Sep 24 2014
Perspective
"The Rockefeller Foundation is investing more than a half-billion dollars in helping all types of communities, but cities in particular, build economic, social and climate resilience."
As I mentioned in yesterday's …
Sep 19 2014
Perspective
Last month, we announced the launch of the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), a collaboration between The Rockefeller Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that will work …
Sep 19 2014
Speeches
Good morning. This morning, like many of you, I took a stroll through the innovation marketplace. It struck me that, to understand just how far we've come in terms of the …
Sep 18 2014
Perspective
A version of this post also appeared on The Everest Group blog. I recently concluded an engagement on impact sourcing. Did you say, what? That was my first reaction as well …
Sep 16 2014
Press Releases
NEW YORK—Earlier this month, a team of infectious disease experts led by Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS), together with the Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS), …
Sep 04 2014
Perspective
The Urban Institute and The Rockefeller Foundation recently released an evaluation that explores how the Rebuild by Design competition, an initiative of President Obama's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, was designed, …
Aug 29 2014
Perspective
Earlier this month, The Rockefeller Foundation announced the $100 million Global Resilience Partnershipwith the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—a bold new vision for building resilience to disasters, food …
Aug 15 2014
Perspective
Previously, I have focused on the potential for wild animal meat—or 'bushmeat'—to improve the nutrition of many poor families in West Africa. The demand for bushmeat is growing, particularly in premium …
Aug 07 2014
Perspective
For many African countries, a significant part of GDP is derived from the natural resource extraction industry, giving great potential for that industry to catalyze economic development in many low-to-middle …
Aug 04 2014
Perspective
So much investment in development is weakened or wiped out by shocks and stresses—natural and manmade. Indeed, one-in-three dollars spent on development is lost to disaster, requiring huge expenditures in …