The Gender Centre of Excellence (GCE) at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is a strategic resource centre that provides transformative solutions for unbanked or underbanked populations, particularly low-income women. In this Q&A, Loise…
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One evening several years ago, I was walking down the main street of a rural community in Uttar Pradesh, India. Everywhere I looked, there was a buzz of activity: neighbors…
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Once a year, since March 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis releases its data series on the distribution of growth in personal income with updated annual data from…
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Digital technologies are rapidly developing and transforming the way individuals work, learn, and participate in civic life. As digital innovations become more available and present opportunities to make quality learning…
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When it comes to conversations about community investing, plans are often described by silos of work: housing or economic development, education or safety, health or jobs. Certainly, the specifics of…
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Combatting the climate crisis is going to require rethinking how Americans move: Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation account for about 29 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. “Global warming has made…
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In my working paper, “Walmart Supercenters and Monopsony Power: How a Large, Low-Wage Employer Impacts Local Labor Markets,” I provide evidence that Walmart Inc.—the largest private-sector employer in the United…
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A strong majority of mayors are worried about the racial wealth gap in their cities, a report from the Boston University Initiative on Cities finds. Based on a survey of 126 mayors…
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This is a piece written on the ground from Zhytomyr, Ukraine. The author, Vitalii Dankevych, is an Economics Professor at Polissia National University. For those of you looking to help…
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Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, a shaky recovery from 2020’s recession, and, now, the war in Ukraine, inflation has shot up in the United States and in countries worldwide. For Americans, recent…
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Click here for more.In schools, it’s not uncommon to look around any given staff meeting and find a plurality of women. Education is one of the largest occupational fields in the country, with…
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Click here for more.John W. Rogers Jr. is chairman, co-CEO and chief investment officer of Ariel Investments, the country’s oldest Black-owned asset management firm. Throughout his career, Rogers has worked tirelessly to close the widening…