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It Takes All Kinds: A Diverse Mix of Lenders Promotes Broad Access to Small Business Credit
Who lends to small businesses, and how is this changing over time? This paper challenges popular an
swers to this question. First, despite the growing role of non-banks, banks continue to be the most important source of credit for small businesses.
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Financing Urban Resiliency Investing in Complete Communities in the London City Region
By 2050, 68 percent of the world’s population will be living in cities, more than double the percen
tage reported in 1950. Urban growth has risen sharply since 2000, and many cities, London among them, are under extreme pressure to improve their lon
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Financing Urban Resiliency: Innovative Approaches to Deliver Affordable Housing in Chicago
In many US cities, concentrated poverty and chronic disinvestment have resulted in wide social, eco
nomic, and geographic disparities.
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Best-Performing Cities 2016
Which factors are determining the divergence in economic performance of metropolitan areas around t
he nation? Why are some areas thriving while others fall back?
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease - A Giving Smarter Guide
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a collection of diseases including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerati
ve Colitis, which result in chronic inflammation and damage along the lining and tissues of the digestive tract.
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Neurofibromatosis Type 1 - A Giving Smarter Guide
With no effective therapies and no cure, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a genetic disease t
hat can cause a broad range of abnormalities all throughout the body.
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Legislative Approaches to Housing Finance Reform
By the standards of the contemporary American political system, proposals to reform the U.S.
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Why Housing Reform Still Matters
Eight years after the mortgage meltdown, America’s housing system remains broken, serving neither t
axpayers nor homeowners properly.
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Is Retirement Extinct?
The increase in longevity is disrupting the 20th-century retirement model. Our longer lifespans, t
hough a blessing in many respects, has been a shock to the collective system.
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The Chinese Economy in the Next 30 Years: Political Reform vs. Status Quo?
What's in the future for China? China has transformed from a closed-door society to a prosperous a
nd progressive one in the past 40 years.
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Hail to the Chief: A Conversation With Presidential Insiders
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat's unique career spans 40 years and three presidential administrations.
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Credit Is a Cycle: Global Market Outlook
Never has the global mountain of debt—both corporate and fiscal—been higher than it is now.