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Earlier this month, my colleague Matthew Bishop and I co-hosted a wonderful group of thinkers and doers at The Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy. We explored the Innovative Frontiers …

As the World Wide Web celebrates its 30th birthday this year, much has been made about the risks of the connected world. At Future State, we are committed to building …

This year, Asia will account for half of the world’s GDP growth. And while this has undoubtedly improved living standards and reduced poverty in recent years, such gains have come at …

This piece first appeared on the World Economic Forum's blog on May 14, 2019, and re-posted here with permission. With almost four years completed since the United Nations adopted the 2030 …

This piece first appeared on IGIHE's page and reposted with permission. In a few days, thousands of people from around the world will converge in Kigali to attend the Transform Africa …

When Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique on March 14, it left so much devastation in its wake that it’s being called one of the worst weather-related disasters to ever …

Bottled water is a big and growing business. Global consumers are expected to buy over 550 billion liters of packaged water annually by 2020 with a value of over USD …

Signing up to help a billion people is an audacious goal. But that is exactly what the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center announced its intention to do today …

Philanthropy in China has grown exponentially, with charitable giving growing 20% year-on-year, compared to GDP growth of between 6% and 7% annually. Despite being a new joiner to global philanthropy (interest …

This is Part 2 of our April 2019 series on building a more nourishing and sustainable food system. Read Part 1 here.  The EAT-Lancet report, [1] in addition to a few others …