In the latest episode in the anti-corruption rapid response mini-series, Mauricio Alarcón-Salvador, the Executive Director of the Ecaudorian anti-corruption organization Fundación Ciudadania y Desarrollo (FCD), spoke about FCD and CIPE’s rapid response program in Ecuador. Host Peter Glover and Mauricio discuss the window of opportunity in Ecuador and how open contracting practices are bringing more transparency to public procurement.

In 2021, CIPE launched a new applied research initiative to engage business leaders in emerging democracies with actionable knowledge on policy solutions for democratic free-market systems. Today, Policy and Program Learning’s Kim Bettcher and Mikra Krasniqi are joined by researcher Tiffany Qiu to discuss her work on Free Trade Zones and introduce the upcoming Research Unbound webinar series.

Click here to register for the upcoming webinar: "Do Free Trade Zones Stimulate Entrepreneurship?"

Vivek Menon, Associate Director of Global Operations & Industry Engagement for the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) joins CIPE’s Democracy That Delivers podcast to discuss his organization’s work. Menon works closely with CIPE’s Lola Adekanye, who co-hosted the episode. Menon discussed the almost decade-long project MACN has been actively involved with that is battling corruption in Nigeria.