REVEALING DEMAND
FOR PRO-POOR INNOVATION
By Abby Madan, Blum Center Student Writer
On March 7, 2014, DIL hosted its first conference, “Revealing Demand for Pro-poor Innovations,” which
focused on lessons learned from both failed and successful global development interventions.
Held at Georgetown University, the conference was the first in DIL’s “State of the Science” series and part of
an effort to catalyze new technological approaches to development through interdisciplinary discussion.
Among the conference discussion topics was that economic and
social m