Handbook of Innovation and Appropriate Technologies for International Development
Edited by Daniel Frey, professor of mechanical engineering; Samuel Pierre; Philippe Régnier; Koshy Varghese; and Pascal Wild. With chapters by MIT contributors Amy Smith, MIT D-Lab founding director, and Nancy Adams, D-Lab communications officer; Elizabeth Hoffecker, research scientist at the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center; Daniel Frey and Bish Sanyal, D-Lab instructors; Kendra Leith, D-Lab associate director for research; Daniel Sweeney, D-Lab research scientist; and Amit Gandhi PhD '20, D-Lab research affiliate
Edward Elgar Publishing · 2022
This book highlights innovations and appropriate technologies helpful for the development of people around the world and across economic backgrounds. An illuminating and informative look into more sustainable global technological development, the handbook presents new disruptive forms of innovation-producing technologies and origin stories about pathbreaking practitioners and organizations. And it provides both the traditional socioeconomic and political frameworks for appropriate technologies and alternative solutions for sustainable development.
From Summer 2023 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News).