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Making profits for a purpose: MIT center trains students to bring technology, jobs to Third World countries

Categories: Bottom-up Development, Entrepreneurship

 

Boston Globe | James F. Smith
October 2, 2009

CAMBRIDGE - Backed by a $50 million gift from a self-made billionaire, a young MIT center is betting Third World development will come not from governments but from profit-driven entrepreneurs who use technology to create jobs.  Read more >>

 

 

 

 

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