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Tavneet Suri is the\u00a0Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics<\/em>\u00a0and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her expertise is in the role of technology in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tavneet Suri<\/h1>\t\t\t

Tavneet Suri is the\u00a0Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics<\/em>\u00a0and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her expertise is in the role of technology in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\t\t

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New VoxDevTalks Podcast<\/h2>

What are the effects of a universal basic income in Kenya?
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Featured Research<\/h3>\t\t\t\t
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\"Cash Transfers.\"<\/h4> Niehaus, Paul, and Tavneet Suri. In The Handbook of Social Protection<\/i>, edited by Benjamin A. Olken and Rema Hanna, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, Forthcoming.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\"Credit Access, Selection, and Incentives in a Market for Asset-Collateralized Loans: Evidence From Kenya.\"<\/a><\/h4> Jack, William, Michael Kremer, Joost de Laat, and Tavneet Suri. Review of Economic Studies<\/i> Vol. 90, No. 6 (2023): 3153-3185.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\"Mobile Money.\"<\/a><\/h4> Aker, Jenny, et al. VoxDevLit<\/i> Vol. 2, No. 2 (2023): 1-33.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Media Highlights<\/h2>
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How Bad Data Fed the Ebola Epidemic<\/h4>\t<\/a>\t

Tavneet Suri weighs in on bad data in a New York Times Op Ed piece.<\/p>

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Mobile Banking Lifts Hundreds of Thousands from Poverty<\/h4>\t<\/a>\t

Allowing users to send and receive money on mobile phones significantly reduced poverty in Kenya.<\/p>

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Mobile Banking and Financial Inclusion<\/h4>\t<\/a>\t

Professors Tavneet Suri and Billy Jack respond to a Slate article about financial inclusion in Kenya. <\/p>

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