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The Rockefeller Foundation’s Research and Records Unit has undertaken an innovative approach to addressing this challenge by generating applicable intelligence that emerges from a forward-looking, on-the-ground perspective throughout Africa, Asia, and the Americas. It is known as the “Searchlight” function—a group of forward-looking, regionally-focused horizon scanning and trend monitoring grantees that conduct regular, ongoing scanning for novel ideas, research results, and "clues" to where the world is evolving.
  • Mobile Business School in India

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    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. A mobile business school model has been conceived and run by a local NGO in Maharashtra, the Mann Deshi Foundation. […]

  • Collaborating on Waste to Energy for Future Nigerian Cities

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    This article was originally drafted by 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. As the population of Nigerian cities continues to soar, the problem of managing waste is at the […]

  • Growing Interest in Micro-Health Insurance

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    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 is a growing interest by the government and public institutions to participate in the micro-health insurance sector in Bangladesh. […]

  • Poverty and Hunger Still on the Increase

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    This article was originally drafted by 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. The prevalence of poverty and hunger around the globe is high and the challenge the world faces […]

  • News Deep Dive: The Cost of Inadequate Sanitation

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    This article was originally drafted by Intellecap for the newsletter “Searchlight South Asia” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) recently released a new report, “The Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Pakistan,” as part of […]