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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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Changing the world, one ecosystem at a time: What MIT D-Lab taught me about being an innovation leader

Nine Innovation Ecosystem Builder Fellows at MIT D-Lab — Building N51, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, flanked by the Innovation Ecosystems Manager.

Blog | Feb 12, 2019 | Shayan Roy Chowdhury

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Changing the world, one ecosystem at a time: What MIT D-Lab taught me about being an innovation leader

Community innovation in Botswana with These Hands & D-Lab: Development

Proud traditional basket weavers with their hand crafted coasters! Three D-Lab: Development students in Botswana: (left to right) Rebecca Sloan, Smita Bhattacharjee, Anna Wan.

Blog | Feb 08, 2019 | Smita Bhattacharjee, Rebecca Sloan, Anna Wan

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Community innovation in Botswana with These Hands & D-Lab: Development

El Zapotalito: Taller desarollo de capacidades creativas

Report: El Zapotalito: Taller desarollo de capacidades creativas

Publication | Feb 08, 2019 | Ta Corrales Sanchez | MIT Enterprise Forum Mexico & MIT D-Lab

El Zapotalito: Taller desarollo de capacidades creativas

Water and Community in Cape Town, South Africa

Community members who participated in the focus group with blog post author and MIT graduate student Abigail Anderson (front, second from right), Cape Town, South Africa.

Blog | Feb 07, 2019 | Abigail Anderson

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Water and Community in Cape Town, South Africa

Evaporative Cooling Can Combat Food Loss

Covering an evaporative cooling chamber.

Blog | Feb 06, 2019 | Empowering People.Network

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Evaporative Cooling Can Combat Food Loss

Co-designing with waste-pickers in Ghana

D-Lab student and blogpost author Fiona Lau (second from right) at a Creative Capacity Building working in Accra, Ghana. January 2019.

Blog | Feb 06, 2019 | Fiona Lau

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Co-designing with waste-pickers in Ghana

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