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And the winner is: Inequality! Our FutureChallenges.org project team will soon be turning its attention to (social) inequality –  and rightly so. After three years of discussions on the various aspects of globalization on our platform, the user figures clearly show that it’s  inequality  in all its myriad forms such as lack […]

This article was originally drafted by Odoh Diego Okenyodo 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. From February 5 to 7, 2013, a retreat on Using Social Media for Improved Democratic Governance and Citizen Participation was convened […]

This article was originally drafted by Pasko Kisic and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Since 2000, Latin American countries have been successful at reaching MDGs. Considering that MDGs were planned until 2015, governments, and international and civil society organizations are […]

This article originally appeared on PBS.org and was excerpted by the South Africa Node of the Millennium Project as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The African Media Initiative announced the 20 winners of its African News Innovation Challenge, which aims to drive media innovation […]

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. To understand the views held among the urban poor in Vietnam on a variety of topics, we undertook a survey whose results are reported below. The topics […]