when you RT BLM but design RCTs that put poor people in the Global South through evangelical training to 'evaluate' if that is a way out of poverty.
cc @ingridharvold @DivDecEcon
incidentally, this validates Global South/heterdox econ critiques of RCTs not only for its hugely problematic ethics, but its dismissal of structural accounts of poverty
and if you think, ah, just 'scientists' observing, think again
not to mention reputation laundering for deeply conservative, anti-abortion evangelical groups 'solving' poverty #UnderHisEye style
the business model of the evangelical group International Care Missions: get rice and soy donations in the US, transport to Philippines to 'free poor from emotional and spiritual bondage'.
next stop Uganda cc @crystalsimeoni @wangkinoti
plus some 'tax-deductible charity' banquets in Hong Kong
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