The positive deviance approach in international development scales practices and strategies of positively-deviant individuals and groups: those who are able to achieve significantly better development outcomes than their peers despite having similar resources and challenges. This approach relies...

Risk analysis as an effective tool for planning and controlling cost and schedule has not been fully utilized in the construction industry, especially in projects implemented in the developing world. Planning techniques used in developing countries tend to be less sophisticated in prediction of...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the international development of the low cost airline model. The paper examines and seeksto characterize the factors which have encouraged and inhibited the spatial and temporal spread of low cost carriers. A typology oflow cost carriers is developed to...

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A human-centered design thinking approach has been applied to a course at the MIT D-Lab on creating low-cost prosthetic and assistive devices for the developing world. Teams of students with diverse backgrounds are paired with international stakeholders and industry partners to tackle real-world...

There has been considerable debate regarding the efficacy of international aid in meeting the dual goals of human development and environmental sustainability. Many donors have sought to engage with this challenge by introducing environmental safeguard and monitoring initiatives; however,...

In recent years, policymakers across the globe have become increasingly interested in not only the revenue consequences of tax policies but also their distributional impacts: that is, their impacts on different segments of the population. Such evidence can promote a more equitable and...