International Development

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MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Supply Chains
Prof. Stephen Graves
This course introduces concepts of supply chain design and operations with a focus on supply chains for products...
Business & Management International Development Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Urban Design Seminar
Jota Samper
This seminar focuses on understanding the role of high-quality design as a tool to address urban social problems....
Architecture Art, Design & Architecture Built Environment
advanced
MIT OCW
free
The Challenge of World Poverty
Prof. Esther Duflo
This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and...
Economics International Development Policy and Administration
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Latin American Studies
Prof. Chappell Lawson
This course is designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society for undergraduates at MIT. No...
Humanities International Development Philosophy
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Writing and Rhetoric: Rhetoric and Contemporary Issues
Dr. Andrea Walsh
This course seeks to provide a supportive context for students to grow significantly as writers by discovering and...
Communication Humanities International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment
Prof. Pericles (Chris) Zegras
This course is aimed at the aspiring planning practitioner, policy-maker, or industry decision-maker with an...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate and Energy Policy Climate Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century
Mitali Thakor
This course explores the issue of human trafficking for forced labour and sexual slavery, focusing on its...
Anthropology Economics Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between
Prof. Margery Resnick
This subject examines the paradoxes of contemporary globalization. Through lectures, discussions and student...
Anthropology Economics History
intermediate
MIT OCW
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Water Diplomacy
Dr. Animesh Gain
This course, which examines ways of resolving conflicts over the allocation of water resources, is...
Engineering Environmental Engineering International Development
advanced
MIT OCW
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Urban Climate Adaptation
Prof. JoAnn Carmin
“Designing a dream city is easy. Rebuilding a living one takes imagination.”    -Jane Jacobs This...
Climate and Energy Policy Climate Science Earth Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Energy
Amy Banzaert
D-Lab: Energy offers a hands-on, project-based approach that engages students in understanding and addressing the...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate Science Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Good Food: Ethics and Politics of Food
Prof. Sally Haslanger
This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the...
Gender Studies Humanities International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Women and Global Activism in Art, Media and Politics
Abha Sur Abha Sur
This course explores theoretical issues and concerns underlying global feminisms, and their expression through...
Gender Studies International Development Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Linguistics and Social Justice: Language, Education, and Human Rights
Prof. Michel DeGraff
Linguists take it for granted that all languages, including languages in the Global South, are worthy of study. Yet...
Anthropology Education Policy Education & Teaching
advanced
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab II: Design
Amy J. Smith
D-Lab: Design addresses problems faced by undeserved communities with a focus on design, experimentation, and...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate Science Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to International Development
Cauam Ferreira Cardoso
This course introduces undergraduates to the basic theory, institutional architecture, and practice of international...
Economics History Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab I: Development
Amy J. Smith
D-Lab Development addresses issues of technological improvements at the micro level for developing countries—in...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate Science Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Medical Technologies for the Developing World
Jose Gomez-Marquez
D-Lab Health provides a multidisciplinary approach to global health technology design via guest lectures and a major...
Biomedical Technologies Health & Medicine International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Waste
Kate Mytty
This introductory course will provide you with a multidisciplinary approach to managing waste in low- and...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate and Energy Policy Climate Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Media Education and the Marketplace
Mr. Manish Gaudi
This instance of “Media, Education, and the Marketplace” focuses on the rise of information and communications...
Art, Design & Architecture Business & Management Communication
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Urban Development in Conflict Cities: Planning Challenges and Policy Innovations
Jota Samper
Economic, religious, gender, and ethnic differences must be negotiated every day in the urban arena. When tensions...
Humanities International Development Policy and Administration
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Susan Murcott
This course deals with the principles of infrastructure planning in developing countries, with a focus on...
Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability Engineering
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to International Development Planning
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This introductory survey course is intended to develop an understanding of key issues and dilemmas of planning in...
Economics International Development Policy and Administration
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Gender, Power, and International Development
Prof. Christine Walley
After decades of efforts to promote development, why is there so much poverty in the world? What are some of the...
Anthropology Economics Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Medicine, Religion and Politics in Africa and the African Diaspora
Prof. Erica James
This course provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment...
Anthropology Health & Medicine History
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Libby Hsu
This course focuses on disseminating Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) or water/environment innovations in...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate Science Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This course studies the interaction between law, courts, and social movements in shaping domestic and global public...
Economics Gender Studies International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Disseminating Innovations for the Common Good
Susan Murcott
In the trilogy of D-Lab courses, D-Lab: Dissemination focuses on disseminating innovations among underserved...
Business & Management Economics Entrepreneurship
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Contemporary Literature: Literature, Development, and Human Rights
Prof. Sarah Brouillette
Central to our era is the gradual movement of all the world’s regions toward a uniform standard of economic and...
Humanities International Development Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries
Prof. Jennifer Davis
This course examines the policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing...
Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability Engineering
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Planning & Institutional Processes in Developing Countries
Prof. Judith Tendler
This introductory course helps students learn to pose questions and analyze problems in the field of planning in...
Business & Management Economics International Development
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Urbanization and Development
Dr. Daniel Esser
The course examines the causes and effects of rapid urbanization in developing countries. Using case studies from...
Humanities International Development Philosophy
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Special Topics at Edgerton Center:Developing World Prosthetics
Ken Endo
D-Lab World Prosthetics is a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Jaipur Foot...
Biomedical Technologies Engineering Health & Medicine
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Targeting the Poor: Local Economic Development in Developing Countries
Prof. Judith Tendler
This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to increase employment through...
Economics International Development Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Poverty and Economic Security
Prof. Amy Glasmeier
This course explores the evolution of poverty and economic security in the United States, within a global context....
International Development Social Sciences Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries
Mr. Amos G. Winter
According to the United States Agency for International Development, 20 million people in developing countries...
Engineering Health & Medicine International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Energy, Environment, and Society: Global Politics, Technologies, and Ecologies of the Water-Energy-Food Crises
Dr. William San Martin Aedo
With increasing public awareness of the multiple effects of global environmental change, the terms water, energy,...
Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Project Appraisal in Developing Countries
Prof. Annette M. Kim
This course covers techniques of financial analysis of investment expenditures as well as the economic and...
Business & Management Economics Finance & Accounting
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Engineering Capacity in Community-Based Healthcare
Ms. Christina DeFilippo
This multidisciplinary seminar addresses fundamental issues in global health faced by community-based healthcare...
Biomedical Technologies Health Care Management Health & Medicine
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Poverty, Public Policy and Controversy
Prof. Martin Rein
This course covers topics and questions such as: What is poverty? How is it defined and measured in the United...
Economics Humanities International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Technology and Innovation in Africa
Prof. Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga
What do technology and innovation mean from Africa? This is the central question of this course, which tackles a...
Anthropology Business & Management History
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Information and Communication Technology in Africa
Raja Bobbili
This is a discussion-based, interactive seminar on the development of information and communication technology in...
Business & Management Digital Business & IT Electrical Engineering
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Territory: Spatial Reification of Power
Gabriel Kozlowski
This course proposes that investigating the ways in which territory is produced, maintained and strategized,...
Architecture Art, Design & Architecture International Development
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Intentional Public Disruptions: Art, Responsibility, and Pedagogy
B. Stephen Carpenter II
During the fall of 2017, art educator B. Stephen Carpenter II began a residency at the MIT Center for Art, Science...
Art, Design & Architecture Education & Teaching International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Energy Needs Assessment Toolkit
Dr. Eric Verploegen
Understanding the energy needs and market opportunities in the specific off-grid community or region is the first...
Energy Energy, Climate & Sustainability International Development
beginner
MIT OCW
free
Malaysia Sustainable Cities Practicum
Prof. Lawrence Susskind
The Malaysia Sustainable Cities Practicum is an intensive field-based course that brings 15 graduate students to...
Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability Geography
advanced
MIT OCW
free
CITE Reports
MIT Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation
Created in 2012 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation...
International Development Policy and Administration Social Sciences
beginner
MIT OCW
free
Citizen Participation, Community Development, and Urban Governance in the Developing World
Prof. Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Citizen participation is everywhere. Invoking it has become de rigueur when discussing cities and regions in the...
International Development Policy and Administration Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Learning by Comparison: First World/Third World Cities
Dr. Aseem Inam
The primary purpose of this seminar is to enable students to craft approaches to so-called “First World”/ “Third...
International Development Social Sciences Sociology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
AIDS and Poverty in Africa
Dr. Lee Perlman
This is a discussion-based interactive seminar on the two major issues that affect Sub-Saharan Africa: HIV/AIDS and...
Health & Medicine International Development Public Health
intermediate
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University Of Hong Kong Europe Without Borders
International Development
beginner
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The International Monetary Fund Marco De Sustentabilidade Da Divida Para Paises De Baixa Renda Lic Dsfx
International Development
intermediate