In Nigeria, the threat posed by climate change is leading policymakers and media to frame as a security that warrants support for adaptive actions. We draw upon securitization theory examine how narratives affect adaptation. Using primary secondary data, we find although arguments are easily identified in policies action plans implications of adaptation policy practice harder discern. not urgen...

The long-term growth of institutional timberland investments depends on the ability of timberland investment management organizations (TIMO) to deal effectively with securitization, leveraging, arbitraging, supply contracting, portfolio insurance, tax efficiency enhancement, and other issues. Financial engineering holds great promise for many of these issues. This study applies financial engine...

Since the publication of Fernandez, Stein, and Lo (2012) on using securitization techniques to raise funds from the private sector to support biomedical research, the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE) has received a number of stimulating comments and questions about these techniques. Rather than replying to each inquiry individually, we decided to respond via this “frequently asked...