Solving complex social problems with multiple interrelated causes can involve juggling a variety of factors. Securing funding, designing the right programs, and sustaining the political will necessary to implement them demands a targeted approach. Lyonel Tanganco, a graduate student in MIT's Master in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP) program, seeks to connect data, policy, and practice-based community interventions to improve living conditions and service delivery in middle-income countries. His studies have allowed him to work with innovative practitioners making real improvements in the world, he says. 'There's innovation at work in middle-income countries,' says Tanganco, a native of the Philippines. 'Seeing the attitudes to adopt and scale new policies and procedures to improve lives has been very interesting to me.' Taking those innovative practices and investigating their adaptability and potential to scale is at the heart of Tanganco's research and work. 'How do...
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