From scallop fishing in New Bedford to deforestation in the tropics, “our goal is to get some empirical traction on the problem,” says PhD student Aaron Berman.
Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
July 23, 2024
Project led by MIT economist Rob Townsend aims to help low- and middle-income countries assess and utilize new technologies to improve central banks’ functions.
Rising superpowers like China are “cautious opportunists” in global institutions, and the U.S. should avoid overreaction, PhD student Raymond Wang argues.
The senior program and technical associate for the Community Services Office has been a supporter of the MIT community since he arrived on campus as a student.
Known for building connections between the social sciences, data science, and computation, the political science professor will lead IDSS into its next chapter.
The MITx MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program educates learners around the world using its data-driven approach to poverty alleviation.
![LEAD director Rob Townsend believes “It’s important to meet [low- and middle-income countries' central banking] leaders where they are” in the designing and scaling of central bank operations and public digital infrastructure.](https://shass.mit.edu/files/shass/styles/newsthumb/public/img/newsrss/mit-rob-townsend.jpg?itok=mqaxe-lB)
