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LEC #TOPICSLECTURE SLIDES/VIDEOSLECTURE NOTES
1Big ideasBig ideas and introductions (PDF)(PDF)
2Development entrepreneurship, $100K and IDEAS competitions

Guest: Joost Bonsen (PDF) (Courtesy of Joost Bonsen. Used with permission.)

DOI, chapter 1 (PDF)

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3IDEAS competition, Deshpande Center for InnovationGuests: Alison Hynd, Katja Wald (PDF) (Courtesy of Alison Hynd. Used with permission.)(PDF)
4Team formation, meaning of "Development" and proposal outlineDOI, chapter 3 (PDF)(PDF)
5Co-evolutionary design for development

Video: "Clean Water for 1 Billion People - the Nepal Water Project."

Video: "Arsenic: Largest Case of Mass Poisoning in History."

Co-evolutionary design (PDF - 2.8 MB) (Photos courtesy of Tommy Ngai. Used with permission.)

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6Case study — Muhammad Yunus: Banker to the poor Video: Muhammad Yunus (PDF)
7Case study — Muhammad Yunus - continued discussion(PDF)
8Case study — Dr. Paul Farmer and Dr. Venkataswamy (Ali Alhassani)

Video: "Infinite Vision"
(RM - 56K) (RM - 220K) (MP4 - 76.8MB) (Courtesy Aravind Eye Care System. Used with permission.)

Also available at Google Video

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9TheoryDOI, chapters 4 and 5 (PDF)(PDF)
10IDEAS proposals review workshop(PDF)
11Case study — participatory development and patent basics and confidentiality (Tamira Gunzburg)Guest: Dan Dardani, MIT Technology Licensing Office(PDF)
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Case study — Ghana pottery and patents (cont.) (Jessica Lee)

Guest: Dan Dardani, MIT Technology Licensing Office(PDF)
13FinanceGuest: Teresa Nelson and Mauro Nunez (PDF) (Courtesy of Prof. Teresa Nelson. Used with permission.)(PDF)
14Case Study — making aid work (Angela Kilby), mixed income housing (Daniel Bergey)(PDF)
15Finance (cont.)Guest: Mauro Nunez(PDF)
16Case Study — rural energy in developing countries (Zehra Ali), eco-effectiveness (Tess Veuthey)(PDF)
17IdeasStream conference and innovation showcase; TheoryAttend conference; DOI, chapters 6 and 7 (PDF)
18Monitoring and evaluationGuest: Rachel Glennerster, Executive Director, Poverty Action Lab (PDF) (Courtesy of Rachel Glennerster and the Poverty Action Lab. Used with permission.)(PDF)
19Case Study — total sanitation (Ibrahim Kanan)(PDF)
20Technology for remediation of arsenic in drinking water; TheoryGuest: Abul Hussam, winner of $1M Grainger challenge prize; DOI, chapters 8 and 9 (PDF)(PDF)
21Case study — human waste reuse (Xavier Gonzalez)(PDF)
22Social marketing

Pure Home Water in Northern Ghana (PDF - 3.9 MB)

Video: "Barefoot Women Solar Engineers."

23Case study — biogas in Nepal (Chris Tostado)(PDF)
24Final presentationsSee Projects (PDF)
25Final presentations (cont.)See Projects (PDF)

 








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