Access to Capital

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. As part of the roundtable, financial-market regulators, officials from domestic...
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John Schellhase

Director, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
John Schellhase is a director of Strategic Philanthropy at the Milken Institute. He contributes to and manages projects related to strengthening corporate philanthropy, including overseeing the Institute’s Corporate Philanthropy Leadership Collective.

Americans Stand On the Cusp of a Money Revolution

Americans are standing on the cusp of a revolution in how we access and use money, a revolution that could make our economic lives more secure and our economy more robust. Just as e-commerce freed merchants and customers from geographic...
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Don't Let Outdated Laws Shackle Credit Innovation

Marketplace lending is helping hundreds of thousands of consumers save money, refinance debt, and obtain credit on better terms than previously possible. While the industry has made do under the current system, an outdated legal and...
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Generating Returns Sustainably for Shared Prosperity

Prosperity in conventional circles tends to refer to individual financial wealth and business success, which is where the system is failing us at the moment. I am a true believer in capitalism and have long held the belief that the capital...
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Marisa Drew

CEO Impact Advisory and Finance Department, Credit Suisse