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Education
Scholarly Publications
Assessing Opportunities for Solar Lanterns to Improve Educational Outcomes in Rural Off-Grid Regions: Challenges and Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial
September 2018
Solar lanterns are promoted across rural Sub-Saharan Africa to improve both lighting in homes and educational outcomes.
To Promote Adoption of Household Health Technologies, Think Beyond Health
October 2013
Health risks from poor malaria control, unsafe water, and indoor air pollution are responsible for an important share of the global disease burden—and they can be addressed by efficacious household...
Cookstoves and Obstacles to Technology Adoption by the Poor
October 2009
Programs to distribute improved biomass stoves have traditionally been unsuccessful, despite enormous potential health and climate benefits.
News
Stanford course provides opportunity for students to see textbook methods in action
October 2015
The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) and Office of International Affairs (OIA) launched a pilot collaboration last year to provide a rigorous, immersive teaching and...