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Impact investing has grown impressively in the past decade. In one sense, the factors driving investors have not changed. We invest to plan for the future, and we hope for …

As part of ongoing efforts to bring electricity to every household and business in Myanmar, Smart Power Myanmar, a national platform with a mandate to advance a modern energy ecosystem, …

Around the globe, a wave of innovation is sweeping across the financial sector, from public equities to bonds, real estate to insurance, venture investing to small-business lending. In each of …

Over the next decade, at least $500 billion will flow through philanthropic organizations, the result of rising global wealth, especially in Asia. A landmark new study by the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, reveals how Chinese philanthropy is growing into a powerhouse that could shape the future of international giving and development, largely driven by the Chinese private sector and a new generation of wealth.

The Rockefeller Foundation supports Panahpur in the design of Project Snowball. As part of this initiative, Panahpur will share a core template for developing and launching an impact-focused investment trust, …

In 2013, the United Nations projected that Africa would be home to over 40 percent of the global youth population by 2030. The challenge of how to successfully absorb these …

This report is a collaboration between Smart Power India (SPI), a subsidiary of The Rockefeller Foundation and the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP), at the Johns Hopkins School of …

Up to 40 percent of all food in the United States is wasted. Producing food that we don’t consume also swallows up roughly 20 percent of America’s cropland, fertilizers, and …

The world today is more densely populated and more interconnected than ever before, with more than 70% of the global population projected to live in urban areas by 2050. Cities …