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July 24, 2024 | Alicja Colon

Collaborating to advance LEADing-edge digital financial infrastructure

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.

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. Credits:Photo courtesy of Rob Townsend

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