Center for Development & Entrepreneurship Economy

Responsibly Financing Africa’s Missing Middle

Responsibly Financing Africa’s Missing Middle Africa’s SMEs are crucial drivers of economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction, especially in underserved rural areas. Yet, a $331 billion financing gap leaves them in the “missing middle”—too large for microfinance but too small for traditio...

Nov 12, 2024
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

4 capabilities of a real-time business

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When enterprises address opportunities or threats immediately, they perform better. A new research briefing looks at the traits such companies share.

Nov 12, 2024
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Alumni Entrepreneurship

The War Between Technological Productivity and Human Skill

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Matt Beane, SM ’14, PhD ’17, argues those using artificial intelligence will become incrementally de-skilled unless they are consciously upskilling at the same time.

Nov 12, 2024
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MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative

MIT Students Celebrate Community, Collaboration & Climate Policy

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Four MIT students were selected to participate in the Queensland University of Technology International Collaboration Sprint, where they worked together in international, cross-discipline, multi-university teams to address a pressing challenge. Click the link below to hear their stories and learn mo...

Nov 8, 2024
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