Technology for Developing Communities : Assignments

Technology for Developing Communities
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Lectures:

Tuesday Aug 29 Welcome and introduction	Thursday Aug 31 The state of the world
Tuesday Sep 5 Challenges faced by developing communities: Poverty Challenges	Thursday Sep 7 Challenges faced by developing communities: Poverty Inside Out
Tuesday Sep 12 History and politics of development	Thursday Sep 14 History and politics of development
Tuesday Sep 19 Basic economic theories	Thursday Sep 21 Capacity building
Tuesday Sep 26 Capacity building	Thursday Sep 28 Planning for sustainability
Tuesday Oct 3 Global technology trends	Thursday Oct 5 Technological systems and infrastructure
Tuesday Oct 10 Designing technology	Thursday Oct 12 Technology for Developing Communities
Tuesday Oct 17 Evaluating the impact of ICT projects	Thursday Oct 19 Techno-economic analysis
Tuesday Oct 24 Mid-course project update and student debate	Thursday Oct 26 Legal and political context
Tuesday Oct 31 Microfinance and access to markets	Thursday Nov 2 The role of entrepreneurship
Tuesday Nov 7 Education	Thursday Nov 9 Education
Tuesday Nov 14 Food and agriculture	Thursday Nov 16 Food and agriculture
Tuesday Nov 21 Student debate on relevant topic chosen by class	Thursday Nov 23 No Class: Thanksgiving Holiday
Tuesday Nov 28 Health and medicine	Thursday Nov 30 Health and medicine
Tuesday Dec 5 Student discussions on lessons learned and future directions	Thursday Dec 7 Final discussion: lessons learned and future directions