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Apr 4, 2026, 3:16 PM

Israeli Energy Transition’s Missing Ingredient Isn’t a Battery

Lio Voo, via Wikimedia Commons Images/CC BY-SA 4.0

The clean energy revolution has a risk problem. The solution has been hiding in plain sight for centuries.

Mar 16, 2026, 3:15 PM

The $111 billion discount

Israel pays a steep price for capital markets that can't keep up with its entrepreneurs

Mar 8, 2026, 5:59 PM

Israel’s Capital Markets: The Scale-Up Agenda

Why the next chapter of Israel’s economic story is about market structure, not just startups

Jan 21, 2026, 1:51 AM

From Principles to Practice: Israel’s Blended Finance Moment

The Israel Forum for Impact Investment (IFIE) deserves credit for advancing the conversation on blended finance in Israel in their recent report on Blended Finance in Israel.Their report provides a valuable foundation—explaining what blended finance is, how it has mobilized...

Dec 15, 2025, 12:20 AM

The $4 Trillion paradox: Redirecting regional wealth toward regional growth

A workshop in Abu Dhabi revealed both the obstacles and the emerging solutions for regional infrastructure investment

Dec 3, 2025, 4:28 PM

Capital market solutions for Gaza’s recovery

Palestinians live among buildings destroyed during the recent war in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 29, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Broad regional economic integration offers the best path forward

Apr 21, 2025, 6:50 PM

What’s missing from the government’s economic recovery plan

The Tkuma Law is a step in the right direction, but mechanisms are needed that encourage investments to drive economic growth in the Western Negev

Sep 21, 2023, 3:40 PM

Needed urgently: An Abraham Accords dividend

(L-R)Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan hold up documents after participating in the signing of the Abraham Accords where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, at the White House in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. (SAUL LOEB / AFP / File)

Three years after the deal’s signing, time is running out to show young people that cooperation and prosperity go hand in hand

Jul 12, 2016, 1:58 PM

How to build a bridge to Africa

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signs a guest book as he arrives to a visit at the presidential compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 7, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Of late, it is Sub-Saharan Africa that is best positioned to lead the trend of high growth and economically, at least, the African continent is poised to be the next China over the next 50 years

Nov 29, 2013, 9:01 AM

Keeping Start-Up Nation alive

Israeli ingenuity and technological savvy revolutionized its economy. Its capital markets need to catch up

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About Me

Prof. Glenn Yago is Senior Director at Milken Innovation Center-Van Leer Jerusalem Institute where he leads its Fellows program of research and training for young Israeli and Global economists. He is also on the faculty at the Hebrew University Business School and the University of California-Berkeley.