In the World: Cultivating creativity
For some of the world’s poorest people, the biggest impact can come from fostering creative problem-solving.
For some of the world’s poorest people, the biggest impact can come from fostering creative problem-solving.
In Poor Economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo open a window into the lives of the world’s poorest people, and suggest new remedies to combat poverty.
MIT graduate student is working to make water available for the world’s poor by refining the tools and techniques of fog harvesting.
Discusses how new ideas are needed for battling disease, extending education and improving lives in poor nations.
$20,000 award will help fund international development projects for students in the living-learning community
MIT anthropologist Erica James examines the psychological damage inflicted on the island nation’s inhabitants.
Small-time money transfers from migrants shape key decisions on foreign exchange, research shows.
Students hope to bring electricity and clean water to Ugandan health clinic
Second issue of Komaza will be available on newsstands around campus beginning Dec. 8
MIT’s undergraduates fight poverty one statistic at a time, thanks to coordination between the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.
International teams in Ghana tackle local needs of village farmers for better methods and devices to harvest their crops