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An Emerging Green Economy?
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by the African Center for Economic Transformation , Special for Issue 2012o of the newsletter “West Africa Trends” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Developing green economies may provide an innovative new pathway for growth. But […]
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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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Splitting Dhaka: Model or Mistake?
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. Urbanization in Bangladesh has unique and challenging characteristics: extremely unbalanced growth with 60% of its people living in four cities, and risk […]
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Financial products for low-income migrants in host countries: Philippines National Bank
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy for Issue 14 of the newsletter “Asian Trends Monitoring Bulletin” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. A growing stock of migrant workers inevitably leads to a growing […]
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Starting a new life in a legal grey zone: a Burmese refugee family
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy for Issue 14 of the newsletter “Asian Trends Monitoring Bulletin” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. 20 years ago, Madame Khin decided to run away from her […]
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Informal Transportation
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by the Society for International Development for the newsletter “GHEA Outlook” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. For decades, there have been numerous diagnostic studies, reports and policy papers trying to figure out ways to establish […]
