Conservation finance represents one of the most underdeveloped private-sector investment opportunities for an emerging asset class. Linking together the two sides—the need for conservation funding (demand) and the availability of...

In order to brainstorm mechanisms to continue to finance important vaccination delivery programs, the Milken Institute convened a Financial Innovations Lab® in Jakarta in August 2016. After years of economic growth, Indonesia has begun to...

Lung cancer, one of the most preventable diseases, surpasses all other cancer deaths worldwide. Of the 8.8 million people who died from some form of cancer in 2015, 1.69 million of them, or about 20 percent, succumbed to lung cancer...

In 2014 the Milken Institute convened a Financial Innovations Lab® on the topic of how to build mechanisms for financial inclusion. Unlike a number of previous Labs that have focused on easing barriers to capital for entrepreneurs and small...

In October 2007, the Milken Institute held a Financial Innovations Lab in New York to address ways to expand and share insurance risk in the area of catastrophe coverage. In particular, participants looked at catastrophe risk bonds, also...

In February 2009, the Milken Institute held a Financial Innovations Lab in New York City to explore ways to increase the availability of risk capital to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Risk capital—that...

The Milken Institute and the Kauffman Foundation hosted a Financial Innovations Lab in July 2010. Unlike any previous meeting addressing current conditions in state and municipal finance, the Lab brought together a diverse group of state...

By 2014, Bangladesh had leveraged its abundant and low-cost labor to spur economic growth and attract both domestic and foreign investment. However, Bangladesh faced a new challenge as it needed to strengthen and modernize its economy...

In January 2008, the Milken Institute, with organizational assistance from the University of Chicago’s Center for Cultural Policy, brought together economists, representatives from museums and the archaeological community, attorneys, and...

The Milken Institute organized a Financial Innovations Lab in Jerusalem in December 2009. It was focused on designing economic models to fund preservation and conservation while monetizing the economic value of archaeology, thus making both...