Jan 19 2021
Perspective
Given the scale and shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is understandable that many leaders would seek a rapid return to the status quo ante. But now that vaccines have …
Jan 13 2021
Video
The social safety net is only effective if people can access it easily and when they need it. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, an estimated $65 billion in safety net …
Jan 13 2021
Press Releases
Agricultural AI projects across Africa receive funding to produce labeled training datasets for machine learning that will help alleviate food security challenges, spur economic opportunities, and give researchers, farmers, communities, …
Dec 28 2020
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The social safety net is only effective if people can access it easily and when they need it. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, an estimated $65 billion in safety net …
Dec 17 2020
Perspective
For over a century, The Rockefeller Foundation has worked on initiatives promoting greater social equity in the United States and around the world. As part of this commitment, we collaborate …
Dec 15 2020
The software Williams installed couldn't "see" her face. "This shattered any notion I might have about machine neutrality," she recalled.
Dec 15 2020
Perspective
Climate change and the Covid-19 crisis have a great deal in common. Both are human tragedies and economic catastrophes: The pandemic has taken more than a million lives, thrown hundreds of millions out of …
Nov 30 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the world’s extraordinary fragility and highlighted trenchant societal inequalities. Managing the pandemic has been hard enough and doing so while addressing other urgent stresses – …
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Nov 23 2020
Press Releases
The new service from e-GUIDE, a collaboration between The Rockefeller Foundation and four leading universities, helps utilities and system planners improve the planning and provision of electricity in Africa November 24, …
Nov 23 2020
Video
The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change are threatening to reverse decades of humanity's progress. One way forward - end energy poverty. Distributed renewable energy has the potential to get us …