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Commercial Real Estate: How Vulnerable Are U.S. Banks?
Banks are increasing their commercial real estate (CRE) exposure as signs of another robust boom in
CRE activity become evident in many markets nationwide.
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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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Framing the Issues: The Future of Finance in Thailand
Thailand is well-positioned to capitalize on the new developments in FinTech.
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Combatting the Crisis of Opioids
As the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, the opioid epidemic continues to ra
vage the nation, and there are no simple fixes. As we work to overcome this crisis, the U.S.
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FinTech: So Much Potential, Too Little Impact?
The financial services sector has undergone profound changes over the last century. Despite all th
e innovations, the resulting cost efficiencies have mostly failed to trickle down to the end user.
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Power Play: Closing the Immense Energy Gap in Sub-Saharan Africa
Energy supplies across Africa fall far short of potential demand. In Nigeria, just one example, a
growing population will surpass that of the United States in the next 25 years.
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Strategic Investing in the Middle East and North Africa
As economic growth and political change continue in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
, many of those countries have been compelled to accelerate advancements that diversify away from hydrocarbons, boost the role of the private sector, and c
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The World in Transition | Africa and the Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization Once Again?
Emerging and frontier markets have become a collective bellwether of global growth and social chan
ge, and perhaps nowhere is that more evident than in Africa and regions of the Middle East.
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Women's Reception | Building Meaningful Lives: Women at the Forefront
As we navigate today's plugged-in, on-call, tech-obsessed culture, men and women alike are seeking
meaningful engagement with the roles, responsibilities, and relationships that make up their lives.
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Earth on the Brink: A Sixth Extinction, or a Breakthrough in Biodiversity?
Life on planet Earth is at a critical inflection point, given the looming Sixth Great Extinction a
nd the question of whether humans will survive it.
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