In the world

Initiative targets poor farmers in Africa

December 1, 2009

By understanding why Africa has not yet adopted technologies and practices that can dramatically boost productivity, researchers hope to improve farmers’ lives.

Also labeled: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Poverty, Public service

Solving history’s ‘largest mass poisoning’

November 16, 2009

Research points to carbon in man-made ponds as catalyst for arsenic contamination in Bangladeshi wells

Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Environment

Of note: Legatum Seed Grant applications now being accepted

November 4, 2009

Also labeled: Globalization, Independent Activities Period, International development, Legatum Center

Saving labor

October 14, 2009

Political scientist Richard Locke says our system of improving factory conditions around the world is broken.
He proposes a new solution.

Also labeled: Policy, Globalization, Poverty, Business, Political science, Faculty

Of note: Bustani seminars focus on Mideast

September 28, 2009

Also labeled: Special events and guest speakers

In the World: A better way to beat around the bush

September 25, 2009

International teams in Ghana tackle local needs of village farmers for better methods and devices to harvest their crops

Also labeled: International development, IDDS, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service, Mechanical engineering

'Genius' grant for MIT economist

September 22, 2009

Esther Duflo receives MacArthur Fellowship for transformative work on economic development; has brought field experiments to studies of poverty around the world

Also labeled: Economics, Awards, honors and fellowships, Poverty, Social sciences