Oct 02 2015
The world's disadvantaged and vulnerable people often lack access to jobs that can help them earn income in order to support their well-being and the well-being of their families. Increasingly, …
U.S. Economic Opportunity
Oct 01 2015
Speeches
Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be a programming partner for the Concordia Summit. I always come away from these sessions with a greater belief in the power of public-private …
Sep 30 2015
Press Releases
'Rebuild by Design' Joins 100RC to Bring Collaborative Research & Design-Driven Approaches to Cities 
The Award-Winning Approach Developed in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy will be Exported Around the Globe Under the Direction of 100RC Through this New Collaboration
NEW YORK—Rebuild by Design, the international design …
Sep 28 2015
Perspective
End Poverty.
End Hunger.
Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-Being.
These are three of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the world will adopt formally at a special UN summit in New …
Sep 27 2015
Perspective
In my line of work there’s a lot of talk about goals—especially this time of year. After all, there is no shortage of challenges that the global development community comes …
Sep 16 2015
Perspective
It's been a decade since Hurricane Katrina caused one of the greatest humanitarian disasters known to American soil. Hurricane Katrina brought heavy rains, monumental surges, and unprecedented floods that upended …
Sep 11 2015
Perspective
In July, The Rockefeller Foundation wrapped up their second round of Resilience Academies for the National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) in Denver and Chicago with all 40 remaining jurisdictions in …
Sep 03 2015
Perspective
A version of this post also appeared in the Huffington Post. If you read the New York Times, you have probably been inundated by trend articles about Ivy league graduates who …
Aug 28 2015
Perspective
A version of this post originally appeared on Pacific Standard's The Future of Work series, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation. Nearly 75 years ago, Joseph Schumpeter popularized the term "creative destruction" …
Aug 25 2015
Press Releases
ZURICH—Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) joins efforts with the Global Resilience Partnership to launch the Global Resilience Challenge Water Window. The Water Window is a grant-based competition focused on building resilience …