To Go Far, Go Together: A Guidebook on Philanthropic Collaborations
The challenges we face today are numerous and deeply interconnected.
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Decarbonizing Electricity in the US: A Regional Overview of the American Energy Transition
In Decarbonizing Electricity in the US: A Regional Overview of the American Energy Transition, we analyze the progress in decarbonizing the electricity sector in the United States at both a national and state-by-state level. We document...
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Maternal Mortality and Race: Problematic Levels and Problematic Gaps
The United States has one of the worst maternal mortality ratios (MMRs)—the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births—of countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Though part of this is due to...
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Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings from Politics Act (H.R. 4767)
The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker US House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries Democratic Leader US House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 RE: Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings from Politics...
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Insights on Investments in Food Systems Transformation: Pathways to COP30
This brief synthesizes those conversations into four key themes related to the trends, challenges, and opportunities for public, private, and nonprofit capital to drive food systems transformation.
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Best-Performing Cities China 2023–2024: The Nation’s Most Successful Economies
Best-Performing Cities China 2023–2024: The Nation’s Most Successful Economies aims to provide businesses, investors, policymakers, and many others with a tool for better understanding and evaluation of the economic development of China’s...
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Optimizing the Food and Drug Administration’s Use of and Processes for Advisory Committees
The FasterCures team at the Milken Institute is honored to provide its response to the Request for Comments on Optimizing the Food and Drug Administration’s Use of and Processes for Advisory Committees; Public Meeting; Request for Comments...
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Esther Krofah
Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health
Esther Krofah is the executive vice president of Health at the Milken Institute, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. A recognized expert in health policy, biomedical innovation, and clinical research, Krofah has extensive experience shaping health initiatives that unite diverse stakeholders, foster collaboration, and motivate action toward shared goals.
The Facts behind China’s Role in Mexico’s Wealth Production and the Value of US-Mexico Cooperation
On July 10, the Biden administration imposed tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from Mexico that contained metals smelted outside of North America, as reported in The New York Times. This step was a response to experts who, over the...
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Maggie Switek, PhD
Formerly Milken Institute
The Shift to Remote and Hybrid Work Continues to Affect US Cities
As highlighted in our recent Best Performing Cities report, remote work remains the norm for many US workers almost four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (Figure 1). In early 2020, the possibility of working remotely...
With varying trends in remote work by region and industry, further insight into how remote work is solidifying itself in a post-pandemic economy is necessary to understand the performance of many US...
Coalition-Building Between the US and China on Women’s Cancer Detection, Treatment, and Care
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the US and China. Of the top 10 (by incidence) cancers in China, four are women’s cancers, including breast and cervical cancers. Despite successes in cancer control and prevention in both...
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