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SUMMARY:Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development: A Criti
 cal Perspective
DESCRIPTION:\r\n\r\n\r\n October 2019, the 51st Sveriges Riksbank Priz
 e in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to three 
 of the main proponents of Randomized Control Trials (RCTs). Yet there 
 is reason to question the validity and repercussions of the elevation 
 of this design to the so-called “gold standard” for impact evaluat
 ion. \r\nHave RCTs really “dramatically improved our ability to figh
 t poverty in practice”? Which sorts of questions are they able to ad
 dress and which do they fail to answer? Is causal explanation the only
  way to understand poverty, and do RCTs systematically manage to provi
 de causal explanations? Are RCTs really a gold standard? What are the 
 dangers in their misuse? Is the supremacy of experimentation in develo
 pment economics, as commended by the Nobel jury, scientifically legiti
 mate and politically desirable?\r\n\r\nBringing together 26 leading sp
 ecialists in the field (including two Nobel Prize winning economists) 
 from a range of backgrounds and disciplines (economics, econometrics, 
 mathematics, statistics, political economy, socioeconomics, anthropolo
 gy, philosophy, global health, epidemiology, and medicine), this autho
 ritative book presents a full and coherent picture of the main strengt
 hs and weaknesses of RCTs in the field of development - how they work,
  what they can achieve, why they sometimes fail, how they can be impro
 ved, and why other methods are both useful and necessary. \r\nJoin us 
 for a discussion (via Zoom) with five representatives of the editors a
 nd authors \r\nThursday, 10 December 2020 \r\n9.00-10.30 am EST / 3.00
 -4.30 pm CET / 4.00-5.30 pm CAT / 11.00 pm-12.30 am SGT \r\n(EST – E
 astern Standard Time, CET – Central European Time, CAT – Central A
 frica Time, SGT – Singapore Standard \r\nRegister https://docs.goog
 le.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSet8S86z6WM8oYe49_8LBzghmX7DbxR2jHEXmlfXfPnGsD
 PaA/viewform\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\nFor more information visit https://gendere
 val.ning.com/events/randomized-
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LOCATION:Online \"10 December 2020 9.00-10.30 am EST\"
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ORGANIZER:International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS)
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Shankar 
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 . Omwa":https://gendereval.ning.com/profile/SamuelSOmwa
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Rituu B 
 Nanda":https://gendereval.ning.com/profile/1uniqcg103ltu
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