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100			_aBédécarrats, Florent _931555
245			_aAll that glitters is not gold. The political economy of randomized evaluations in development
260			_bJohn wiley _c2019
300			_aVol.50, Issue 3,2019:(735-762 p.)
520			_aRandomized 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.
700			_aGuérin, Isabelle _931556
700			_aRoubaud, François _931557
773	0		_08737 _915395 _dWest Sussex John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 1970 _tDevelopment and change _x0012-155X
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12378
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