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Data Made to Matter by MIT Sloan School of Management

2017-05-25 – 2017-07-17 Podcasts Visit website ↗

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Data Made to Matter explores the business breakthroughs that come from applying data-based research to real-world challenges. In this new show from the MIT Sloan School of Management, host Neal Hartman interviews MIT’s innovative thinkers on a range of topics, from the rising costs of healthcare, to global poverty, to addressing climate change.

Data Made to Matter showcases how data, a spirit of experimentation, and desire to invent the future can advance management practice and improve the world. Produced by the MIT Sloan Office of Communications. Learn more @MITSloan.

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Dimitris Bertsimas 2 Ali Almossawi 1 Andy McAfee 1 Antoinette Schoar 1 Erik Brynjolfsson 1 Evan Apfelbaum 1 Joe Doyle 1 John Sterman 1 Pierre Azoulay 1 Tavneet Suri 1 Zeynep Ton 1

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Texting Out of Poverty

2017-05-26 Listen
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Tavneet Suri

A developmental economist uses data to track how technology is changing lives in Africa. Tavneet Suri is on the ground in Kenya, collecting data on telecom innovations and their impacts. We spoke with Tavneet about how mobile money is lifting women and families out of poverty. We also learn some surprising facts on why voter texts are causing disappointment.