Jun 24 2015
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This post originally appeared on Business Today. In its bid to transform the country's urban landscape, the Indian government will launch the 100 Smart Cities program this month, aiming to bring about …
Jun 18 2015
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For years, consumer product and marketing firms have utilized user-centered product development approaches to attune their offerings to customers' needs and wants. Increasingly these human-centered design (HCD) techniques are being …
Jun 16 2015
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Like many people across the world, we at The Rockefeller Foundation have been captivated by the news coming out of Nepal. We were truly saddened by the reports of new deaths, …
Jun 10 2015
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At The Rockefeller Foundation, we take a systems approach to our work.
This means we try to understand how different actors operate together and the different incentives that drive them, so …
May 29 2015
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Editor’s Note: Funded by a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, 100 Resilient Cities Platform Partner Shadrock Roberts outlines how community based open-data ecosystems have played an important role for disaster response …
May 04 2015
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May 01 2015
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As a city's ability prepare for, withstand, and bounce back from acute shocks and chronic stresses, urban resilience depends strongly on a healthy ecosystem. In fact, one of the many …
Apr 30 2015
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April 15, 2015 was a landmark day for The Rockefeller Foundation. We launched Smart Power for Rural Development, an initiative that aims to bring electricity to 1,000 villages and 1 …
Apr 16 2015
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When The Rockefeller Foundation asked me to lead Smart Power India—an organization that aims to deliver a comprehensive solution to the energy needs of unserved and underserved villages—for me it …
Apr 15 2015
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Now with access to electricity, these children can not only study after dark, but they can also attend evening classes, expanding opportunities for them and their community.