07-31-2024: If it’s bad business, it’s bad for the Philippines (archived)
Our organization, the Stratbase ADR Institute, received an award from the prestigious Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, DC. We were recognized for our research, advocacy, and strategic communication on four infrastructure projects entered into by the Philippines, during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, under the Belt and Road Initiative of China.
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The Philippines has currently withdrawn from the Belt and Road Initiative and the current administration has been careful to consider other partners aside from China.
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Victor Andres “Dindo” C. Manhit is the president of the Stratbase ADR Institute.
Just like the National Endowment for Democracy, CIPE has been scrubbing their website. Search for the Philippines and click on the results. Most of the links are missing.
Related:
Chico River Pump Irrigation Project
CIPE, 08-12-2021: New Website Tracks Impact of China’s BRI Projects to Promote Transparency and Accountability (the original article was removed from their website)
The founding organizations of the BRI Monitor project are: the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) of Malaysia, the Stratbase Albert Del Rosario Institute (ADRi) of the Philippines, the Institute of National Affairs (INA) of Papua New Guinea, the Future Forum of Cambodia, and the Sandhi Governance Institute(SGI) in Myanmar. The BRI Monitor work is supported by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and part of a broader effort by the organization to raise awareness about the potential impact of foreign investments on recipient countries, including how the capital flows can strengthen or weaken key institutions and regulatory environments.
If you scroll down BRI Monitor’s about page, you can see that in addition to Central Asia, they’re also working in West Africa with the Ghana Integrity Initiative (Transparency International) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development.
Center for International Private Enterprise:
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is an independent, non-profit (i.e. loss-leading) affiliate of the US Chamber of Commerce. As one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy, CIPE works with local business leaders to further privatization, deregulation, control of unions, reduction of social services, elimination of tariffs, and free access to markets, and to assist in removing unwanted governments.
Previously:
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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