Farmers discussing along a canal in rural Ghana. (Photo: CIPE) For farmers all across Africa, accessing capital to improve yields is a constant frustration. As business solutions to poverty and food security have come to the fore in international development, the plight of Africa’s farmers seeking capital is nothing new. At the same time, while not capturing nearly as much attention, investors on the other side of the table face the very same obstacles

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Access to investments

For the second year in a row, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has come up empty-handed in finding eligible candidates for its Ibrahim Prize , a prize worth quite a notable chunk of change – $5M for the first 10 years, and then another $200K every year thereafter. Yet the award has actually only been given out twice – first in its inaugural year in 2007 and then again in 2008. What gives

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In April the UK parliament passed the UK Bribery Act , which significantly enhances the penalties for giving and receiving bribes and extends the reach of the UK government in pursuing allegations of corruption that occur abroad.  The action in the UK coupled with the U.S. government significantly increasing its investigations in to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has many businesses reexamining their internal controls and redoubling efforts in compliance

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International Business Ethics: Managing for the Long Term

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Soaring property prices have effectively priced the average Chinese citizen out of the housing market. Last year, a government official conceded that he could not afford an apartment on his humble salary. Fortunately for him, most government officials are provided with comfortable public housing—he need not worry

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Learning the Hard Way: China’s Distorted Real Estate Market

Posted by Alan Childress One of my students doing a brief “independent study” on legal ethics wrote her paper on the 2009 Louisiana bar regulation of advertising, including internet and web advertising and blogging, and certain per-use fees and screening…

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The story of the Louisiana internet/advertising rules and the federal court challenge

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry membership has over 1500 corporates and over 500 chambers of commerce and business associations, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry espouses the shared vision of …

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A market in Senegal. Can this street become the next hotbed of global economic growth? (Photo: CIPE) Much has been said about the BRIC economies – Brazil, Russia, India, and China – the group that is slowly but surely assuming a prominent position in global markets, making the old debate about the first and third world obsolete.  But is there a new BRIC on the horizon

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Africa: The Next BRIC? Or Not Yet?

This disciplinary case summary appears in the most recent edition of the California Bar Journal: [An attorney] was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on five years of probation and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year. The…

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Disciplinary Probation For Eight Crimes

The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department today imposed a six-month suspension of an attorney after receiving evidence of secretly tape-recorded conversations made by the client: An investigation commenced into this matter upon a complaint from a…

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Speak Into The Microphone

A judicial ethics opinion from Kentucky gives a “qualified” endorsement of judges friending on facebook:In conclusion, even a cursory reading of this opinion should make clear that the aCommittee struggled with this issue, and whether the answer should be a…

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Permissible But With Extreme Caution

The web page of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers reports a disbarment imposed by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court for misappropriation of entrusted funds and related misconduct. The Board’s Memorandum describes the misconduct and the attorney’s…

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Gentlemanly Restraints Removed

The Illinois Review Board has recommended a nine-month suspension of an attorney admitted in 2000. The attorney had clerked at and practiced with a law firm. When his income declined in 2005, the attorney received fees due the firm and…

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Thefts From Law Firm Draw Nine-Month Suspension Recommendation

The Oregon Supreme Court imposed a 30-day suspension of an attorney for his failure to communicate with a client named Cohn. The court considered but was unimpressed with the attorney’s view that the conduct displayed “poor business sense” but did…

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"Less Than Stellar Customer Relations" Or Something More?

A majority of the Supreme Court of Washington reversed a criminal conviction for second degree murder of a defendant tried in a jailhouse rather than courthouse.

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The Difference Between A Jailhouse And A Courthouse

Two attorneys in Marion County, Indiana were publicly reprimanded by the Indiana Supreme Court in the wake of alcohol-related driving offenses. that were committed while the attorneys served as deputy prosecutors.

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The Prosecutors Of Marion County

The web page of the Ohio Supreme Court reports: The Supreme Court of Ohio today imposed an indefinite suspension against the law license of [a] Fremont attorney…for multiple professional misconduct violations, including inappropriate touching of and sexual remarks to clients…

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Indefinite Suspension For Sexual Behavior

Flash Player 9 or higher is required to view the chart Click here to download Flash Player now View the full SPX chart at Wikinvest Today’s Daily Angle comes from  Wikinvest Wire member Dividend Growth Investor. You can read  the full article on DividendGrowthInvestor.com .

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Why Dividend Stocks Rock

A recent admonition is summarized on the web page of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers:In June 2007, the respondent met with a long-standing client and her mother. The client informed the respondent that her mother was terminally ill and…

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Who Is The Client?

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court approved a consent three-year suspension of an attorney convicted of making a materially false statement to the federal government. The statements (five in total) were in reports filed with the National Library of Medicine and falsely…

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Consulting For Profit And Discipline

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cripples economies, and it is built to evade. Besides HIV’s notorious ability to mutate and thus thwart treatment–let alone vaccination–it is also virtually symptom free and thus undetectable without lab testing for up to 10 years or more. The only way to conclusively determine that HIV is besieging one’s immune system is to detect the antibodies produced in the bloodstream to counter the virus.

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Fighting epidemics with local knowledge

CIPE is pleased to announce the release of the 2009 Annual Report , celebrating the achievements of CIPE’s partners and projects around the world. The 2009 Annual Report showcases the impact of partners like the Confederation of Entrepreneurship of Belarus, which prevented the elimination of 40 percent of Belarusian small and medium-sized enterprises; and L’Institute Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprise in Tunisia, which opened the first-ever North African Center for Corporate Governance. The report also features milestone celebrations for CIPE’s 25th anniversary year: CIPE’s inaugural Hernando de Soto Award for Democracy and the “Democracy that Delivers” conference

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CIPE Releases 2009 Annual Report

Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member  Hard Assets Investor . You can read  the full article on the Hard Assets Investor Blog .

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How Connected Are Oil Majors To The Price Of Oil?

Wade Channell shares great insights on reconstructing legal structures for lasting success in his new essay, “ Urgency and Legitimacy: Tensions in Rebuilding the Legal Structure for Business in Post-Conflict Countries .” “Urgent lawmaking is not the same as urgent building projects…  Normally, laws derive from the surrounding culture and power dynamics, with strong historical underpinnings as well. Unlike a machine in which parts can simply be exchanged, the legal system is dynamic, much more akin to a human body in which parts cannot simply be exchanged because of the complexity of factors involved in the transplant… The primary victim of urgent lawmaking is legitimacy.” Mr. Channell calls for a voice for business in post-conflict reforms in order to foster legitimate economic reforms that address urgent business priorities while building long-term stability.

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Urgency and Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Countries

Veaceslav Negruta, Finance Minister of Moldova addressing the audience at the National Business Agenda roll out event in Chisinau, Moldova. (Photo: Institute for Development and Social Initiatives Viitorul) On May 21 a network of 32 business associations and chambers in Moldova rolled out their second National Business Agenda effort supported by CIPE.  In contrast to their first effort, the advocacy environment for Moldova has changed radically with the election of a pro-reform government.  While the doors of government are now open for private sector input – Moldovan President Gripu delivered opening remarks, and the Minister of Finance, the Chair of the Parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee, and the Governor of the Central Bank were all in attendance – it’s clear that many challenges and hurdles remain ahead for both the reform government and the business community.

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Moldova’s National Business Agenda on the march