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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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A version of this post also appeared on Fair Observer. While all actors, including the youth, are responsible for transforming employment creation in Africa, this shared responsibility has led to no …

A version of this post also appeared on the 100 Resilient Cities blog. As 100 Resilient Cities gears up to launch this year's Challenge, we thought it would be a good …

A version of this post originally appeared on 100 Resilient Cities. 1. Your commute options aren't limited to a car. You can take advantage of bike sharing... Bike share programs make short-term …

Results for Development (R4D) has recently published a report with the support of The Rockefeller Foundation, Training Models for Employment in the Digital Economy. A core component of our Digital …