Technology and Global Development : Lectures

15-502 Technology and Global Development

Lectures:

Monday Aug 27 The state of the world and technology trends I	Wednesday Aug 29 The state of the world and technology trends II
Monday Sep 3 No class: Labor Day	Wednesday Sep 5 Capacity building I
Monday Sep 10 Capacity Building II	Wednesday Sep 12 History and politics of development
Monday Sep 17 Challenges of poverty I	Wednesday Sep 19 Challenges of poverty II
Monday Sep 24 Economics I	Wednesday Sep 26 Economics II
Monday Oct 1 Planning for sustainability	Wednesday Oct 3 TFDC examples I
Monday Oct 8 TFDC examples II	Wednesday Oct 10 Evaluating impact
Monday Oct 15 Technological infrastructure & Case Study I	Wednesday Oct 17 In-class Debate
Monday Oct 22 NGOs	Wednesday Oct 24 Technology design
Monday Oct 29 Case study analysis II	Wednesday Oct 31 Case study analysis III
Monday Nov 5 Microfinance and access to markets	Wednesday Nov 7 Fortune at the BOP discussion
Monday Nov 12 Intellectual Property, Open Source, and Legal/Political Context	Wednesday Nov 14 No Class: Project work
Monday Nov 19 No Class: Project work	Wednesday Nov 21 No Class: Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday Nov 26 No Class: Project work	Wednesday Nov 28 No Class: Project work
Monday Dec 3 Student discussions on lessons learned and future directions	Wednesday Dec 5 Final lecture: lessons learned and future directions