyond Slovakia and has received many awards for its achievements in providing employment resources that are uniquely tailored towards people with disabilities.    In 20...

361: Turning Emerging-Market Business Risks into Value, with Dr. Andrea Bonime-Blanc

March 16, 2023 13:10 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

Dr. Andrea Bonime-Blanc, author and CEO of GEC Risk Advisory, joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss her new joint publication with CIPE, the Risk to Value Guide: How Emerging Market Businesses Can Transform New Risks into Value. Bonime-Blanc has made a name for herself, including in her acclaimed 2020 book, Gloom to Boom, for articulating how firms can flip the script and convert risks into opportunities. Listen now to hear Dr. Bonime-Blanc discuss the guide and...

360: The Expanded Mandate of Wartime Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention, with Serhiy Derkach

March 08, 2023 20:50 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Serhiy Derkach, an anti-corruption lawyer who led the Department of Corruption Prevention and Detection at Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) from 2020 to early 2023, joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast this week to share about the agency's work both before and since Russia's invasion. Derkach, who was named Ukraine's Deputy Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development in February, describes how the NACP has pursued its mand...

359: Reducing Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Moldova

March 02, 2023 18:51 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

The Women and Girls Empowered Consortium (WAGE), in partnership with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) published CIPE’s newest Democracy that Delivers podcast, “Reducing Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Moldova.” Elena Ratoi, CIPE Program Officer, and Carolina Bugaian, Board Member of the Association of Female Entrepreneurs of Moldova (AFAM) discussed the development of the Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Republic of Moldova, whose mission is ...

358: Why BHP is Boosting Beneficial Ownership Transparency and Sustainability, with Tim Robinson

February 23, 2023 18:09 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MB

Tim Robinson, Chief Compliance Officer at BHP, joined CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center (ACGC) podcast on the margins of December’s International Anti-Corruption Conference to discuss why BHP - one of the world’s largest mining companies - has chosen to actively prioritize integrity and business ownership transparency with its partners and global supply chain. As he shares, "effective anti-corruption measures and an effective anti-corruption environment...helps promote a level playi...

357: Prozorro: Ukraine’s Integrity-Based Public Sales System, with Oleksii Sobolev

February 10, 2023 17:41 - 28 minutes - 38.7 MB

Oleksii Sobolev, the recently named Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast this week to discuss Ukraine's lauded innovations in procurement transparency and accountability. Recorded a few weeks ago while he was still the Chief Executive Officer of Prozorro.Sale, Sobolev provides an insider story of Ukraine’s efforts to strengthen integrity, market competition, and public trust in the government as it developed and launched a uniquely t...

356: Senegal's Historic Push for Beneficial Ownership in Extractives and Beyond, with Cheikhou Oumar

February 01, 2023 20:22 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

Cheikhou Oumar, President of the Observatory for Monitoring Economic Development Indicators in Africa (OSIDEA), joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss Senegal's historic push for ownership transparency in the extractives sector and beyond. Oumar shares his experience at the center of trilateral negotiations with government, business, and civil society as the country has launched and mandated compliance to its first-ever beneficial ownership registry, which curren...

355: Local Engagement at the T20 and G20: A Conversation with Rainer Heufers

January 04, 2023 17:42 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

Rainer Heufers, Executive Director of the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) joins Adam Sachs, Program Officer for CIPE's Global Programs team to discuss digital governance and how to inform better policies through the T20 process. Against the backdrop of Indonesia’s presidency of the G20, CIPE supported CIPS as it served as a co-chair for the T20's Taskforce 4: Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture. CIPS also developed two policy papers papers - G20 Framework for Repurposing ...

354: Can Institutional Anti-Corruption Analysis Help End ‘Rule by Thieves’ in Moldova?

December 24, 2022 19:58 - 30 minutes - 56.1 MB

James Wasserstrom and Tamara Razin, co-chairs of Moldova’s Independent Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee (CCIA), join CIPE's Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss the CCIA’s high-stakes role in combating strategic corruption. Founded in June 2021— after Moldova elected president Maia Sandu on a promise to end the “rule of thieves”—the politically independent body aims to stop state capture, analyze systemic corruption issues across institutions in Moldova, and improve the ...

353: Factoring in Geopolitical Risks When Investing

December 14, 2022 19:14 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

Larry Chan and Daniel Hong from Free World Investment join Eric Hontz, Director of CIPE's Center for Accountable Investment and Catherine Tai, Deputy Regional Director of CIPE's Asia and Pacific team to discuss the considerations of geopolitical risks when investing. Free World Investment is the first ethical investment strategy dedicated to safeguarding global capital in developed markets from investing into countries with heightened political and country investment risks.

352: Update on the Current Economic Situation in Lebanon

December 07, 2022 16:06 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MB

Dr. Patrick Mardini, CEO of the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies (LIMS) joins Marie Principe, Program Officer for CIPE's Middle East and North Africa team to discuss the current status of Lebanon amid the economic crisis and private sector led solutions. LIMS is a platform for research, collaboration and innovation in economic policy and helps governments and public-sector organizations design and implement market solutions in Lebanon. Mardini and Principe discuss the causes of the ...

351: Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

November 30, 2022 21:03 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MB

Jackline Lidubwi, Project Lead at Internews Kenya, joins Anna Kompanek, Director for CIPE's Global Programs, to talk about inclusion of persons with disabilities, specifically those in developing countries. Jackline Lidubwi is a multi-award winning disability media activist, media trainer, and journalist with 20 years of experience in disability reporting. She leads the Inclusive Media Project across Sub-Saharan Africa at Internews. Lidubwi discusses her current project at Internews wi...

350: Dirty Cement Deals on ISIS Letterhead: Comparing the Lafarge & Chiquita Cases

November 23, 2022 16:08 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MB

Anti-corruption lawyer Bill Steinman joins the Anti-Corruption & Governance Center (ACGC) podcast to discuss cases of companies cutting deals with terrorist organizations in dangerous foreign markets. The lively discussion starts with the now infamous Lafarge enforcement action, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice in October 2022. It involves a French multi-national cement firm that pled guilty for "conspiring to provide material support and resources" to both ISIS and Al-Nusra Front...

349: How Technology + Talent + Diversity is Fueling HackCorruption in Southern Africa

November 17, 2022 13:41 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MB

Accountability Lab's HackCorruption team joins the Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss how a series of Tech-For-Good events are building diverse communities of anti-corruption activists in emerging markets. Accountability Lab Global Director of Learning Cheri-Leigh Erasmus, Mexico Country Director Eva Sander, and Global Programs and Partnerships Manager Sara Hoenes describe how their hackathon model has set a new bar for training in anti-corruption, design, marketing, and ...

348: A Conversation with UkraineInvest

November 03, 2022 19:58 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

Sergiy Tsivkach, CEO of UkraineInvest, joins Eric Hontz, Director of CIPE's Center for Accountable Investment, to learn more about UkraineInvest, specifically during a critical moment in Ukraine's history. UkraineInvest is a government institution providing investors with support such as current information and advice on doing business in Ukraine; identifying optimal investment opportunities, and guiding investors through government agencies at all levels. Tsivkach and Hontz discuss the re...

347: Pioneering Beneficial Ownership Reform in Armenia

October 20, 2022 17:40 - 27 minutes - 25 MB

From Armenia, Shushan Doydoyan, president of the Freedom of Information Center, and Lilya Afrikyan, coordinator for the Prime Minister's Office of Open Government Partnership, join the Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast this week to discuss the challenges and successes Armenia is experiencing as it fights to enact beneficial ownership transparency (BOT) reforms. Just after its 2018 revolution, the country’s new government collaborated with civil society to implement a plan to transf...

346: Opportunities for Informal Workers to Defend Democracy Around the World

October 12, 2022 18:31 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB

Wisborn Malaya, Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA) joins Ryan Musser, Program Officer for CIPE's Africa team and Kim Bettcher, Director of CIPE's Policy and Program Learning team to discuss Malaya's experiences and insight into the informal economy in Zimbabwe and around the world.  Our hosts and guest discuss the similarities between the informal economy in Zimbabwe compared to other informal economies in other countries, Malaya's work with ...

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