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Tavneet Suri

Tavneet Suri is the Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her expertise is in the role of technology in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Tavneet Suri, Professor of Applied Economics

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Media Highlights

How Bad Data Fed the Ebola Epidemic

Tavneet Suri weighs in on bad data in a New York Times Op Ed piece.

Mobile Banking Lifts Hundreds of Thousands from Poverty

Allowing users to send and receive money on mobile phones significantly reduced poverty in Kenya.

Mobile Banking and Financial Inclusion

Professors Tavneet Suri and Billy Jack respond to a Slate article about financial inclusion in Kenya.