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A Critical Conversation: Innovative Financing Empowering Communities in Onshoring Mineral Supply Chains (Invite only)
This session is part of a year-long track at the Milken Institute, informed by stakeholder inter
views, to identify innovative frameworks for onshoring supply chains of minerals identified as critical for modern economic systems and national security.
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Better Bonds: De-Risking Communities Through Resilience Investments
Extreme weather is causing billions of dollars in losses to public facilities, driving up insura
nce costs for businesses and homeowners, and making it impossible to build back, let alone build back smarter.
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The New Vision for Bottom-Up Growth and Innovation: Little is the New Big
Given the complex, changing, and fiscally constrained era we’re now living in, relying on busine
ss-as-usual practices for government operations, job and business creation, and general problem-solving just won’t do.
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Investor Leadership in Sustainable Infrastructure Investing and Climate Finance: On the Road to Brazil
COP 30, the UN global climate conference taking place later this year in Brazil, is an inflectio
n point that has the potential to unlock and mobilize trillions of dollars to finance climate mitigation and adaptation initiatives, especially among the mos
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Emerging Zoonotic Diseases and Planetary Health: Stopping the Next Pandemic Before It Starts
The human and economic toll of COVID-19 has shocked the world into an awareness of the dangers and
implications of zoonotic diseases—defined as diseases that transfer from animals to humans, sometimes with devastating consequences.
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Investing for Impact in Emerging and Frontier Markets
The US and Israel recently agreed to expand collaboration between USAID and MASHAV, Israel's Devel
opment Agency of International Cooperation, through co-innovation and the deployment of technology solutions to bolster and foster self-reliance in emergin
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Asia Impact: A New Blueprint for Healthcare Systems
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted numerous shortcomings in the average public healthcare system.
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Supporting and Strengthening Minority-Owned Businesses During (and After) the Pandemic
Minority-owned businesses drive job creation, raise wages, and elevate standards of living for the
ir respective communities, as well as offer a critical pathway to close the racial wealth gap.
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Interview with Aya Chebbi, African Union Youth Special Envoy
COVID-19 Africa Watch speaks to Aya Chebbi, African Union Special Envoy on Youth about the impacts
of COVID-19 on youth across the continent.
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Interview with K.Y. Amoako on Africa’s Economic Recovery and Transformation
COVID-19 Africa Watch speaks to K.Y. Amoako, President of the African Center for Economic Transfor
mation, about the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across the continent.
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Interview with Omer Omarabi: Using FinTech in Sudan’s Economic Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 Africa Watch speaks to Omer Omarabi, the General Manager of Electronic Banking Services S
udan, about how financial technology has played a role in Sudan’s COVID-19 response initiatives.
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Small-Scale Farming in the Face of COVID-19 in South Africa: An Interview with Mbali Nwoko
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Mbali Nwoko, CEO of Green Terrace, about how COVID-19 is impacting
small-scale farming in South Africa.
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