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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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Report from D-Lab: Development, Team Colombia: January D-Lab Student Fieldwork

From left to right: Mapale, Juan David, Carlitos, Franklin, Johanna, Aura, Scott, Nikki, Milani, Juako, Angela, Jackie, Emily, Aleja, Juan Camilo, Emma.

Blog | Feb 06, 2018 | Milani Chatterji-Len and Emma Rutkowski

Report from D-Lab: Development, Team Colombia: January D-Lab Student Fieldwork

D-Lab: Design – What’s new for Spring 2018!

Promethean Power Systems, a manufacturer of refrigeration and cold-storage systems in India, founded by Sorin Grama.

Blog | Feb 02, 2018 | Nancy Adams

D-Lab: Design – What’s new for Spring 2018!

Update from D-Lab: Gender, Team Ghana: January D-Lab Student Fieldwork

Garbage hauler transports recyclables out from the Kpone landfill

Blog | Jan 25, 2018 | Aimee Veneau, Karrisha Gillespie, Sruthi Davuluri, and Raeesa Rane, D-Lab: Gender, Fall 2017

Update from D-Lab: Gender, Team Ghana: January D-Lab Student Fieldwork

Update from D-Lab: Gender, Team Nicaragua: January D-Lab Student Fieldwork

Left to right: Janel, Gabriela, Thea, Olivia, Juliana, Nelson, Migdália and Laureano

Blog | Jan 14, 2018 | Juliana, Olivia, Janel and Thea

Update from D-Lab: Gender, Team Nicaragua: January D-Lab Student Fieldwork

41 D-Lab students will travel to 10 countries in January!

Team Botswana with Community Collaborator (center) Thabiso Blak Mashaba, CEO of These Hands, GSSE in Botswana.

Blog | Jan 09, 2018 | Libby Hsu

41 D-Lab students will travel to 10 countries in January!

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News | Jan 09, 2018 | Mary Beth O'Leary, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Through MIT D-Lab classes, students acquire competency in the participatory design process, understand and apply principles of engineering and design, engage in hands-on shop work, learn to think critically about theories of international development, and obtain meaningful experiences in the field!

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