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New data journalism tool uses open data to hold local officials accountable
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by the SA Node of the Millennium Project for the newsletter “Southern Africa Horizon Scan” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Those in power can be held accountable in more open, just and democratic societies where […]
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Searchlight Process
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.
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Pro-Poor Payments for Environmental Services
Written by Searchlight Process
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. Recently, Vietnam has witnessed a surge in the development of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) programs. Supplementing farmers’ livelihoods in this manner […]
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Going Organic: What is Holding Vietnam Back?
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by Indochina Research for the newsletter “I-Light” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Some 60 per cent of Vietnam’s population still makes their living through agriculture. Despite the size of the agricultural sector, however, until recent […]
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Editorial on Emerging Issues in National Budgeting
Written by Searchlight Process
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. Meeting competing priorities in the face of budget constraints has never been easy. For policymakers fighting poverty […]
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Agriculture Development in Underdeveloped Islands
Written by Searchlight Process
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. Over the past few years, there has been an increasing focus on the development of agriculture in Papua and West […]
