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Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development provides a critical perspective on the use of randomized control trials in development and poverty alleviation policies, warning against their excessive use and proposing improvements and alternatives.
List of contents
- General Introduction
- 0: Sir Angus Deaton: Randomization in the Tropics Revisited: A Theme and Eleven Variations
- 1: Martin Ravallion: Should the Randomistas (Continue to) Rule?
- 2: Lant Pritchett: Randomizing Development: Method or Madness?
- 3: Jonathan Morduch: The Disruptive Power of RCTs
- 4: Timothy Ogden: RCTs in Development Economics, Their Critics, and Their Evolution
- 5: Andres Garchitorena, Megan Murray, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Paul Farmer, and Matthew Bonds: Reducing the Knowledge Gap in Global Health Delivery: Contributions and Limitations of Randomized Controlled trials
- 6: Dean Spears, Radu Ban, and Oliver Cumming: Trials and Tribulations: The Rise and Fall of the RCT in the WASH Sector
- 7: Florent Bédécarrats, Isabelle Guérin, and François Roubaud: Microfinance RCTs in Development: Miracle or Mirage?
- 8: Agnès Labrousse: The Rhetorical Superiority of Poor Economics
- 9: Robert Picciotto: Are the 'Randomistas' Evaluators?
- 10: Michel Abramowicz and Ariane Szafarz: Ethics of RCTs: Should Economists Care about Equipoise?
- 11: Eva Vivalt: Using Priors in Experimental Design: How Much Are We Leaving on the Table?
- 12: James J. Heckman: Epilogue: Randomization and Social Policy Evaluation Revisited
- Interviews
About the author
Florent Bédécarrats is head of the data management unit at Nantes Métropole.
Isabelle Guérin is Senior Research Fellow at IRD (French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development), Cessma (Center for Social Science Studies on the African, American, and Asian Worlds), Affiliate Researcher at the French Institute of Pondicherry, and Member, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study (2019-2020).
François Roubaud is Senior Research Fellow at IRD (French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development), DIAL (Development, Institutions, Globalisation).
Summary
Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development provides a critical perspective on the use of randomized control trials in development and poverty alleviation policies, warning against their excessive use and proposing improvements and alternatives.
Additional text
The book will be an essential academic reference for upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
