Oct 18 2018
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation
Oct 15 2018
Perspective
Twenty-seven years ago, I first entered The Rockefeller Foundation as a Warren Weaver Fellow in the Agricultural Sciences program. I worked under the watchful eyes of Bob Herdt and Gary …
Oct 04 2018
Perspective
Three years ago, at the 70th United Nations General Assembly session in New York, 193 countries agreed on 17 goals for improving life for people across the globe, especially the …
Sep 14 2018
Press Releases
Foundations will move forward with select partners to support emerging Opportunity Zone funds NEW YORK – The Rockefeller Foundation and The Kresge Foundation received 141 responses from fund managers from across the …
Sep 13 2018
Perspective
This piece is part of our 2018 United Nations General Assembly series. How technology is introduced, owned and regulated needs to be thought through with great care if the world is to …
Sep 13 2018
Perspective
This piece is part of our 2018 United Nations General Assembly series. Across our history, The Rockefeller Foundation has boldly pushed itself to look out 20, 30, 40, 50 years into the …
Sep 13 2018
Perspective
This piece is part of our 2018 United Nations General Assembly series. One year ago, after nearly a decade’s commitment to advancing the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) movement, The Rockefeller Foundation’s health …
Sep 12 2018
Press Releases
Former Senior Data Scientist and Global Data Editor at the World Bank, Khokhar established the World Bank’s Data Innovation Fund NEW YORK - The Rockefeller Foundation today announced that Tariq Khokhar …
Aug 15 2018
Perspective
In 2007, the term “impact investing” was coined by The Rockefeller Foundation, putting a name to investments made with the intention of generating both financial return and social and/or environmental …
Jun 06 2018
Press Releases
Kigali Rwanda, June 6, 2018 – The African Development Bank, together with partners – The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft, and Facebook – launched the Coding for Employment Program at the African Innovation …