General information Course syllabus: spring 2006 Readings "Cooperative Innovation in the Commons: Rethinking Distributed Collaboration and Intellectual Property for Sustainable Design Innovation," Ph.D. thesis by Nitin Sawhney, MIT Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2003. [Please read Chapter 1 and Chapter 5] "Randomized Evaluations of Interventions in Social Service Delivery," by Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, and Michael Kremer "Field Experiments in Development Economics," by Esther Duflo for the World Congress of the Econometric Society. Course slides 02-14-06: From Appropriate to Green to Sustainable to Co-evolutionary Ideas & Development - Case Study of the Kanchan™ Arsenic Filter 03-16-06: The Generation of Innovations: notes from chapters 4 and 5 *04-04-06: Cooperative Innovation in the Commons, Nitin Sawhney, Ph.D. *04-20-06: How to evaluate the impact of poverty programs, Rachel Glennerster, J-PAL at MIT IDEAS Main IDEAS website, which includes the timeline, entry requirements, and more *IDEAS BiciFabrika proposal *IDEAS Demining Tool Proposal MIT $50K $50K for entrants Susan's outlines for $50K and IDEAS entries Case studies: Pressing issues in Haiti Sugarcane Charcoal Technology in Petite Anse, Haiti Deforestation in Haiti: the causes, the ramifications, and a possible solution Case studies: Fuel-efficient stoves in India Dissemination of efficient ASTRA stove Rural women as agents of improved woodstove dissemination Reading questions to think about Reading questions including class notes and dissemination flow chart Case studies: Community-Based Sewer Systems Of the people, by the people, for the people: Community-based Sewer Systems in Malang Indonesia Sewerage and Sanitation: Jakarta and Manila Class notes from case study Case studies: Soluz solar systems Links to readings and reading questions Energy and Water for Sustainable Living International Solar Energy Society case study Reading questions including class notes and dissemination flow chart Questions for talk by Soluz VP John Rogers Case studies: Aravind eye hospital Links to readings and reading questions Case studies: Whirlwind Wheelchair International Links to readings and reading questions Notes from class session Case studies: Arsenic in Bangladeshi groundwater Links to readings and reading questions Class drafts *Eric's $50K proposal *Eric's IDEAS proposal *Libby's $50K proposal *Alfinio's $50K proposal *Silpa's Ignite proposal *Silpa's IDEAS proposal *Silpa's $50K proposal * Starred items are limited access