Kevin Klowden
Managing Economist, Milken Institute
Kevin Klowden is a Managing Economist in Regional Economics at the Milken Institute, where he specializes in the study of demographic and spatial factors (the distribution of resources, business locations and movement of labor) and how these are influenced by public policy and in turn affect regional economies. He also has an interest in the role of transportation infrastructure as it relates to the movement of goods and people in the development of regional competitiveness. He coordinated the Institute's two-year Los Angeles Economy Project, seeking public policy and private-sector solutions to challenges the region faces amid a growing unskilled labor pool. Klowden previously worked in interactive electronic entertainment development and as an adjunct professor of geography at Santa Monica College. He served on the editorial board of Millennium, the international affairs journal of the London School of Economics, where he earned a master's degree in the politics of world economy. Klowden received a bachelor's degree in historical geography and a master's degree in economic geography from the University of Chicago.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.