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Survey Brief: Rwandan Businesses Share Their Priorities for Capital-Market Development
With approximately 12 million citizens and a nominal GDP of just under $9 billion, the Rwandan economy is small...
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Designating Bank SIFIs: An Arbitrary Threshold for Risk
In response to the recent severe financial crisis and the worst recession since the Great Depression, the U.S. ...
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Comments on the Department of the Treasury (TREAS) Notice: Public Input on Expanding Access to Credit Through Online Marketplace Lending
The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) provided written comments to the Department of the Trea...
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Currency Manipulation Provisions Do Not Belong in Trade Agreements
Demands for provisions to stop currency manipulation by foreign governments have become central to the congress...
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Clearing a Path for Global Development Finance: Enabling Basel and Development Guarantees to Deliver on Sustainable Development Goals
On August 2, 2017, the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) convened a roundtable to discuss how...
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A Primer and Perspective on Ginnie Mae
Several housing finance reform models, including the Treasury and HUD plans recently issued at the direction of...
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Utilize Existing Financial Infrastructure to Build an Equitable Post-COVID Recovery
Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic and socioeconomic inequities, a national conversation has emerged around the e...
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Framing the Issues: The Future of Finance in Thailand
Thailand is well-positioned to capitalize on the new developments in FinTech. The country has seen rapid growth...
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The Role of a Duty to Serve in the Secondary Mortgage Market
A much-debated concept to support affordable housing is that of a duty to serve (DTS) policy, which would impos...
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RegTech: Opportunities for More Efficient and Effective Regulatory Supervision and Compliance
In response to the financial crisis of 2008 and subsequent wave of regulation, financial institutions and regul...
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An Affordable Housing Fee in the Context of GSE Reform
Among the many stumbling blocks to achieving bipartisan housing finance reform are deep-seated differences in l...
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Guaranteeing the Goals: Adapting Public Sector Guarantees to Unlock Blended Financing for the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
In order for developing countries to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the private ...
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A Conversation About Housing Finance Reform
Milken Institute and Urban Institute experts discuss a draft bill under discussion as of March 2018 in the Sena...
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Bringing Housing Finance Reform over the Finish Line
The housing finance reform debate has regained momentum, as those involved aim to move towards bipartisan housi...
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Comment Letter to the CFPB for Information Regarding the Small Business Lending Market
Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and contribute substantially to U.S. economic growth ...
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Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets Phase I Summary: Developing Action-Oriented Solutions to the Financing Challenges Facing Minority-Owned Small Businesses
Minority-owned small businesses play an important role in the nation’s economic health by driving job creation,...
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The Banking Sector in Myanmar: An Assessment of Recent Progress
Following steady economic growth over the past seven years, Myanmar’s government has tried to spur private-sect...
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Promoting Participation in SME Boards Through Tax Incentives: A Global Overview
Over the last two decades, a large number of stock exchanges have established dedicated market segments for sma...
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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 established dedic...
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Affordable Rent and Access to Homeownership: Refreshing the Debate in the Context of Housing Finance Reform
The continuing policy debate over restructuring the plumbing of the secondary mortgage market may ultimately pr...