Deeply respected advisor, educator, mentor, and former department head was a founding member of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and committed to helping others rise out of poverty.
“Distance Unknown,” an exhibition by MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab, documents the often challenging journeys migrants undertake to gain economic opportunity and food security.
MIT spinout Essmart has created a supply chain to help local retail shops in rural India sell life-improving products.
The alumni-founded GiveDirectly has delivered over $500 million in cash to impoverished people, letting recipients decide how best to meet their needs.
In collaboration with Community Jameel and Co-Impact, rigorous research will inform social policies and programs.
Evaluation Incubators to provide technical assistance, training, funding to help partners design randomized evaluations of housing stability strategies and state and local programs.
CassVita, founded by an MIT alumnus, has created a biotechnology to increase the shelf life of cassava, a nutritious but perishable root vegetable.
First results underscore the urgent need for a better understanding of how to address inequities in birth outcomes.
Alumni-founded Quipu Market offers loans and other financial services to entrepreneurs through its online marketplace.
MIT political science master’s student Milain Fayulu is building brands to bring change to his home country.
New J-PAL North America publication helps policymakers understand summer programs’ wide-ranging benefits, in such areas as criminal justice involvement, education, and development.
Field experiment in Bangladesh shows the poor simply lack opportunities to gain wealth — but a one-time boost can make a major difference.
New collaboration aims to strengthen Egypt’s poverty alleviation policies through rigorous evaluation and innovation.
Senior Carene Umubyeyi seeks to advance sustainable structural design in her home country of Rwanda and beyond.
MIT spinout Safi Organics uses farmers’ crop residue to make an organic fertilizer that can increase yields and improve soil health.