This week, I was very honored to address the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurship pilot program on "The Art and Science of System Change" at the Harvard Kennedy School. It's a …
Through a program related investment (PRI), The Rockefeller Foundation supported the Peterborough social impact bond (SIB) pilot aimed at reducing prisoner recidivism—and now, four years later, we can point to …
Content publishing—the production of articles, blog items, photos, and features—has become a core activity for organizations of all kinds: non-profits, think tanks, institutions, and expert practitioners with knowledge to share. These …
The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response efforts as the lack of information. Computers, mobile phones, social media, mainstream news, earth-based sensors, humanitarian …
WASHINGTON—The World Bank Group, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, will expand its program to help cities unlock capital to deliver needed infrastructure for a climate-smart urban future. The Foundation has …
DURHAM—CloudFactory today announced it has received a $2 million program related investment from The Rockefeller Foundation to expand its SpeakerText service, for fast, accurate video and audio transcription.
The Foundation made …
Market and enterprise-based solutions for development objectives are on the rise among actors both old and new. So why aren't more problems being solved? To tackle part of this question, we …
The world faces tremendous social and environmental problems. Despite global economic growth, 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty. More than 1.5 million children under five die from diseases …