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A version of this post originally appeared on the Nikkei Asian Review. "Climate change creates unique public health challenges that impact communities in the developing world." Temperature, precipitation, and humidity variations can …

A version of this post originally appeared on Medium.com. Ten years ago, who would have predicted the rise of the sharing economy, the omnipresence of social media, or that selfies would …

The Rockefeller Foundation would like to congratulate the Participatory Budgeting Project and Community Voices Heard for the New York City Council's expansion of the participatory budgeting process. Twenty-two city council members—almost …

Previously, I have focused on the potential for wild animal meat—or 'bushmeat'—to improve the nutrition of many poor families in West Africa. The demand for bushmeat is growing, particularly in premium …

For many African countries, a significant part of GDP is derived from the natural resource extraction industry, giving great potential for that industry to catalyze economic development in many low-to-middle …

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 …