Keynote Address: “The Resilience Dividend”

Keynote Address “The Resilience Dividend” World Urban Forum Medellin, Colombia April 11, 2014 What a week. The flow of ideas and thinking has been inspiring and energizing. But our work isn’t done yet. And I am pleased that we can cap off this week with a day dedicated to resilience, orienting us to the crucial

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Keynote Address: Social Capital Markets

Keynote Address SOCAP San Francisco, CA September 3, 2014 I’m thrilled to be back at SOCAP. I last spoke here in 2012, when The Rockefeller Foundation was just preparing to celebrate our Centennial year. Now, we’re still recovering from our Centennial year. At 101 years, we’re not quite old enough to remember the San Francisco

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Borlaug Field Award Presentation

Borlaug Field Award Presentation World Food Prize Foundation Des Moines, Iowa October 12, 2016 It’s a great honor to speak with you tonight, and a great pleasure to see guests from over 50 countries gathered together here to honor the work of Norman Borlaug and the many scientists and anti-hunger advocates who carry on his

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