Developing countries

Person holds up device with lens near their eye

Tata Center adds eight new projects to its 2018-2019 portfolio

MIT principal investigators will receive funding and support for projects seeking an impact in the developing world.

April 12, 2018

Juliana Mitkiewicz (fourth from right) was a 2017 MIT D-Lab visiting graduate student. She is pictured in Estelí, Nicaragua with a group of MIT D-Lab: Gender and Development students and colleagues from Universidad Centroamericana de Nicaragua in January. From left to right: Janel Mendoza, Gabriela Orozco, Thea Louis, Olivia Waring, Mitkiewicz, Nelson Salazar, Migdalia Herrera, and Laureano Arcia...

3Q: Juliana Mitkiewicz on sustainable development and empowering women in developing countries

Former MIT D-Lab visiting graduate student is helping local communities address environmental challenges, improve regional economies, and promote gender equality.

April 6, 2018

The SPURS Fellows of 1969-1970 pose for a class photo.

Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies celebrates 50th anniversary

SPURS Fellows serve as agents of change in international development.

April 6, 2018

Members of the Workplace Learning at J-WEL Consortium in discussion during the inaugural J-WEL Week in October 2017.

Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab holds second J-WEL Week

Representatives of member organizations and invited guests from 23 countries gather to promote excellence and transformation in global education.

March 19, 2018

MIT economist David Atkin is a scholar whose empirical, tightly focused studies of trade and development have helped experts better understand trade's effects.

A deep dive into the effects of trade

MIT economist David Atkin looks beneath the surface of global commerce.

February 4, 2018

$MIT spinout PlenOptika has developed a highly accurate, portable autorefractor called QuickSee that measures refractive errors of the eye. More affordable than the current technology, the device has potential to reach patients in previously inaccessible areas of developing countries.$

Startup aims to make vision care more accessible in developing world

Portable device can generate corrective lens prescriptions in areas with no optometry care.

January 10, 2018

“The idea of SurgiBox is to take the operating room and shrink it down to just the patient’s size. Keeping an entire room clean and surgery-ready requires a lot of resources that many hospitals and surgeons across the globe don’t have.” — MIT graduate student Sally Miller

Turning any room into an operating room

With a product called SurgiBox, grad student Sally Miller hopes to make safe, clean surgery possible anywhere.

January 8, 2018

Physician Chris Zahner at the University of Texas Medical Branch designing sensor systems in the MakerHealth Space.

How to turn clinicians into makers

Providing training and resources, MakerHealth helps nurses and doctors hack medical equipment to improve patient care.

December 19, 2017

Many rural communities are turning to microgrids, small-scale power systems that supply local energy, typically in the form of solar power, to localized consumers, such as individual households or small villages.

No more blackouts?

New framework guarantees stability of microgrids that supply local power in developing countries.

November 8, 2017

Members of J-WEL convene on MIT campus to explore new developments in brain science, pedagogy, and digital learning practices.

Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab holds inaugural J-WEL Week

Educators, researchers, policy makers, and technologists from 27 countries gather to spark a global renaissance in education for all learners.

October 9, 2017

Amy Smith is the founding director of the MIT D-Lab.

Designing for a more equitable world

D-Lab founder Amy Smith teaches MIT students to tap into the heart of international development.

October 6, 2017

Erica James, associate professor of medical anthropology and urban studies in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, co-presents with Dennis McLaughlin, H.M. King Bhumibol Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (not pictured) on the results of their research project, Leverage Points: Opportunities for Increasing Food Production in Developing Countries, funded by ...

Projects make inroads on global food and water challenges

MIT researchers supported by J-WAFS present results of their work on food and water security.

September 21, 2017

“We are trying to solve the issue of youth unemployment through entrepreneurship and through making small businesses more efficient — starting more businesses, starting them well, having them grow up to the point where they can be employers,” says graduate student Meghan McCormick about her company, Osez Innover, which operates in three countries in West Africa.

Empowering young entrepreneurs in West Africa

MBA student Meghan McCormick leads a venture that helps African youth develop small businesses.

September 17, 2017

“We are very excited about this work because, for the first time, we can create a library of tiny, encased vaccine particles, each programmed to release at a precise, predictable time,” says professor Robert Langer.

One vaccine injection could carry many doses

Microparticles created by new 3-D fabrication method could release drugs or vaccines long after injection.

September 14, 2017

Mark Brennan (left) and Prithvi Sundar are graduate students working with MIT’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation to better understand and evaluate the food aid supply chain.

Researchers identify opportunities to improve quality, reduce cost of global food assistance delivery

Research from MIT's CITE program leverages a procurement process to identify opportunities for improving food aid supply chains.

September 13, 2017

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