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So much investment in development is weakened or wiped out by shocks and stresses—natural and manmade. Indeed, one-in-three dollars spent on development is lost to disaster, requiring huge expenditures in …

This post, co-authored by Jacqueline del Castillo and Theo Gibbs, is part of a series that illustrates the value of innovation labs in accelerating solutions to complex social problems, sharing …

Impact investing—investment dollars designed to deliver both financial and social or environmental returns—is being used by investors to deliver social progress and secure a worthwhile economic return on their investment. The …

Today, two Rockefeller Foundation grantees were among a group honored by the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to raise wages for working women and men around …

Last week, we shared stories of how smart solar power, provided by The Rockefeller Foundation's Smart Power in India initiative, is jump-starting a new wave of entrepreneurial energy in Diyara Rasulpur, …

A version of this post also appeared on Fair Observer. While all actors, including the youth, are responsible for transforming employment creation in Africa, this shared responsibility has led to no …

A version of this post also appeared on the 100 Resilient Cities blog. As 100 Resilient Cities gears up to launch this year's Challenge, we thought it would be a good …

"We were dependent on a middle man to take the milk to the market," said one man. We'd get 20 rupees per kilo. Now we sell directly and get 30 …

It's evening in Bara, a small village in the Araria district of Bihar, a time where most people return from work and retire for the day. But it is not …

At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, the Washington Post's Philip Kennicott sat down with Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin about the resilience dividend—the idea that investments in resilience can minimize …