As interest in sustainability grows in the United States and around the world, there is a push by policymakers and the industrial biotechnology industry to find replacements for petroleum. This is the case not only in transportation...
In 2012, the United States was poised to begin converting 20 percent of petrochemical consumption to bio-based products, creating jobs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and capturing a large share of the global renewable chemicals market...
Securitization is needed to help mobilize private capital and fill the estimated $2.5 trillion annual financing gap that hinders achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Now is the time to emphasize that, when done right...
Milken Institute’s Global Opportunity Index evaluates 126 countries across seven geographic regions – highlighting emerging Southeast Asia – to measure their potential attractiveness to foreign investors; Sweden ranks No.1 overall in best...
Chad Clinton is the director of media relations for the Milken Institute. Hired to this role in August 2021, Clinton develops and executes strategies to amplify the Institute’s core messages by generating coverage of its pillar workstreams, experts, and events.
This report uses the 2022 Global Opportunity Index (GOI) and its various categories to examine the attractiveness of emerging Southeast Asia as a foreign investment destination—especially when compared to other emerging markets and...
The Global Opportunity Index assesses countries' attractiveness to international investors using a combination of economic, financial, institutional, and regulatory factors. These factors are divided into the following five categories...
The first few weeks of November 2021 have been (hopefully) consequential for the future of climate change. COP26 brought a flurry of pledges and commitments. More than $130 trillion in financial assets have been pledged to align with the...
Dan Carol is a senior director on the Milken Institute Finance team. He leads Institute programming to accelerate effective deployment and financing of community-scale and climate resilient infrastructure, scale up regional innovation, and scale-up public-private partnerships.
In Akan, the most widely spoken language in Ghana, daakye means future. It is an apt name, therefore, for the Daakye bond program, which invests in Ghana’s future leaders through securitizing future government tax flows. Established in 2020...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created the worst disruption to social and economic order in modern history. The ensuing monetary responses, while successful in averting a global depression, have further widened the income and wealth gap among...
SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 12, 2021 – The 8th annual Milken Institute Asia Summit will open on Monday, November 15, 2021 at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Center. This year, the Asia Summit will combine virtual, physical, and holographic...
The Milken Institute Asia Summit 2021 Seeks to Rekindle the Power of Human Connection
Associate Director, Milken Institute International
Yeen Chee Chong is an associate director for Milken Institute International. Based in Singapore, he oversees and manages strategic communications with a wide range of global and regional media publications and partners. Chong works closely with colleagues in both Asia and the United States on planning and implementing global public relations and social media campaigns.
