Recent Publications
More Americans Are Financially Insecure Now Than in the Past 25 Years
A record one in five American households is financially insecure, the highest level in the past 25 years, according to a new study establishing the “Economic Security Index” (ESI). This ESI index, designed to measure the economic well-being of American families, was developed by Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. >How Can We Increase Spending on Impact Investing?
The Money for Good project, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, aims to spark ideas for how nonprofit and for-profit organizations can drive more dollars to organizations that generate social good. >From Small Innovations to Social Transformations
The Doing What Works project launched by the Center for American Progress (CAP), supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, has produced two practical new guides: “Capital Ideas: How to Generate Innovation in the Public Sector,” and “Scaling New Heights: How to Spot Small Successes in the Public Sector and Make Them Big.” >Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development
Technology is integral to progress in developing countries. Scenario planning—creating narratives about the future—could be a powerful tool for helping organizations clarify how technology could help address some of the most difficult problems in the developing world >America Stands on the Precipice of a “Decade of Reckoning”
A new report by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, focuses on the major demographic forces transforming the nation and large metropolitan areas in the 2000s. It previews what we will learn from the results of the 2010 Census, as well as supplements those results in important ways. >ACCCRN Newsletter Issue 2
“We need to re-conceptualize our cities as places and spaces that can survive and continue to function appropriately." >Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: Water Resources Management Options for Smallholder Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
"Humankind in the 21st century will need to bring about a Blue Revolution to complement the Asian Green Revolution of the 20th century… New science and technology must lead the way." -Norman Borlaug >The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center: Conferences and Residencies
"For small ideas, you can go to any retreat, but to think expansive, fearless ideas and then design something innovative and courageous to put them into practice, there is no place like Bellagio." -Seth Berkley, President and CEO, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, AIDS Vaccine Conference >Investing for Impact
This report is intended for the investment community and aims to help investors better understand impact investing. >Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy to Implementation
In this challenging economic climate, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors has published a practical guide for investors. >