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Foundation-written and -funded reports look at current state of affairs and shine a light on the future
Mar 01 2012
United States Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Upgrading and replacing energy-consuming equipment in buildings offers an important capital investment opportunity, with the potential for significant economic, climate, and employment impacts. In the United States alone, more than …
Mar 01 2012
Unlocking Capital, Activating a Movement
Impact investing involves "investors seeking to generate both financial return and social and/or environmental value—while at a minimum returning capital, and, in many cases, offering market rate returns or better." …
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation
Jan 01 2012
Transportation Evaluation Report - State
This report presents the findings of an evaluation commissioned by the Evaluation Office of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation Initiative on Equitable and Sustainable Transportation (TRA). The evaluation, conducted by …
Jan 01 2012
Transportation Evaluation Report - Federal
In 2008, the Rockefeller Foundation launched the Initiative to Promote Equitable and Sustainable Transportation. With the last great mission of the U.S. transportation – the building of the Interstate Highway system – …
Nov 03 2011
Climate Smart Rural Development Final Evaluation Report
This evaluation was meant to learn from the experience of implementation of the African Agriculture Resilience (AAR) component of the Climate Change Resilience Initiative and the Land-based Carbon Markets for …
Sep 03 2011
Climate Smart Rural Development Synthesis Review
This synthesis review, prepared with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation, is a companion report to the evaluation of the Foundation’s work on African Agriculture Resilience (AAR) and Carbon for Poverty Reduction …
Apr 10 2011
Impact Investing in West Africa
Impact investing can help solve major social and environmental problems in West Africa, leveraging new sources of capital in places that lack sufficient government resources and development aid to address …
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation