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Kristen Fanarakis
Kristen Fanarakis is an associate director of MI Finance, leading the small business policy and i
nnovation initiative, which analyzes the macroeconomic trends and policies affecting small businesses and offers policy recommendations and solutions aimed
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SMEs and Public Equity Financing: A New Dataset of SME Boards in Emerging-Market and Developing Economies
In recent years, a number of stock exchanges in emerging-market and developing economies have estab
lished dedicated market segments for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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PLUM Phase II Summary: Lessons Learned for Advancing Minority Small Business Capital Access
The Milken Institute and U.S.
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Best Practices for Technical Assistance Programs Serving Black and Hispanic Entrepreneurs and Small-Business Owners
In conjunction with the Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets (PLUM), a Milken Institute a
nd U.S.
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Can Stock Exchanges Support the Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises? Lessons from India, South Africa, and Jamaica
Despite their importance in creating private-sector jobs and diversifying economies, small to mediu
m-sized enterprises (SMEs) often struggle to access adequate finance.
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Effective Government and Economic Expansion: How California Is Improving Permitting and Communication to Spur Business
As California recovers from the Great Recession, it faces an uphill battle against the perception t
hat it is an anti-business state.
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The Price Women Pay for Dementia: Strategies to Ease Gender Disparity and Economic Costs
Technical Update
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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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Advancing Models of Patient Engagement: Patient Organizations as Research and Data Partners
FasterCures, alongside other patient-focused advocacy organizations, has long worked with stakehold
ers such as product developers and regulators to define and implement the “how to” of patient
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Patient-Centric Initiatives: Focusing for Impact
The impact of patient engagement has been demonstrated by numerous case studies for specific diseas
es and products, as well as a model for the return on investment.
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Minority-Owned Depository Institutions: A Market Overview
The Milken Institute and the US Small Business Administration formed an initiative to develop actio
nable solutions to the challenges limiting minority-owned small businesses’ access to capital.
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Back to Basics: HIV/AIDS Advocacy as a Model for Catalyzing Change
This report highlights how people affected by HIV rallied together and created an HIV advocacy move
ment that demanded change and got results.
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