EPISODE · Mar 12, 2020 · 1H 29M
2020 Australasian AID Conference - Keynote panel: Debating RCTs and impact evaluation
from Devpolicy Talks · host Dr Jyotsna Puri, Professor Stephen Howes, Dr Lant Pritchett, Dr Andrew Leigh
In 2019 the Nobel prize for economics went to three economists who have promoted the use and importance of Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) in development economics and interventions. But how useful are RCTs in the real world of development assistance? And what more generally needs to be done to improve the quality and impact of impact evaluations, and to promote learning in aid?Panellists:The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Member for Fenner, ACTDr Lant Pritchett, Research Director, RISE Programme; Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford UniversityDr Jyotsna Puri, Head, Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate FundChair:Professor Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre, The Australian National University Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.You can send us feedback, and ideas for episodes too, to [email protected].
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How useful are randomised control trials in the real world of development assistance? And what more generally needs to be done to improve the quality and impact of impact evaluations, and to promote learning in aid? Andrew Leigh, Lant Pritchett and Jyotsna Puri answer these questions and more in this lively debate at the 2020 Australiasian AID conference.
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