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Finance, Innovation and Social Cohesion
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by Noviscape for the newsletter “Trendnovation Southeast” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. World Bank building in Washington, D.C. (By Shiny Things (Flickr) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons) In the aftermath of the 1997 financial crisis, […]
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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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Financing development: the role of regional and sub-regional development banks in Latin America
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by the Foro Nacional/Internacional for the newsletter “South America: Trends and Change for Development” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. This election of Jim Yong Kim as President of the World Bank gained high-profile in times […]
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Mobile Apps Development Opens New Vistas
Written by Searchlight Process
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 advancement of technology globally has led to large numbers of persons using mobile phones purposes other […]
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Growth of the Brazilian Middle Class: A Tale of Things to come?
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by the Foro Nacional/Internacional for the newsletter “South America: Trends and Change for Development” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The middle class in Central and South America is projected to grow 75 percent, to 313 […]
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Protecting Women’s Safety in Slums: An Intervention in Karachi
Written by Searchlight Process
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 promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment around the world cannot be successful unless physical spaces – public and private – […]
