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Foreign Direct Investment: Which Nations Are Playing to Win? Milken Institute Rankings of 136 Countries Aids Governments, Investors
LOS ANGELES – Foreign direct investment has never been more important in catalyzing growth, whether
in the developed or developing world.
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Asia’s ‘Weaponized’ Economic Future
Asia now stands at the center of a new era, in which economics and geopolitics are again becoming ev
er-more closely intertwined.
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The battle for the hearts and lungs of billions of women is raging in emerging markets, a leading analyst explains in the latest Milken Institute review
LOS ANGELES -- Demographer Brad Edmondson outlines what's at stake in Big Tobacco’s drive to expand
sales outside the affluent West. "All over the developing world,
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FinTech in Focus—October 21, 2019
In this issue:
Voices from the Committee »
Industry Headlines »
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Investing in Safe Water Allows Opportunities to Flow
Here we are in 2018. From artificial intelligence and self-driving cars to breakthroughs in medicine
and space exploration, the human capacity to transform the world is infinite.
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In the latest Milken Institute Review: Former adviser to the president of the European Commission argues that Germany’s much celebrated economy is no model for Europe
LOS ANGELES – Philippe Legrain challenges the received wisdom that Germany’s mix of wage discipline
and focus on exports is the cure for what ails the rest of Europe.
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Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech Finalists: Producers Direct
Pictured: Brian Ngetich, User-Centered Developer, FarmDirect.
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New Book Argues that Savings and Loan Crisis Was Preventable; Confluence of Adverse Economic Conditions, Regulatory Missteps to Blame
LOS ANGELES — Between 1980 and early 1995, more than 5,000 savings and loans, commercial banks and c
redit unions failed in the U.S. The cost of resolving this crisis exceeded $190 billion.
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In an Era of Rapid Globalization, Two Ideas for Reducing Job Insecurity
LOS ANGELES – In an article in the Milken Institute Review, Robert Litan of the Council on Foreign R
elations flatly rejects protectionism, which he sees as a dead end in a world economy irreversibly dependent on trade for prosperity.
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Milken Institute Scales Up Engagement with Africa through New Business Council
Washington DC, July 2 2024—The Milken Institute today announced the launch of the Africa Leaders Bus
iness Council.
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Forging a Strong Path Forward to Boost Global Economic Immunity
In recent years, the global economy has experienced a series of sudden exogenous shocks—the COVID-19
pandemic, the visible war in Ukraine, and global monetary activism.,
Financial inclusion can provide investors clues about markets set for more rapid, inclusive growth.
, Measuring Economic Immunity
Through our 2022 Global Financial Inclusion Index, we analyzed 42 global markets to understand the level of financial inclusion support in
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To Solve the Water Crisis, We Must Rethink the Way We Invest
2020 often feels nothing short of apocalyptic. The deadly coronavirus pandemic has killed over 1 mil
lion people worldwide. The climate crisis is unleashing historic hurricanes and wildfires that are turning towns into ash., If we can marshal the urgency and human ingenuity to solve the global water crisis, we can tackle some of the most entrenched and systemic problems in our world., But there’s a reason to be optimistic. If we can marshal the urgency and human ingenuity to solve the global water crisis, we can tackle some of the most entrenched and systemic problems in our world.
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