@techreport{fdi:010077607,
  title = {{M}icrocredit {RCT}s in development : miracle or mirage ?},
  author = {{B}edecarrats, {F}. and {G}u{\'e}rin, {I}sabelle and {R}oubaud, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}icrocredit has long stood as a flagship topic for {RCT}s in development, starting with the publication of a special issue in a leading economics journal on six {RCT}s conducted in different world regions. {T}his special issue was hailed as the first rigorous and conceivably definitive study on the impacts of microcredit. {H}owever, a detailed exploration of the implementation of these six {RCT}s reveals many limitations with respect to internal and external validity, ethics and interpretation. {T}his paper uses analytical tools from statistics, political economy and development anthropology to discuss the extent to which the entire {RCT} chain strays from the ideal {RCT} principles (from sampling, data collection, data entry and recoding, estimates and interpretation to publication and dissemination of results). {I}t also raises questions about the disparity between the academic and political success of this special issue and the many inconsistencies of method.},
  keywords = {{PAYS} {EN} {DEVELOPPEMENT}},
  address = {{P}aris},
  publisher = {{DIAL}},
  series = {{D}ocuments de {T}ravail - {DIAL}},
  pages = {39  multigr.},
  year = {2019},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077607},
}