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        <language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[A New Tool for Scaling Impact]]></title><description><![CDATA[This publication offers a framework for both the promise and challenges of Social Impact Bonds as state and local governments within the US begin to explore this new innovation.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/new-tool-scaling-impact</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crowdsourcing Meets Crowdfunding to Improve Lives]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Rockefeller Foundation and GlobalGiving are working together to crowdsource solutions to problems facing vulnerable communities. They are currently in phase three of the three part series. For the month of February, The Rockefeller Foundation is matching every donation 200%.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/crowdsourcing-meets-crowdfunding</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[New International Agriculture Award to Honor Young Field Researchers Emulating Dr. Norman Borlaug]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nominations are sought for the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. The new $10,000 annual award, administered by the World Food Prize Foundation, will be presented for the first time in October 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/press-releases/new-international-agriculture-award</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rockefeller Foundation's Heather Grady on Politics, Policy-Making, and the Implementation of Health Financing and Delivery Mechanisms for Universal Health Coverage ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Rockefeller Foundation’s Heather Grady recently joined a panel at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok on The Complex Nexus: Political will, civil society and evidence in achieving Universal Health Coverage.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/rockefeller-foundations-heather-grady</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impact Investing: Profit Meets Purpose Americas Quarterly Issue Launch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Video: Rockefeller Foundation's Margot Branderburg underscores the importance of measuring social and environmental impact during a panel discussion at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas on impact investing.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/impact-investing-profit-meets-purpose</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Explores Private Equity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rockefeller Foundation supports West Coast states' investigation into new public-private finance models for infrastructure projects.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/state-explores-private-equity</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pay for Success: A New Federal Commitment for Underserved Americans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pay for Success offers a new way for government to ensure effective programs reach traditionally and currently underserved communities. The hope is that the program will help us find better ways to get Americans the supports and services they need.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/pay-success-new-federal-commitment</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine at the Margins]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sania Nishtar is the founder and president of NGO and think tank Heartfile a Rockefeller Foundation grantee. She was the recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Forum award for her leadership in health policy in Pakistan.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/medicine-margins</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Next Metro Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Atlantic Cities has partnered with the Brookings-Rockefeller Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation to explore local solutions to national problems.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/next-metro-economy</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints New Managing Directors ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Rockefeller Foundation today announced that Nancy Kete, Scott Leeb and John Irons have been appointed to the role of Managing Director. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/press-releases/rockefeller-foundation-appoints-new</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indicators as Interventions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pitfalls and Prospects in Supporting Development Initiatives]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/indicators-interventions</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rockefeller Foundation Supports Streb's "Kiss The Air!" Performance ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Rockefeller Foundation provided grant funding to Streb dance company, performing "Kiss the Air!" at the Park Avenue Armory from December 14-22.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/rockefeller-foundation-supports-strebs</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remarks by Dr. Judith Rodin at Economist 'World in 2012 Festival']]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Rodin's opening speech at the luncheon panel discussion – “The Great Mismatch”.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/speeches-presentations/remarks-by-dr-judith-rodin-economist</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moving From Talk to Action at COP17]]></title><description><![CDATA[A featured article in a special insert in The Financial Times around the COP17 Climate Change conference in Durban, South Africa]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/moving-from-talk-action-cop17</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[mHealth Alliance and Rockefeller Foundation Honor Leading Mobile Health Innovators of the Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Top 11 in 2011 Innovators Challenge Winners Announced in Time for the 2011 mHealth Summit]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/press-releases/mhealth-alliance-rockefeller-foundation</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undaunted by a Great Canvas, Filling It With Spectacle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Park Avenue Armory's Drill Hall, a grantee, hosts a presentation by Shen Wei Dance Arts.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/undaunted-by-great-canvas-filling</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groundswell Community Mural Project Anniversary]]></title><description><![CDATA[This video highlights the innovative work of the Groundswell Community Mural Project, a recipient of a 2011 Cultural Innovation Fund award.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/news/groundswell-community-mural-project</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Insider - Nov 2011]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Searchlight Newsletter from Strategic Foresight Group covers the shifts in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector and sustainable solid waste management practices.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/asian-insider-nov-2011</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Africa Insight - Oct 2011]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published by the Centre for Democracy and Development, this issue focuses on transporting the urban poor.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/west-africa-insight-oct-2011</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[South America: Trends and Challenges for Development ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this issue, new structural models in South America to address debt, food security and media concentration are explored through examples in Peru.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 000</pubDate><link>http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/south-america-trends-challenges</link></item></channel> 
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