Governance & Emerging Markets in Fragile States
Co-sponsored by WACA and Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
In partnership with the Kauffman Foundation and the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the UMKC Bloch School

March 3
7:00 p.m.
Kauffman Foundation
4801 Rockhill Rd., KCMO

For several years, American foreign and defense policy has focused on a nexus of critical, interconnected issues: good governance, anti-corruption, rule of law, and strengthening civil society. Dr. John D. Sullivan, Executive Director of CIPE, will visit up to five councils to discuss how these issues are related, how they are being addressed (or not), what works, and what doesn't. Focusing on the context of fragile states, Dr. Sullivan will address the role of private enterprise in promoting a strong, well-functioning society and the challenges that fragile states in particular confront in developing and leveraging the market toward that end. 

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) works to strengthen democracy around the globe through private enterprise and market-oriented reform. CIPE is one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy and a non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. For 25 years, CIPE has worked with business leaders, policymakers, and journalists to build the civic institutions vital to a democratic society.

This program is free, thanks to a grant from the Kauffman Foundation, but please RSVP.