Free Enterprise & Democracy Network

Publications

• Ruslan Stefanov and Martin Vladimirov co-authored a report, “Deals in the Dark” which analyzes Russian corrosive capital in Argentina and Bolivia. Their report is the fifth in the Sharp Power and Democratic Resilience Series.
• Boris Begovic recently published a book review of “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World” by Branko Milanovic. In the review, Begovic examines the author’s assertion that only capitalism remains, but which version: liberal capitalism or political capitalism?
• László Kállay co-authored a paper with Tibor Takács titled “The impact of public subsidies on investment and growth: Policy about evaluation, selection and monitoring”. In this paper a micro economic model based empirical analysis is presented that shows the possible impact of public subsidy on economic growth.

Tools

• Laith Al Qasem, CEO of Innovative Startups & SMEs Fund (ISSF) announced that ISSF would be investing in Abjjad, a Jordan-based e-book subscription service. For a monthly fee of $5.99, the Abjjad service offers users unlimited access to some 6,000 Arabic e-books and novels. The investment demonstrates the increasing importance of e-marketplaces in the post-COVID economy.
• Martin Burt has developed a toolkit called Poverty Stoplight, which is a process allowing survey respondents to self-assess their well-being through 6 dimensions. This type of toolkit is especially helpful during this time because it provides information to policymakers as they formulate continued economic responses to COVID-19. To learn more about Fundacion Paraguya’s work, visit their website here.

Speaking Engagements

• Ryan Evangelista served as a moderator for the virtual edition of the National Export Congress 2020 (NEC 2020). The theme, “Digitalization Boost: Invigorating Exports in the New Normal” focused on how exporters can use digital tools to “adapt to a more socially distant future.”
• Toki Mabogunje co-hosted the Africa Business Ethics Conference, a “business-community-led global forum for convening a broad stakeholder group” working on the “complex and peculiar challenges posed by corruption.”

Awards and Accolades

• Cynthia Gabriel was recently named an “Anti-Corruption Champion” by the US State Department for her work on exposing corruption and corrupt practices in the face of harassment from authorities.
• Jehan Ara was awarded the 2022 the Tamgha-E-Imtiaz, one of the highest civilian honors by the President of Pakistan.
• Kehinde Aina was given the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic award within the 2022 national honors award of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
• The Convention on Business Integrity, headed by Soji Apampa, was awarded in Outstanding Achievement in Collective Action 2022 with collaboration with Maritime Anti-Corruption Network by the Basel Institute on Governance.

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