Fast Company reports on Design for Extreme Affordability: “This class helps developing world solutions reach people in need”
From the article:
“In the field of addressing poverty and developing-world issues, there are many solutions that emerge out of labs and think tanks in the developed world, but either never reach their intended markets, or do, only to find it wasn’t what people in the intended region actually need. The innovations coming out of the Stanford course, while hyper-specific, aim to serve as models for how solutions to developing-world issues should be addressed–in partnership with locals, and with a clear path from idea to implementation.”