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          Almost a year ago the fourth “Ulmer Denkanstöße” took place in the beautiful round Richard Maier townhouse in Ulm, southern Germany, and had the honor to announce the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk as first keynote speaker. As we walk into the building we see people everywhere – although it […]

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 – […]

As part of our  coverage on “The New City” we asked our bloggers for some pictures from their cities. Are there any places in their cities that are prime examples for sustainable urban living? But it could also be a negative example in order to show how a city should not […]

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. As banking in the region has developed, consolidation has created banks big enough to seek markets outside their […]

Basically, there are two answers to the question of how the problem states of the eurozone can tackle their sovereign debt crises – austerity and growth. In my last blog I discussed the options and limits of tackling debt through austerity measures. This blog will look at what kind of […]