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Renewing and rehabilitating public spaces in urban areas: Integrating neighborhoods with a focus on public infrastructure
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by Fernando Prada and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. A recent survey of Lima’s local government performance shows that people in the city thinks that improving public space should be a key priority, and one […]
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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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The Vocational Training Option for West Africa
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This article was originally drafted by Audu Liberty Oseni and 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. Youth unemployment in West Africa has been attributed to low standard of education and training. Employers often lament […]
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Governance for Urban Empowerment
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This article was originally drafted by Nisha Kumar Kulkarn and 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 poverty and inequality statistics of South Asian countries highlight that human and social development have not kept pace with economic growth, […]
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Collective Marketing Model 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. India has recently witnessed a trend of collective marketing that could impact the lives of millions of small farmers and fishermen across the country […]
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Employment for Srinagar’s Poor
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This article was originally drafted by Shree Ravindranath and 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. Srinagar, the summer capital of the mountainous state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is called the “Kashmiri Venice.” It is bifurcated by the meandering […]
