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Mar 07 2017

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First-Of-Its-Kind Platform Connecting Resilience Practitioners Worldwide Launched by The Rockefeller Foundation & Partners

New Platform, Zilient, Allows Individuals Working in the Global Resilience Field to Network and Share Knowledge Online Platform Developed through a $5.5 Million Commitment by The Rockefeller Foundation, In Partnership with …

Feb 27 2017

Perspective

Valuing the Resilience Dividend

Just months after I became president of The Rockefeller Foundation, New Orleans experienced one of the worst disasters in American history: Hurricane Katrina. While we did what we could to help …

Feb 23 2017

Press Releases

The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Economic Council Focused on Planetary Health

Council of experts will investigate the economic rationale for the field Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford will host the Council, chaired by Ernesto Zedillo, Yale University professor and …

Feb 22 2017

Perspective

Lessons from The Other Side of Scale

The best conferences send you back to the office with a notebook full of “notes to self”—things you want to try or think about doing differently. Last week I had the …

Jan 31 2017

Perspective

Introducing Zilient: A global resilience network

A version of this post original appeared on Zilient.org. Imagine that with just one click you could access a destination where you could learn of a groundbreaking new technology; participate in …

Jan 19 2017

Perspective

Impact Sourcing: Transformational Change through Public-Private Cooperation

As Davos is underway, and we gather to discuss what is meant by “Responsive and Responsible Leadership”, we reflect on what our respective organizations are doing on action-oriented solutions. The …

Jan 10 2017

Perspective

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human Behavior: Learning from the First Bellagio Center Thematic Residency

We’ve all been there. Do we choose the apple or the cookie? The gym or the couch? The new shoes or the savings account? We often know what we should …

Dec 12 2016

Perspective

Health For All: What’s Next for a Movement Hitting its Stride?

If the events of 2016 have taught us anything, it’s that we cannot know for sure what tomorrow will bring. But change has a way of illuminating those things about …

Dec 12 2016

Press Releases

As Political Momentum Builds, 860+ Organizations Call on Leaders to Act with Ambition to Achieve Health for All

The Rockefeller Foundation announces grant of nearly US$1.5 million to International Health Partnership for UHC 2030, a new platform to drive global progress toward universal health coverage. Universal Health Coverage Coalition …

Dec 07 2016

Perspective

Inviting Constructive Controversy

One of the twentieth century’s most original thinkers, Marcel Duchamp, once said, “I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.” The value of …

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