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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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Future of Work: Insights for 2021 and Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a double-whammy for inequality: The worst-off have been hit hardest
while economy-wide digitalization has only exacerbated the skills gap.
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Best-Performing Cities 2021: Foundations for Growth and Recovery
The Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities index tracks the economic performance of approximatel
y 400 US metropolitan statistical areas (MSA).
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Educating a Workforce: Keeping Local Talent
This report investigates the means of U.S. states and the U.S. as a whole to educate and maintain a
local workforce as the economic landscape of the U.S. is seeing increasing competition for a talented workforce.
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Capital Markets in Rwanda: Assessment and Aspirations
In 2015, the Rwandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning mandated the Capital Market Authorit
y (CMA) of Rwanda to develop a Capital-Market Master Plan (CMMP). This plan will set the CMA’s policy strategy for the next 10 years.
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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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Financing the Control of Tuberculosis
As of 2015, roughly one third of the world’s population, mostly in poorer countries, carried tuberc
ulosis bacteria in their system. Given the characteristics of airborne diseases like tuberculosis, coordination among national and international age
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State Technology and Science Index 2018
The State Technology and Science Index (STSI) measures states on their science and technology capab
ilities and broader commercialization ecosystems that contribute to firm expansion, high-skills job creation, and broad economic growth.
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New Skills at Work: Keeping Los Angeles at the Cutting Edge in an Evolving Industry
For more than a century, people have created filmed entertainment in Hollywood.
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A Hollywood Update: Changes and Transformations in Hollywood Since the Passage of the 2014 California Filmed Production Incentive
Since the passage of the expansion of California’s Film and Television Production Credit in 2014, t
he global competition for attracting movie and television production has continued to heat up.
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Framing the Issues: Building Securitization Markets in Africa to Advance the SDGs
Despite their promise, securitization markets are under-developed in many developing and emerging m
arket countries, including across the continent of Africa, where the SDG financing gap is the widest.
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Recalibrating Workforce Development Across California
The COVID-19 crisis has had far-reaching consequences, including the upending of traditional work s
ystems and the continued exacerbation of existing inequities in California’s economic landscape.
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