[图书][B] Randomized control trials in the field of development: A critical perspective

F Bédécarrats, I Guérin, F Roubaud - 2020 - library.oapen.org
In October 2019, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer jointly won the 51st
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" for their …

[图书][B] Experimental conversations: Perspectives on randomized trials in development economics

TN Ogden - 2017 - books.google.com
Discussions of the use and limits of randomized control trials, considering the power of
theory, external validity, gaps in knowledge, and what issues matter. The practice of …

Finding our balance? Revisiting the randomization revolution in development economics ten years further on

CB Barrett, MR Carter - World development, 2020 - Elsevier
Ten years ago, we offered reflections on the power and pitfalls of randomized controlled
trials in development economics, arguing that the research community had lost its balance …

Nobel rebels in disguise—Assessing the rise and rule of the randomistas

IH Kvangraven - Review of Political Economy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer were awarded the 2019
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for their …

All that glitters is not gold. The political economy of randomized evaluations in development

F Bédécarrats, I Guérin… - Development and Change, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Randomized control trials (RCTs) have a narrow scope, restricted to basic intervention
schemes. Experimental designs also display specific biases and political uses when …

The new gold standard: The rise of randomized control trials and experimental development

S Webber, C Prouse - Economic Geography, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
abstract Development economics and institutions have a new gold standard: the
randomized control trial (RCT). An RCT is an evaluation technique that draws from …

Impoverished economics? A critical assessment of the new gold standard

IH Kvangraven - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
This article situates the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of
Alfred Nobel in the history of thought on development, tracing how the focus, theory and …

Against excessive rhetoric in impact assessment: overstating the case for randomised controlled experiments

P Shaffer - Journal of Development Studies, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The recent attention afforded to randomisation, or Randomised Control Trials (RCTs), in
impact assessment is a welcome development. The case for RCTs in international …

The rise of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in international development in historical perspective

L de Souza Leão, G Eyal - Theory and Society, 2019 - Springer
This article brings a historical perspective to explain the recent dissemination of randomized
controlled trials (RCTs) as the new “gold standard” method to assess international …

An introduction to the use of randomised control trials to evaluate development interventions

H White - Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Randomised control trials (RCTs) analyse what difference a programme makes through
comparing those in the programme to a control group who do not receive it. Random …