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Sep 29 2016
Connecting African Youth to Tech Enabled Jobs
In 2013, in response to the opportunities presented by Africa’s rapidly growing youth population and the ubiquity of information and communications technologies across the continent, The Rockefeller Foundation launched its …
U.S. Economic Opportunity
Sep 27 2016
Perspective
Five Minutes with
Kathy Behrens
  Five Minutes with… is a blog series, featuring change-makers who through their work, passions, and personal stories have shown a commitment to addressing domestic and global issues. On the heels of the …
Sep 23 2016
Perspective
Innovative Finance is Key to Affording the Global Goals
This post is part of a series on Advancing the Global Goals. Last year, the world set ambitious targets for addressing global challenges, agreeing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the …
Sep 20 2016
Perspective
Why Cities Matter for Sustainable Development
This post is part of a series on Advancing the Global Goals.   The 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) officially opens this week in New York, and much attention …
Sep 19 2016
Perspective
Advancing the Global Goals
This post is part of a series focusing on efforts to advance the Global Goals. KEY STATISTICS: 40 percent of food loss occurs before food even reaches the market. [Share This]  Of …
Sep 13 2016
Perspective
Foundation, Firms Step Up to Help End Poverty
This article was originally published in the Cape Times. Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. …
Sep 13 2016
Global Impact Sourcing Coalition
In 2005, the late South African president Nelson Mandela made this remark as part of an address on ending global poverty to a crowd of 22,000 gathered in London’s Trafalgar …
U.S. Economic Opportunity
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