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Kara Whelply
Kara Whelply is an Associate Director, MI Philanthropy. She works on the Center’s biomedical rese
arch team, where she advises individual philanthropists on therapeutic development with methods to identify, fund, and accelerate treatments.
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Global Opportunity Index 2022: White Paper
The Global Opportunity Index assesses countries' attractiveness to international investors using a
combination of economic, financial, institutional, and regulatory factors.
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Global Opportunity Index 2022: Focus on Emerging Southeast Asia
This report uses the 2022 Global Opportunity Index (GOI) and its various categories to examine the
attractiveness of emerging Southeast Asia as a foreign investment destination—especially when compared to other emerging markets and developing economies
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Strengthening the Biomedical Innovation Ecosystem: A Scorecard for System Assessment
As patients, we often evaluate our interactions within the "system" of biomedical innovation with a
simple question: "Did it work for me?" This evaluation considers many issues, including whether the best treatments are accessible and available, how the
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Cell and Gene Therapies: Looking Ahead to 2022
Cell and gene therapies are a new category of medicines transforming how we treat and potentially c
ure disease. Both cell and gene therapies seek to modify genetic material to fight disease.
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Exploring the Role of Microbusinesses in Economic Growth and Recovery for US Cities
The Milken Institute’s 2021 Best-Performing Cities (BPC) index compares the recent perfor
mance of metro areas with a focus on job growth, wage growth, and high-tech GDP growth.
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Solving the Philanthropist's Dilemma
Philanthropic capital has played and will continue to play a critical role as we rebuild after the
pandemic.
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Supporting the Growth of California's Life Sciences Industry
The life sciences are a cornerstone of technological innovation in California.
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Policy Pathways to Addressing Wealth Inequality
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing recession has exacerbated longstanding inequities in the U.S.,
including the stark gaps in economic opportunity across the population. The bottom 50% of American families share only 1.5% of U.S.
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A Conversation with Brian Deese, Director, White House National Economic Council
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A Conversation with Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York
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