Thinking global, living local: Voices in a globalized world

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The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission to promote the well-being of people throughout the world has remained unchanged since its founding in 1913. Today, that mission is applied to an era of rapid globalization. Our vision is that this century will be one in which globalization’s benefits are more widely shared and its challenges are more easily weathered. To realize this vision, the Foundation seeks to achieve two fundamental goals in our work. First, we seek to build resilience that enhances individual, community and institutional capacity to survive, adapt, and grow in the face of acute crises and chronic stresses. Second, we seek to promote growth with equity in which the poor and vulnerable have more access to opportunities that improve their lives. In order to achieve these goals, the Foundation constructs its work into time-bound initiatives that have defined objectives and strategies for impact. These initiatives address challenges that lie either within or at the intersections of five issue areas: basic survival safeguards, global health, environment and climate change, urbanization, and social and economic security. For more information, please visit rockefellerfoundation.org.

  • Rural development makes a comeback to the political and economic agenda

     This article was originally drafted by Fernando Prada and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Rural areas in South America harbor the most endemic forms of poverty. During the last decade, economic growth, combined with improved connectivity and targeted social […]

  • Can West Africa Power Pool adopt off-grid lighting

    This article was originally drafted by Terfa Hemen and the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Constant electricity supply continues to be a huge challenge for the developing nations of West Africa. Most West African nations have […]

  • ICT Facilitating Jobs for the Poor in India

    This article was originally drafted by the Strategic Foresight Group for the newsletter “Asian Horizons” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Recent attempts to enable poor workers employed in manual labor jobs to access job postings and listings via information and communication technology (ICT) are […]

  • SMEs to Empower Women

    This article was originally drafted by the Strategic Foresight Group for the newsletter “Asian Horizons” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. There are 6 million SMEs in Bangladesh, roughly 4.5 million of which are in rural areas. In Bangladesh, SMEs lack sufficient access to loans […]

  • The Move Towards Diversification: New prospects in value offer

    This article was originally drafted by the African Center for Economic Transformation for the newsletter “West Africa Trends” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The forecast trends for tourism on the African continent are encouraging. Over the next decade, Africa’s tourism industry is expected to […]