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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.
  • Two Innovative Ways of Improving Education: A Nigerian Case Study

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    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. Conditional Cash Transfer Schemes to End the Crisis of Girl Child Education in Some States in Nigeria West […]

  • The Business Case for Mining whilst Managing the Environment

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    This article was originally drafted by the South Africa 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. According to commentators and participants at a recent AngloGold Ashanti / Motjoli Resources Mining […]

  • Sustainably Connecting Off-Grid Consumers

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    This article was originally drafted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy for Issue 13 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. There have been a number of large-scale rural electrification projects around […]

  • Searchlight Convening Reflections: Jibrin Ibrahim

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    Searchlight Convening in Mumbai: Reflections from Participants An important component of the development of the Searchlight function has been an annual, in-person workshop of all the participating organizations to explore the trends that are emerging from various regions. The second such convening, organized by Intellecap with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, took place in April […]

  • Searchlight Convening Reflections: Fernando Prada

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    Searchlight Convening in Mumbai: Reflections from Participants An important component of the development of the Searchlight function has been an annual, in-person workshop of all the participating organizations to explore the trends that are emerging from various regions. The second such convening, organized by Intellecap with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, took place in April […]