The trio have worked in doing some really interesting and innovative RCTs on how to respond to poverty as a #globaldev issue
Focus: randomized evaluations to answer critical questions in fight against poverty.
Also, on areas such as the role of incentives and public provisioning.
Focus: randomized evaluations to answer critical questions in fight against poverty.
Also, on areas such as the role of incentives and public provisioning.
Not to say that work done by Poverty Action Lab does not create ethical conundrums. An example of the concerns we raised is outline here: in a Rajasthan project- about what was done in the control group, and lack of local partner involvement academically
bmj.com/rapid-response…
bmj.com/rapid-response…
A senior economist from the World Bank responded to our concerns on a World Bank blog here:
The ethics of a control group in randomized impact evaluations – the start of an ongoing discussion
blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…
The ethics of a control group in randomized impact evaluations – the start of an ongoing discussion
blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…
See more on this issue here
Ethics in cluster randomised trials: a grey zone
ijme.in/articles/ethic…
Ethics in cluster randomised trials: a grey zone
ijme.in/articles/ethic…
Any academic's work, even if they are Nobel Prizes, should be up and open for criticism. This is a good thread on some concerns around the RCT model for development economics.
