15-502 Technology and Global Development

Fall 2007 - Qatar Edition
 
 
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Lectures


Monday Aug 27
Welcome and introduction
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Wednesday Aug 29
The state of the world and technology trends I
[ webcast | slides ]


Monday Sep 3
No class: Qatar Independence Day


Wednesday Sep 5
The state of the world and technology trends II
[ webcast | slides ]


Monday Sep 10
Capacity building I
[ webcast | slides ]


Wednesday Sep 12
Capacity building II
[ webcast | slides ]


Monday Sep 17
History and politics of development
[ webcast | slides ]


Wednesday Sep 19
Challenges of poverty I
[ webcast | slides ]


Monday Sep 24
Challenges of poverty II
[ webcast part I | webcast part II | slides ]


Wednesday Sep 26
Economics I
[ webcast | slides ]


Monday Oct 1
Economics II
[ webcast | slides ]


Wednesday Oct 3
Planning for sustainability
[ webcast | slides ]


Monday Oct 8
TFDC examples I
[ webcast | slides ]


Wednesday Oct 10
TFDC examples II
[ webcast | slides ]


Monday Oct 15
No class: Eid Al-Fitr


Wednesday Oct 17
No class: Eid Al-Fitr


Monday Oct 22
Evaluating impact
[ webcast | slides ]
Technological infrastructure & Case Study I
[ webcast | slides ]


Wednesday Oct 24
Mid-course project update and in-class debate
[ no webcast | no slides ]


Monday Oct 29
NGOs
[ webcast | slides ]
Technology design
[ webcast | slides ]


Wednesday Oct 31
No Class: Project work


Monday Nov 5
Case study analysis II
[ no webcast | no slides ]
Case study analysis III
[ no webcast | slides ]


Wednesday Nov 7
No Class: Project work


Monday Nov 12
Microfinance and and Entrepreneurship
[ webcast | slides ]
Fortune at the BOP discussion
[ webcast | slides ]


Wednesday Nov 14
No Class: Project work


Monday Nov 19
Intellectual Property, Open Source, and Legal/Political Context
[ webcast | slides ]


Wednesday Nov 21
No Class: Project work


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
[ slides ]