--- title: Translating economic growth into better lives | daily.dev description: A graduate student in MIT's Master in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program discusses his work translating economic growth into improved living... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/translating-economic-growth-into-better-lives-87qkelfc6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Translating economic growth into better lives | daily.dev og:description: A graduate student in MIT's Master in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program discusses his work translating economic growth into improved living... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/translating-economic-growth-into-better-lives-87qkelfc6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/87QkElFC6.png og:image:alt: Translating economic growth into better lives og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Translating economic growth into better lives **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A graduate student in MIT's Master in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program discusses his work translating economic growth into improved living conditions in middle-income countries. His background includes Philippine government finance roles where he helped fund a sixfold health-care budget increase through sin taxes and helped design a conditional cash transfer program that reached over 190,000 households and increased health-seeking behavior eightfold. He is now working on a capstone project in Indonesia focused on tax administration reform alongside MIT economist Benjamin Olken, aiming to address nutrition, climate resilience, and service delivery challenges. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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