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Framing the Issues: Expanding Digital Financial Inclusion in the Philippines
The Philippines appears poised to become a world leader in the use of financial technology, or FinT
ech, due to several drivers.
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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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Investing in Los Angeles' Urban Resiliency - Executive Summary
Most countries are underinvesting in their efforts to deal with expected population increases and c
limate stresses, producing an annual global shortfall of US$350B in global infrastructure spending.
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Silver to Gold: The Business of Aging
Opportunities presented by an aging population will not be fully realized unless business leaders a
ct now to prepare for this irreversible shift in demography.
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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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America's Obesity Crisis: The Health and Economic Costs of Excess Weight
This study calculates the prevalence and economic effects of diseases related to obesity and overwe
ight in the United States.
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Opioid Crisis: Examining National, State, and Local Responses and Impact
The U.S. Surgeon General has said that better partnerships lead to better national health. As a re
sult, a number of agencies, organizations, and companies are re-examining how they approach combatting the opioid crisis in their local communities.
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Women's Health: Addressing Disparities from Health Leadership to Patient Care
Women are disproportionately affected by issues surrounding health, as health decision-makers, car
egivers, and patients.
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Race, Gender, and Work: The Economics of Healthy Aging
Living healthy and economically-secure lives through old age is a goal shared by all, but aging ca
n pose unique hurdles for women and members of racial and ethnic minority groups.
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Digital Health Technology and Solutions
We have seen an incredible amount of technological innovation over the past decade. How are these
advances being used to help us tackle our biggest health challenges globally?
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