All that Glitters is not Gold. The Political Economy of Randomized Evaluations in Development

被引：50

作者：

Bedecarrats, Florent ^{[1
]}

Guerin, Isabelle ^{[2
,3
]}

Roubaud, Francois ^{[4
,5
,6
]}

机构：

[1] French Agcy Dev AFD, Paris, France

[2] Ctr Etud Sci Sociales Mondes Amer Africains & Asi, Inst Dev Res, CESSMA, Paris, France

[3] French Inst Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India

[4] IRD, Wellington, New Zealand

[5] DIAL Dev Inst & Mondialisat, Paris, France

[6] Univ Paris 09, Paris, France

来源：

DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE | 2019年 / 50卷 / 03期

关键词：

EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS; DEWORMING PROGRAM; WESTERN KENYA; HEALTH; PERSPECTIVE; REANALYSIS; TRIALS; WORLD; POWER;

D O I：

10.1111/dech.12378

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Randomized control trials (RCTs) have a narrow scope, restricted to basic intervention schemes. Experimental designs also display specific biases and political uses when implemented in the real world. Despite these limitations, the method has been advertised as the gold standard to evaluate development policies. This article adopts a political economy approach to explore this paradox. It argues that the success of RCTs is driven mainly by a new scientific business model based on a mix of simplicity and mathematical rigour, media and donor appeal, and academic and financial returns. This in turn meets current interests and preferences in the academic world and the donor community.

引用

页码：735 / 762

页数：28

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