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        <language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Investing for Impact]]></title><description><![CDATA[This report is intended for the investment community and aims to help investors better understand impact investing.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/investing-impact</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maximum Impact]]></title><description><![CDATA["How would I give away $10 billion? I wouldn't. I would invest it in innovations that have the potential to mobilize
multiple billions more." -- Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/maximum-impact</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy to Implementation]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this challenging economic climate, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors has published a practical guide for investors.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/solutions-impact-investors-from</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Questions on the GlobalGiveback Innovation Challenge: Philanthropy News Digest Interview with the Foundation's Antony Bugg-Levine  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is the GlobalGiveback Innovation Challenge?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/five-questions-globalgiveback</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rockefeller Foundation Asks New York City to Nominate Next Jane Jacobs Medal Recipients]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Rockefeller Foundation announced opening of public nominating process for the 2010 Jane Jacobs Medal. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/press-releases/rockefeller-foundation-asks-new-york</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rockefeller Foundation Grantee Nominated for Prestigious Lancet Award ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A research report on the largest clinical trial of HIV/AIDS treatment ever conducted in Africa ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/rockefeller-foundation-grantee-nominated</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Index-Based Weather Insurance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global efforts to reduce the impact of climate change on livelihoods and food security are increasing.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/index-based-weather-insurance</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Silos to Systems: An Overview of eHealth's Transformative Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts working across disciplines and sectors, set and championed a new agenda to expand use of technology in health systems—one crucial component of the global health community’s strategy to make modern care more accessible and affordable for all.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/from-silos-systems-overview-ehealth</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rockefeller Foundation Opens 2010 NYC Cultural Innovation Fund Competition as Cultural Organizations Continue to Struggle in Today’s Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Rockefeller Foundation announced the opening of its 2010 New York City Cultural Innovation Fund competition.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/press-releases/rockefeller-foundation-opens-2010-nyc</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foundations Launch New Project to Assist Vulnerable Populations Suffering from Global Economic Crisis in Thailand and Vietnam]]></title><description><![CDATA[The global financial crisis has had a sharp, negative effect on the export-dependent economies of Asia, threatening to undermine gains made in recent years.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/press-releases/foundations-launch-new-project-assist</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Cities Climate Change Resillience Network]]></title><description><![CDATA[ACCRN Brochure]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/asian-cities-climate-change-resillience</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaping Climate Resilient Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global warming, which could see the Earth’s surface temperature rise by 2.5-5.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century compared to preindustrial levels, could greatly heighten this vulnerability, triggering more frequent and severe weather disasters, shifts in rainfall patterns and climate zones, and a rise in sea levels.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/shaping-climate-resilient-development</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's Engagement in Africa: Key Findings and Recommendations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will Chinese lending to African countries create debt that
becomes unsustainable, or will China help reduce Africa’s
indebtedness by stimulating exports and growth?]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/chinas-engagement-africa-key-findings</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chiang Rai, Hat Yai Join Climate Talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chiang Rai and Hat Yai will join eight other cities throughout Asia in a move to address the consequences of climate change.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/chiang-rai-hat-yai-join-climate-talks</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[International Rice Research Institute Celebrates its 50th anniversary]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the 50 years of IRRI, the institute’s work has helped feed much of the world’s population, reduce poverty and hunger.

]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/international-rice-research-institute</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network Announces Plans for Two Thai Cities to Join the Network]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) – a network of cities in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam that are working to develop robust plans to address the consequences of climate change – announced today the two cities in Thailand that will join the other eight cities throughout Asia that have already been selected. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/press-releases/asian-cities-climate-change-resilience</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy Corps, Rockefeller Foundation Combat Climate Change Effects in Indonesian Slums]]></title><description><![CDATA[As world leaders gather in Copenhagen to wrestle with climate change policies, a new partnership in Indonesia is already helping some of the poorest people - urban slum dwellers - to withstand, prepare for and recover from the impacts of global warming.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/press-releases/mercy-corps-rockefeller-foundation</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satellite Insurance To Pay Farmers If Land Turns Brown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mude said that losing animals to drought is the biggest threat to livestock in the country and the scheme will not include deaths from disease or conflict.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/satellite-insurance-pay-farmers-if-land</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACCCRN Responding to The Urban Climate Challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although it is not possible to predict with absolute certainty the exact nature of climate impacts and resulting challenges each city will face, the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) helps cities and their citizens build flexible and dynamic systems and institutions that identify and respond to the challenges climate change poses to urban areas. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/acccrn-responding-urban-climate</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s Engagement in African Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[China has been interacting with African regions for more than a thousand years. Yet never before has the presence of this Asian country been as deeply imbedded or as widespread as it is today, and as it will likely continue to be in the future.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/chinas-engagement-african-countries</link></item></channel> 
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