Jun 24 2015
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This post originally appeared on Business Today. In its bid to transform the country's urban landscape, the Indian government will launch the 100 Smart Cities program this month, aiming to bring about …
Jun 18 2015
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For years, consumer product and marketing firms have utilized user-centered product development approaches to attune their offerings to customers' needs and wants. Increasingly these human-centered design (HCD) techniques are being …
Jun 16 2015
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Like many people across the world, we at The Rockefeller Foundation have been captivated by the news coming out of Nepal. We were truly saddened by the reports of new deaths, …
Jun 12 2015
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The National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC), an innovative partnership between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and The Rockefeller Foundation, is already bearing fruit—even before the selection …
Jun 10 2015
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At The Rockefeller Foundation, we take a systems approach to our work.
This means we try to understand how different actors operate together and the different incentives that drive them, so …
Jun 01 2015
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The past few decades have seen a significant increase in urbanization in low and middle income countries. The vast majority of those moving to and living in cities rarely find …
Jun 01 2015
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Transportation deserts limit access to jobs, education, and health care, increasing …
May 29 2015
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Editor’s Note: Funded by a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, 100 Resilient Cities Platform Partner Shadrock Roberts outlines how community based open-data ecosystems have played an important role for disaster response …
May 26 2015
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The following originally appeared on ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss at the University of Illinois ant Urbana-Champaign. Recognition that reducing postharvest loss is an important opportunity to enhance global food …
May 20 2015
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Only a few weeks ago, Nepal experienced a 7.8 earthquake that took the lives of more than 7,000 people, destroyed almost 300,000 homes, and left the remaining population with years …