DEDP News | MIT Economics

Stay informed with updates and highlights from staff and the growing network of DEDP master's students and alumni.

Lyonel Tanganco, DEDP master's alum

Translating economic growth into better lives

August 31, 2026

Davi Pinto, DEDP master's alum

Better public service with data

August 11, 2025

Gevorg Minasyan, DEDP master's alum

3 Questions: Applying lessons in data, economics, and policy design to the real world

July 24, 2025

Luca Moreno Louzada, DEDP master's alum

SHASS Spotlight: Luca Moreno Louzada

May 7, 2025

Saeed Miganeh, DEDP master's alum

Making a measurable economic impact

August 24, 2024

DEDP master's students looking through booklets

MIT’s Master of Applied Science in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program adds a public policy track

May 14, 2024

Mikey Jarrell (left) and Ashley Vicary (right).

DEDP Alumni Spotlight: Digging deeper into research questions inspired at MIT

September 5, 2023

DEDP alumni Chuka Ezeoguine, Helena Wajnman Lima, and Tomáš Dulka.

DEDP Alumni Spotlight: Varied paths, one mission toward evidence-based poverty alleviation

August 16, 2023

DEDP master's students engaged in dynamic group work on campus.

Empowering change-makers: The DEDP MicroMasters program expands to include a new Public Policy Track and course

June 28, 2023

Nouf Abushehab (left) and Brian Daza (right).

DEDP Alumni Spotlight: Pursuing research around the world while staying connected to the J-PAL community

May 24, 2023

Woman working on a laptop

The future of the DEDP MicroMasters program

August 26, 2022

J-PAL Africa staff Palesa Thinta and Lloyd Belton review MicroMasters material in Cape Town, South Africa.

Five years and counting: The DEDP MicroMasters program trains future leaders in the fight against global poverty

August 26, 2022

DEDP faculty director Sara Ellison welcomes the 2022 cohort to MIT during the program's orientation session in January.

The third cohort of DEDP master’s students live and learn fully in person at MIT

April 11, 2022

J-PAL Africa staff Palesa Thinta and Lloyd Belton review MicroMasters material in Cape Town, South Africa.

Second cohort to graduate from the Data, Economics, and Development Policy master’s program joins a growing community of alumni

September 29, 2021

J-PAL Africa staff review MicroMasters material in 2018

Breaking down the gender gap in the DEDP MicroMasters Program

March 25, 2021

DEDP staff and students on a Zoom call

The Data, Economics, and Development Policy master’s: Learning and connecting at MIT during Covid-19

March 16, 2021

Two people listening to a lecture

Expanding access to higher education through the DEDP MicroMasters

October 15, 2020

The first cohort of DEDP master's students stand with J-PAL and DEDP faculty directors Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Benjamin Olken in an MIT classroom.

Celebrating our first graduates in the Data, Economics, and Development Policy master’s program

September 4, 2022

J-PAL Africa staff view an online course in the MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy.

How to keep students engaged in online learning

March 26, 2022

DEDP class of 2020 map

Welcoming our first class of blended master’s students

July 8, 2019

Moitshepi Matsheng, Young 1ove Co-founder and Country Coordinator, introduces the team to the MicroMasters.

Applying lessons from the MicroMasters—together—in Botswana

July 31, 2018

Children with open books raising their hands

Why enroll in the MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy?

June 8, 2018

The blended master’s degree program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy combines online learning and one semester of residential instruction at MIT

Rethinking access to higher education: New scholarship opportunities for learners from sub-Saharan Africa

November 7, 2017

MicroMasters students discuss their experiences taking the online courses.

MicroMasters students in Data, Economics, and Development Policy complete first semester

July 10, 2017