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Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets Phase I Summary: Developing Action-Oriented Solutions to the Financing Challenges Facing Minority-Owned Small Businesses
Minority-owned small businesses play an important role in the nation’s economic health by driving j
ob creation, raising wages, and elevating better standards of living in communities throughout the United States.
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Creating Pathways to Sustainable Homeownership That Builds and Retains Wealth
The challenges of achieving homeownership, particularly for lower- and moderate-income families, re
main a perennial issue in housing policy.
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Increasing Access to Capital in the Rio Grande Valley
In 2011, the Rio Grande Valley of Texas was one of the poorest regions in the United States. There
was a lack of infrastructure and limited access to traditional lenders.
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(Re-)Creating a Market for Mortgage Credit Risk
Remarks as prepared for delivery to the American Enterprise Institute’s Fourth Annual&
nbsp;International Conference on Housing Risk
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Comment Letter to the CFPB: Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process
The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets provided a response to the Consumer Fin
ancial Protection Bureau (CFPB) upon request for comments regarding use
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Feeding the World's Hungry: Fostering an Efficient and Responsive Food Access Pipeline
The 2008 global financial crisis left people with less money to feed their families and institution
s with fewer resources to help. At the time of the lab, hunger impacted 1B people, 65% of whom were concentrated in seven countries. Despite t
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Utilize Existing Financial Infrastructure to Build an Equitable Post-COVID Recovery
Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic and socioeconomic inequities, a national conversation has emerged
around the efficacy of economic policies to ensure that recovery is inclusive of underserved racial minorities and equitable in terms of remedying the exi
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Unleashing the Power of the Bio-Economy
In 2012, the United States was poised to begin converting 20 percent of petrochemical consumption t
o bio-based products, creating jobs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and capturing a large share of the global renewable chemicals market.
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Industrial Diversification in Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges
By 2014, Bangladesh had leveraged its abundant and low-cost labor to spur economic growth and attra
ct both domestic and foreign investment.
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Toward Affordable Housing in Israel
Dramatic price increases in Israel’s housing market prior to 2013 had outpaced the rise in average
household income, leaving working families with limited options.
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Accelerating Workforce Housing Development Across California
California has long had a shortage of affordable housing, most notably along the coast, around univ
ersities and research centers, and where booming local economies reflect the entrepreneurial culture for which the state is famous.
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An Affordable Housing Fee in the Context of GSE Reform
Among the many stumbling blocks to achieving bipartisan housing finance reform are deep-seated diff
erences in lawmakers views on the role of government sponsored enterprises (GSEs), or their potential successors, in affordable housing.
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