Muhammad Yunus: Ending Global Poverty
Muhammad Yunus: Ending Global Poverty
Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank; 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS Imagine a bank that loans money based on a borrower's desperate circumstances -- where, as Muhammad Yunus says, "the less you have, the ...
Networks Understanding Networks, Pt. 4
Networks Understanding Networks, Pt. 4: Ricardo Hausmann
Ricardo Hausmann — How to Infer What Countries Know from What They Produce and Why It Matters
New Technology Brings Offshoring to Villages
New Technology Brings Offshoring to Villages
The Xerox CTO describes research that allows manufacturing and office workers to avoid commuting to traffic-choked Indian cities.
Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
For the last 15 years, the MIT Sloan School of Management has been home to the Institute's most renowned gathering of Latin-American leaders at the MIT Latin American Conference.On Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Wong Auditorium, some of the most important business and economic thinkers discussed ...
Powering a New Way of Life
Powering a New Way of Life
A non-profit in Myanmar (Burma) is using off-grid renewable energy technologies to supply electricity to remote communities.
Public service projects from MIT's Class of 2012
Public service projects from MIT's Class of 2012
Meet a few of the members of MIT's Class of 2012 who are continuing their public service projects after graduation.
Research & Policy Design: Part I
Research & Policy Design: Part I
Research & Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development Conference In Part I, Iqbal Dhaliwal (Director of Policy, J-PAL Global) introduces J-PAL's history and mission, discusses the need for evaluations in the development field and the different types of evaluations, and covers policy ...
Research & Policy Design: Part II
Research & Policy Design: Part II
Research and Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development Conference In Part II, Guyanendra Badgaiyan (former Director of J-PAL South Asia) introduces J-PAL South Asia and speaks on the importance and benefits of impact evaluations.
Research & Policy Design: Part III
Research & Policy Design: Part III
Research and Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development ConferenceSession I: Improving Health Outcomes. In Part III, Rachel Glennerster (Director, J-PAL Global) presents on "Improving Health Care Delivery and Demand: Lessons from Rajasthan."
Research & Policy Design: Part IV
Research & Policy Design: Part IV
Research and Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development Conference Session I: Improving Health Outcomes. In Part IV, Neelima Khetan (CEO, Seva Mandir) takes the podium.
Research & Policy Design: Part V - The First J-PAL Bihar ...
Research & Policy Design: Part V - The First J-PAL Bihar Development ...
Research and Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development Conference Session II: Deworming. In Part V, Karthik Muralidharan (Assistant Professor of Economics, UC San Diego) speaks on the topic of randomized control trials and impact evaluation in the very succesful ...
Self-taught Sierra Leonean teen visits MIT
Self-taught Sierra Leonean teen visits MIT
Meet Kelvin Doe. A 15-year-old with no formal engineering training, Doe has built batteries and generators using trashed scrap metal and wiring.