Grant to MIT's Poverty Action Lab increases focus on working with governments
Support from Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives seeks to improve policymaking in the fight against poverty.
D-Lab Scale-Ups awards $100,000 to five social entrepreneurs
2015 fellows include MIT alumni and members of the International Development Innovation Network working in Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Tanzania, and Uganda.
3 Questions: Amy Glasmeier on the living wage
MIT professor and expert in regional economies calculates how far salaries stretch.
Elaine Kung '15 awarded $5,000 by MIT Tau Beta Pi to improve design of compost toilets
Continuing work begun on a D-Lab trip, Kung aims to reduce the costs and labor required to produce compost toilets in El Salvador.
Esther Duflo receives Princess of Asturias Award
Top Spanish prize awarded to MIT economics professor and J-PAL co-director for contributions to development economics and policies to reduce poverty.
A “graduation” from poverty
Study: Anti-poverty intervention provides sustained boost to incomes and wealth.
A breath of fresh air: D-Lab scales up cleaner cooking solutions
Under the leadership of Dan Sweeney, D-Lab Biomass Fuel and Cookstove Group researches and tests clean cooking products for the developing world.
Study links brain anatomy, academic achievement, and family income
In middle-schoolers, neuroscientists find differences in brain structures where knowledge is stored.
MIT Scaling Development Ventures: Bridging innovation and impact
Ann Mei Chang of the U.S. Global Development Lab and Kevin Starr of the Mulago Foundation will deliver keynote addresses.
Lily Tsai receives the 2015 Levitan Prize
Founder of MIT Governance Lab researches new forms of civic engagement and creates immersive opportunities for MIT students around the world.
Bridging the gap between short-term humanitarian relief and long-term development
Rethink Relief design summit participants create technology solutions hand-in-hand with refugees in post-conflict northern Uganda.
D-Lab Scale-Ups fellows to tackle irrigation in India and grain storage in Zambia
Mitesh Gala and Carl Jensen will each receive a $20,000 grant and a year of mentoring as D-Lab Scale-Ups fellows.
D-Lab's Amy Smith joins Bill Gates on a panel addressing innovation
Panel held in conjunction with the Grand Challenges & Keystone Symposia Joint Scientific Session.
Three D-Lab alumni selected as 2014 Echoing Green Fellows
Fellowship recipients were selected from an applicant pool of nearly 2,900.
3 Questions: Johannes Haushofer on the psychology of poverty
Does a mental “feedback loop” prevent the poorest from exploring ways to change their lives?