As we are gearing up for another year of building resilience and advancing inclusive economies around the globe, we asked our Twitter community (a wonderfully opinionated bunch if ever there …
WASHINGTON—The Rockefeller Foundation and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, are launching a project development facility aimed at unlocking private sector investment for infrastructure that helps build resilience …
NAIROBI—The Rockefeller Foundation, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa today concluded the Africa Forum on Inclusive Economies, held to discuss greater inclusion as …
"India is in motion, but the direction remains uncertain. Economic growth, urbanization, climate change, and leapfrogging technologies are strong forces for change, but they contend with deep-rooted social and cultural …
Between standard population growth and the proliferation of digital technologies around the world, Internet traffic will double by 2016—a topic discussed at length at this year's New York Next Billion …
Rockefeller Foundation managing director Michael Myers speaking on a panel about improving transportation access in cities. Photo credit: Erissa Scalera / Rockefeller Foundation "How do we ensure transportation innovations reach poor …
"Given one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and 5 minutes finding the solution." ~ Albert Einstein
When Judith Rodin took over as president …
This post is part of a series that illustrates the value of innovation labs in accelerating solutions to complex social problems, sharing lessons from the Foundation's Innovation Lab effort from …
"If global philanthropy is to prosper and achieve great things in the future, the sector must dramatically change the way it views, deploys, and invests in people and talent."
Last October, …
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are an innovative financial tool to help state and local governments facing tough budget decisions fund critical social programs. In 2013, states face $85 Billion in federal …