Nov 01 2016
Perspective
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 – which calls for halving food waste and reducing food losses globally by 2030 – may be an ambitious goal, but it’s one …
Oct 31 2016
Perspective
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast of the United States, it breached more than 50 levees and floodwalls, leaving nearly 80 percent of New Orleans underwater and …
Oct 26 2016
The goal of the CEO & Gender Media Audit was to understand the media coverage of CEOs in various situations and determine if there are differences in the way male …
U.S. Economic Opportunity
Oct 24 2016
Perspective
Nearly all of the game-changing agricultural innovations over the last 30 to 40 years – chemical fertilizer, improved seed varieties, resource conservation best practices, among others - have one thing …
Oct 17 2016
Perspective
As urban leaders meet in Quito this week for Habitat III, the gathering marks the 20-year anniversary of the second Habitat conference, and the 40-year anniversary of the first. In …
Oct 12 2016
Press Releases
Beyond The Grid Solar Fund will deploy debt finance for solar in African and Asia. WASHINGTON, D.C.--SunFunder today announced the first close of its new $50 million “Beyond The Grid Solar …
Oct 12 2016
Perspective
On October 11, President Obama announced that nearly 40 of the largest employers in the United States—including Walmart, Hilton, AT&T, and more—have signed on to the #FirstJob Compact. These companies …
Sep 29 2016
Perspective
Africa is currently on the precipice of major economic and demographic change. Today, many African countries are experiencing double-digit per capita growth. Across the continent, new information and communications technologies …
Sep 29 2016
The process of implementing developmental evaluation for The Rockefeller Foundation’s youth digital employment initiative yielded some valuable lessons which could be of benefit to the evaluation community, particularly evaluation practitioners …
U.S. Economic Opportunity
Sep 29 2016
Creating employment opportunities for youth is a priority for many countries. How can these opportunities – increasingly situated within market-based approaches to development – generate and sustain positive employment and …
U.S. Economic Opportunity