Topic: The Rockefeller Foundation
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Change Agent Why resilience is the key to solving 21st century problems
Author and PopTech executive director Andrew Zolli says the ability of people and institutions to bounce back from challenges will be needed more and more. It can be learned, as he found out in his own life.
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Change Agent Nigerian banker urges a businesslike approach to poverty in Africa
Tony Elumelu, who has become one of Africa’s most prominent philanthropists, calls his idea 'Africacapitalism' – an African-run effort that uses business concepts to fight poverty.
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Change Agent Neighborland taps social media to build better neighborhoods
Neighborland, a New Orleans-based start up focused on citizen participation, hopes that its unique twist on social networking will help bring neighbors back together.
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Difference Maker Tri Mumpuni Iskandar builds small hydro plants to bring electricity to Indonesian villages
A petite entrepreneur wants to bring hydropower to the 90 million Indonesians without electricity.
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Finally, socially responsible investors can measure their impact
A new social-impact rating system promises to tell socially responsible investors where their money can best be used. The mix of philanthropy and finance is called 'impact investing.'
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Can Warren Buffett and Bill Gates save the world?
How the Giving Pledge, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's quest to get billionaires to donate half their wealth to charity, will impact philanthropy and the world's needy.
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Difference Maker Maria Teresa Leal helps women stitch together a way out of poverty
The Coopa-Roca co-op, in one of Rio's poorest neighborhoods, sews high-fashion garments for international labels and designers.
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The Monitor's View: Hungry? One-sixth of humanity feels the same.
Decades of progress in food security have been reversed. The long-term solution is more investment in agriculture.
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Climate change: Southeast Asia's preparation falls short
The Asian Development Bank says the cost of inaction could be severe for the region's agrarian-based economies and rapidly growing coastal cities.
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Tibet shepherds live on climate frontier
Shrinking glaciers mean longer hikes to water flocks
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Opinion: A new New Deal for America
Obama must act boldly to rescue the American people.
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Opinion: A new social contract for America
The American Dream can't thrive on World War II-era policies.
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