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Feeding the World's Hungry: Fostering an Efficient and Responsive Food Access Pipeline
The 2008 global financial crisis left people with less money to feed their families and institution
s with fewer resources to help. At the time of the lab, hunger impacted 1B people, 65% of whom were concentrated in seven countries. Despite t
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Industrial Diversification in Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges
By 2014, Bangladesh had leveraged its abundant and low-cost labor to spur economic growth and attra
ct both domestic and foreign investment.
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Toward Affordable Housing in Israel
Dramatic price increases in Israel’s housing market prior to 2013 had outpaced the rise in average
household income, leaving working families with limited options.
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Accelerating Workforce Housing Development Across California
California has long had a shortage of affordable housing, most notably along the coast, around univ
ersities and research centers, and where booming local economies reflect the entrepreneurial culture for which the state is famous.
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Capital Access in Israel's Underserved Markets
In 2014, Israel’s climbing poverty rates threatened national stability.
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Innovative Financing Models for Energy Infrastructure in Africa
As of 2014, the infrastructure needs of Sub-Saharan Africa were expected to exceed US$93B annually
over 10 years.
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Paying for Outcomes: Protecting Human and Animal Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2010, economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa was hampered by agricultural diseases that sickened
or killed livestock and contaminated crops.
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New Models for Financing Infrastructure in Asia
In 2016, rising domestic wealth across Asia was placing enormous pressure on local governments to e
xtend and upgrade infrastructure.
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Innovative Finance to Address Nutrition in Southeast Asia
While malnutrition is a global issue, it had become a particularly severe public health challenge a
cross Southeast Asia by 2015 where there was an estimated $6B annual funding gap for viable solutions.
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New Models for Financing Vaccination Programs in Southeast Asia
After years of economic growth, Indonesia had begun to transition from donor-based funding for vacc
ination programs to internal government budgetary allocations.
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Innovative Finance to Address Africa’s Infrastructure Needs
As of 2015, African state governments had financed infrastructure development on their balance shee
ts alone, resulting in slower progress constrained by budgetary restrictions. In many regions across the African continent, the poor state of infrast
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Meeting Business Goals through ESG Data Optimization and Technology in Southeast Asia
Beginning in late 2020, with the support of Google Cloud, the Milken Institute embarked on a two-pa
rt Financial Innovations Lab series, exploring the role of technology in improving the resilience and function of Southeast Asia’s financial systems, incl
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