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Working with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges.

Creating, sharing, and using collaborative research practices, actionable findings, and practical solutions.

Hands-on, project-based learning. More than 12 MIT D-Lab classes offered each year!

Working with diverse partners to advance and apply inclusive innovation as a methodology for tackling poverty.

"Impact is not just the product of innovation – it's the process of innovation."

– Amy Smith, MIT D-Lab Founding Director

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Final Prototypes Take Shape as the 2014 International Development Design Summit Draws to a Close

Winnowing sunflower thresher developed at the 2014 International Development Design Summit

Blog | Aug 13, 2014 | Lauren McKown

Final Prototypes Take Shape as the 2014 International Development Design Summit Draws to a Close

UTEC and MIT develop innovation projects in Peru

El MIT y UTEC desarrollarán proyectos de innovación en el Perú.

News | Aug 12, 2014 | El Comercio, Peru

El Comercio, Peru
UTEC and MIT develop innovation projects in Peru

Zubaida Bai | A pack of good health

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News | Aug 11, 2014 | Nelson Vinod Moses

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Zubaida Bai | A pack of good health

Scale-Ups Fellow: Are You 3D-Printing with Fair-Trade Filament?

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News | Aug 04, 2014 | Joe McGonegal

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Scale-Ups Fellow: Are You 3D-Printing with Fair-Trade Filament?

Bringing Moroccan Farmers Access to Affordable Animal Feed

Research associate Belinda Richardson (left) in Tiflet, Morocco, to follow up with farmers and evaluate the area’s meat and dairy value chains in order to evaluate the potential of technology interventions to increase farmer income.

Blog | Jul 31, 2014 | Belinda Richardson, Summer Research Associate

Bringing Moroccan Farmers Access to Affordable Animal Feed

MoringaConnect's Retail Launch: Branding For Scale

Kwami Williams pays a Ghanain farmer for moringa seeds

Blog | Jul 31, 2014 | Kwami Williams and Emily Cunningham, Co-Founders of MoringaConnect

MoringaConnect's Retail Launch: Branding For Scale

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Amy Smith, Martha Thompson

Applications of Energy in Global Development
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MWF3:30-5
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