Daniel Jimenez named Gates Cambridge Scholar for 2013
Alumnus to pursue graduate studies in engineering for sustainable development at Cambridge University.
Legatum Fellows bring innovation to emerging markets
Students see opportunities in the emerging economies of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The high value of water
Study: People willing to pay more for running water report much higher levels of happiness when they have it.
Young African leaders propose paths to prosperity for the continent
Members of Youth Think Tank meet with Legatum Center staff and fellows at MIT.
Graduate student David Sengeh gives back to Sierra Leone
Media Lab doctoral student created a competition to help youth in his home country create their own solutions.
Sanergy, led by Legatum Center alumni fellows, wins social innovation award
Aims to develop sustainable sanitation services in urban slums
Bringing the world to innovation
With up to $25 million in new USAID funding, MIT’s D-Lab will gain greater ability to help people in the developing world find their own solutions.
MIT a linchpin of major new USAID program
Institute researchers aim to spur development and evaluation of useful technologies to help the world’s poor.
New method could help communities plan for climate risk
MIT researchers develop tool to assess regional risks of climate change, potential impacts on local infrastructure and planning.
Fear of failure
Recent Legatum Center workshop discusses fear, and examines ways to overcome it in entrepreneurial pursuits.
Climate change: a developing challenge for poor nations
MIT and U.N. researchers team up to tackle some of the heftiest climate change challenges developing countries will face as they confront an uncertain future.
Ekaterina Paramonova: A nuclear networker
Undergraduate on a unique career track that intriguingly combines nuclear engineering and diplomacy.
The economic cost of increased temperatures
Study: Warming episodes hurt poor countries and limit long-term growth.
