Development

Duflo wins APPAM’s Kershaw Award for public policy analysis

Taxation without documentationNew study shows ‘informal taxation’ in developing countries is far greater than suspected, supporting public works — and adding a burden for the poor.

In the World: Cultivating creativityFor some of the world’s poorest people, the biggest impact can come from fostering creative problem-solving.

Spotlight on serviceIDEAS and Global Challenge competitions award nearly $150,000 to teams of public service innovators working around the world.

Life on a dollar a dayIn Poor Economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo open a window into the lives of the world’s poorest people, and suggest new remedies to combat poverty.

A decade of OCW benefits: Bringing knowledge to the streetUsing OCW in support of community development.

Universities can lead in development, USAID head says during MIT visitDiscusses how new ideas are needed for battling disease, extending education and improving lives in poor nations.

D-Lab’s Amy Smith receives the 2011 Olympus Innovation Award

Why do some countries’ economies grow faster?One of the Media Lab’s newest faculty members is adapting the mathematical tools of statistical physics to study development economics.

Tracing families’ escape from povertyEconomist’s study shows how the poor in developing countries become wealthier.

Tech support?Contrasting views on display as MIT researchers debate how technology can curb global poverty.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for September 2010

Jodie Wu ’09 and Jamie Yang PhD ’08 selected as 2010 Echoing Green FellowsChosen from a pool of 1,000 applicants from 73 countries

Haiti’s plightMIT anthropologist Erica James examines the psychological damage inflicted on the island nation’s inhabitants.

Making Progress in Product DesignHow a mashup of disciplines builds genius — and really cool stuff

Time names Amy Smith among ‘world’s most influential people’Founder of D-Lab cited among top 'thinkers'

The deep roots of inequalityMIT economics student’s study of Peru shows how practices from hundreds of years ago can influence prosperity today. ‘Pathbreaking,’ says a Harvard economist.