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Recent Blogs

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For a product to succeed, it must get M.A.D.E.

The secret to a product’s success: it must get M.A.D.E.

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5 myths of “Design for the BoP”

5 myths of “Design for the Poor” and why it’s important that we debunk them.

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Face It: your product will be Made In China

Tyler breaks down the struggle between the desire to build local capacity and the need to export manufacturing to industrialized nations.

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Health on demand

A review of Living Goods and their Avon-inspired distribution of health products in East Africa.

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Design process blown wide open by Global Village Construction Set

Global Village Construction Set will offer an open-source “lego set for humanity.”

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Conducting fieldwork in developing countries

Prepping for fieldwork: some of the highlights and good points from “Fieldwork in Developing Countries”

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New tools to avoid reinventing the wheel

Can collaboration sites spare the aid industry from millions of dollars of investment in failed technology?

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Designing for the BOP: 9 pitfalls to avoid when evaluating a project

Heather Fleming and Tim Prestero review nine pitfalls to avoid when designing for the BOP.

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The realities of rural poverty and energy in the US

Why the United States’ most impoverished communities may remain that way.

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CataCAMP Workshop: Achieving clean drinking water

Achieving clean drinking water isn’t so cut and dry. Here’s our top 5 tips to help get you there.