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Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development - A Critical Perspective (Hardcover)
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Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development - A Critical Perspective (Hardcover)
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC
BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford
Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected
open access locations. 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
experimental approach to alleviating global poverty." But what is
the exact scope of their experimental method, known as randomized
control trials (RCTs)? Which sorts of questions are RCTs able to
address and which do they fail to answer? The first of its kind,
Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development: A Critical
Perspective provides answers to these questions, explaining how
RCTs work, what they can achieve, why they sometimes fail, how they
can be improved and why other methods are both useful and
necessary. Bringing together leading specialists in the field from
a range of backgrounds and disciplines (economics, econometrics,
mathematics, statistics, political economy, socioeconomics,
anthropology, philosophy, global health, epidemiology, and
medicine), it presents a full and coherent picture of the main
strengths and weaknesses of RCTs in the field of development.
Looking beyond the epistemological, political, and ethical
differences underlying many of the disagreements surrounding RCTs,
it explores the implementation of RCTs on the ground, outside of
their ideal theoretical conditions and reveals some unsuspected
uses and effects, their disruptive potential, but also their
political uses. The contributions uncover the implicit worldview
that many RCTs draw on and disseminate, and probe the gap between
the method's narrow scope and its success, while also proposing
improvements and alternatives. Without disputing the contribution
of RCTs to scientific knowledge, Randomized Control Trials in the
Field of Development warns against the potential dangers of their
excessive use, arguing that the best use for RCTs is not
necessarily that which immediately springs to mind. Written in
plain language, this book offers experts and laypeople alike a
unique opportunity to come to an informed and reasoned judgement on
RCTs and what they can bring to development.
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