Lecture notes taken by a student are linked in the Lecture Notes column below.
| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE SLIDES/VIDEOS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big ideas | Big ideas and introductions (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 2 | Development entrepreneurship, $100K and IDEAS competitions |
Guest: Joost Bonsen (PDF) (Courtesy of Joost Bonsen. Used with permission.) DOI, chapter 1 (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 3 | IDEAS competition, Deshpande Center for Innovation | Guests: Alison Hynd, Katja Wald (PDF) (Courtesy of Alison Hynd. Used with permission.) | (PDF) |
| 4 | Team formation, meaning of "Development" and proposal outline | DOI, chapter 3 (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 5 | Co-evolutionary design for development |
Video: "Clean Water for 1 Billion People - the Nepal Water Project." Video: "Arsenic: Largest Case of Mass Poisoning in History." Co-evolutionary design (PDF - 2.8 MB) (Photos courtesy of Tommy Ngai. Used with permission.) | (PDF) |
| 6 | Case study — Muhammad Yunus: Banker to the poor | Video: Muhammad Yunus | (PDF) |
| 7 | Case study — Muhammad Yunus - continued discussion | (PDF) | |
| 8 | Case study — Dr. Paul Farmer and Dr. Venkataswamy (Ali Alhassani) | Video: "Infinite Vision" | (PDF) |
| 9 | Theory | DOI, chapters 4 and 5 (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 10 | IDEAS proposals review workshop | (PDF) | |
| 11 | Case study — participatory development and patent basics and confidentiality (Tamira Gunzburg) | Guest: Dan Dardani, MIT Technology Licensing Office | (PDF) |
| 12 | Case study — Ghana pottery and patents (cont.) (Jessica Lee) | Guest: Dan Dardani, MIT Technology Licensing Office | (PDF) |
| 13 | Finance | Guest: Teresa Nelson and Mauro Nunez (PDF) (Courtesy of Prof. Teresa Nelson. Used with permission.) | (PDF) |
| 14 | Case Study — making aid work (Angela Kilby), mixed income housing (Daniel Bergey) | (PDF) | |
| 15 | Finance (cont.) | Guest: Mauro Nunez | (PDF) |
| 16 | Case Study — rural energy in developing countries (Zehra Ali), eco-effectiveness (Tess Veuthey) | (PDF) | |
| 17 | IdeasStream conference and innovation showcase; Theory | Attend conference; DOI, chapters 6 and 7 (PDF) | |
| 18 | Monitoring and evaluation | Guest: Rachel Glennerster, Executive Director, Poverty Action Lab (PDF) (Courtesy of Rachel Glennerster and the Poverty Action Lab. Used with permission.) | (PDF) |
| 19 | Case Study — total sanitation (Ibrahim Kanan) | (PDF) | |
| 20 | Technology for remediation of arsenic in drinking water; Theory | Guest: Abul Hussam, winner of $1M Grainger challenge prize; DOI, chapters 8 and 9 (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 21 | Case study — human waste reuse (Xavier Gonzalez) | (PDF) | |
| 22 | Social marketing |
Pure Home Water in Northern Ghana (PDF - 3.9 MB) Video: "Barefoot Women Solar Engineers." | |
| 23 | Case study — biogas in Nepal (Chris Tostado) | (PDF) | |
| 24 | Final presentations | See Projects | (PDF) |
| 25 | Final presentations (cont.) | See Projects | (PDF) |