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The Emergence of New Monies and the Need to Prepare the Financial System for the Digital Age
Digitalisation is a revolution in the world of money and payments. Technological and social transfo
rmations are disrupting the status quo.
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Ensuring ESG Impact: Four Actionable Recommendations for a Dependable Path | Milken Institute
With Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing becoming mainstream, it is urgent to deve
lop a standardised set of information that investors and companies can use in their decision-making process.
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Framing the Issues: Financial-Sector Development and Expanding Access to Credit in Myanmar
On July 26, 2017, the Myanmar Development Institute partnered with the Milken Institute Center for
Financial Markets to host a strategic roundtable in Yangon.
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Framing the Issues: De-Risking and Its Consequences for Global Commerce and the Financial System
On March 4, 2015, the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets hosted a day-long roundtable,&n
bsp;Framing the Issues: De-Risking and Its Consequences for Global Commerce and the Financial System, with AML/CFT policymakers, regulators, fina
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Framing the Issues: Expanding Digital Financial Inclusion in the Philippines
The Philippines appears poised to become a world leader in the use of financial technology, or FinT
ech, due to several drivers.
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Framing the Issues: Modernizing the Public Equity Market in Nepal
To explore the major priorities for–and obstacles to–developing the public equity market in Nepal,
the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) partnered with the Milken Institute to organize a strategic planning roundtable in Kathmandu on May 31, 2019, during a me
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From Recovery to Resilience: How Opportunity Zones Can Help Accelerate Post-COVID Economic Resurgence
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to all economies. However, pandemics hit
underserved and vulnerable populations the hardest, and now the crisis will exacerbate their need for capital.
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ESG Investing: Beyond the Standards
In the face of increased pressure from investors for information and the complexity of disclosing t
he relevant data, the public and private sectors agree on the need to simplify environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting.
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Fulfilling the Promise of Opportunity Zones
More than a year has now passed since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act encouraged investment in low-
to moderate-income communities through Opportunity Zones, fueled by tax incentives.
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Robert Blaine - Stories from the Field
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Turbocharging Opportunity Zones
Portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 were designed to spur investment — and thus prosperity
— in distressed communities by providing incentives to unlock nearly $6 trillion in unrealized capital gains held by investors.
The mechanism
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Opportunity Zone workshop series opens in Mississippi
Regional programs will help local officials attract investment to spur economic development