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D-Lab I: Development
Art: Karlsson, Anneli, Celestial globe 1766, 2014 · Public domain (CC0)
- Instructors
- Amy J. Smith, Prof. Bishwapriya Sanyal, Victor Grau Serrat
- Term
- Fall 2009
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 4 videos · 3 exams · 5 readings · 97 other files · 6 web pages
- Materials open
- Videos here · files on MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare EC.701J D-Lab I: Development, Fall 2009, Amy J. Smith, Prof. Bishwapriya Sanyal, Victor Grau Serrat — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Course Notes
66 files
- Class 1 notes: Introduction & World Facts Quiz Download
- Class 2 notes: Stakeholder Analysis & Participation Download
- Class 3 notes: The Colonial Legacy Download
- Class 5 notes: Participatory Development & Co-Creation Download
- Class 6 notes: Entrepreneurship, Government & Development in Africa Download
- Class 7 notes: Agricultural Technologies: Irrigation Download
- Class 11 notes: Agricultural Focus Groups Download
- Class 14 notes: Hands-On Human Power Download
- Class 18 notes: Water Issues in the Developing World Download
- Class 19 notes: Harnessing the Wind Download
- Class 24 notes: Micro-Enterprise Case: Grameen Phone Download
- Class 25 notes: Human Rights & Development Planning Download
- Class 27 notes: ICT in Creativity Download
- Class 28 notes: Creative Capacity Building & Concrete Download
- Class 31 notes: Health Issues in the Developing World Download
- Class 34 notes: Market Approaches to Development Download
- Class 35 notes: Good Development Policy? Download
- Class 36 notes: Sustainability and Development Download
- Lecture 1 slides: Course introduction Download
- Lecture 1: World Fact Quiz Download
- Lecture 2 slides: D-Lab philosophy, stakeholder analysis Download
- Lecture 2: D-Lab Philosophy of Development Download
- Lecture 3 slides: History of Development 1950-1970 - Colonial Legacy Download
- Lecture 3: History of Development: (1950 - 1970): The Colonial Legacy Download
- Lecture 5 slides: Participatory development and co-creation Download
- Lecture 6: Entrepreneurship, Government, and Development in Africa Download
- Lecture 7 slides: Agriculture Download
- Lecture 7: Agriculture Download
- Lecture 8: Projects and Partners Download
- Lecture 9: More Projects and Partners Download
- Lecture 11: Agricultural focus groups Download
- Lecture 12 slides: Energy - biomass, biogas & biodiesel Download
- Lecture 12: Energy: Biomass, Biogas and Biodiesel Download
- Lecture 15: Energy: Wind and Water Download
- Lecture 17: Water Quality I Download
- Lecture 21 slides: The Role of the International Financial Institutions in Development Download
- Lecture 21: Institutions of Development: WB and IMF Download
- Lecture 23: Micro Enterprises Download
- Lecture 23: Microfinance Download
- Lecture 25: Discussion of Drowned Out Download
- Lecture 26: ICT4D Download
- Lecture 28: Concrete Download
- Lecture 30: Evening film screening: Living with AIDS Download
- Lecture 31: Health Issues in the Developing World Download
- Lecture 34: Market Approaches to Development Download
- Lecture 35 slides: What works - lessons from J-PAL Download
- Lecture 37: Panel discussion with Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS) fellows Download
- Lecture #1: Introduction Download
- Lecture #5: History of Development: (1990 - present) Millennium Development Goals Download
- Lecture #13: Energy: Sun Download
- Lecture #16: Modeling Energy Systems Download
- Lecture #18: Water Issues in the Developing World Download
- Lecture #19: Harnessing the Wind Download
- Lecture #22: Institutions of Development Download
- Lecture #24: Micro-Enterprise Case Study: Grameen Phone Download
- Lecture #27: ICT4C Download
- Lecture #32: Team Presentations Download
- Lecture #33: Valuing Indigenous knowledge Download
- Lecture #35: What works: Lessons from JPAL Download
- Lecture #36: Climate Change Download
- Lecture: #4, History of Development: (1970 - 1990) Download
- Low-Cost Water Testing Apparatus, from 2004 MIT Design that Matters Download
- Role Play: Wheelchairs of the World Download
- Role Play: Village Water System Download
- Spreadsheet of student lab results Download
- Appropriate and Intermediate Technology Download
Readings
- D-Lab Travel Tips Download
- Session 9 reading: "D-Lab Technology Brief: Low-Cost Drip Irrigation." Download
- Session 11 reading: "Planting the Rights Seed: A human rights perspective on agricultural trade and the WTO." Download
- Session 13 reading: "D-Lab Technology Overview: The Photovoltaic Primer." Download
- Session 28 reading: "Appropriate Toilets for Developing Countries." Download
Assignments
10 files
- Homework 2: Blank stakeholder analysis form Download
- Homework 2: D-Lab Case Study, ‘Fuel from the Fields: A Case Study of Sugarcane Charcoal Technology in Petite Anse, Haiti.’ Download
- Homework 3 description: Reaction essay about E.F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful. Download
- Homework 5 description: Project selection form Download
- Homework 8 description: Personal energy consumption Download
- Homework 9 description: Practical photovoltaics design Download
- Homework 10: Sample trip proposal Download
- Homework 10: Trip project proposal form Download
- Homework 13 description: Sector paper assignment Download
- Homework 15 description: living on $2 per day Download
Projects
12 files
- Group assignment 4 supplement: Village profiles Download
- Group assignment 4: Village energy assessment Download
- Group assignment 5: Water testing worksheet Download
- Project team presentation: China Download
- Project team presentation: Ecuador Download
- Project team presentation: Ghana Download
- Project team presentation: India - Kokata Download
- Project team presentation: India - Ranikhet & Avani Download
- Project team presentation: Peru Download
- Project team presentation: Rwanda Download
- Project team presentation: Tanzania Download
- Project team presentation: Zambia Download
Exams
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10 files
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- Charcoal Press Built-It Download
- Charcoal Press Do-It Download
- Charcoal Process Do-It Download
- Corn Sheller Background Notes Download
- Cast Corn Sheller Build-It Download
- Corn Sheller Jig Do-It Download
- Sheet Metal Corn Sheller Do-It Download
- Sheet Metal Corn Sheller Build-It Download
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