@book{fdi:010083559,
  title = {{R}andomized control trials in the field of development : a critical perspective},
  author = {{B}{\'e}d{\'e}carrats {F}. and {G}u{\'e}rin, {I}sabelle and {R}oubaud, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {{B}{\'e}d{\'e}carrats {F}. and {G}u{\'e}rin, {I}sabelle and {R}oubaud, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n {O}ctober 2019, {A}bhijit {B}anerjee, {E}sther {D}uflo, and {M}ichael {K}remer jointly won the 51st {S}veriges {R}iksbank {P}rize in {E}conomic {S}ciences in {M}emory of {A}lfred {N}obel 'for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. {B}ut what is the exact scope of their experimental method, known as randomized control trials ({RCT}s) ? {W}hich sorts of questions are {RCT}s able to address and which do they fail to answer ? {T}his book provides answers to these questions, explaining how {RCT}s work, what they can achieve, why they sometimes fail, how they can be improved and why other methods are both useful and necessary. {C}hapters contributed by leading specialists in the field present a full and coherent picture of the main strengths and weaknesses of {RCT}s in the field of development. {L}ooking beyond the epistemological, political, and ethical differences underlying many of the disagreements surrounding {RCT}s, it explores the implementation of {RCT}s on the ground, outside of their ideal theoretical conditions and reveals some unsuspected uses and effects, their disruptive potential, but also their political uses. {T}he contributions uncover the implicit worldview that many {RCT}s draw on and disseminate, and probe the gap between the method's narrow scope and its success, while also proposing improvements and alternatives. {T}his book warns against the potential dangers of their excessive use, arguing that the best use for {RCT}s is not necessarily that which immediately springs to mind, and offering opportunity to come to an informed and reasoned judgement on {RCT}s and what they can bring to development.},
  keywords = {{MONDE} ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE} ; {MAROC} ; {ETHIOPIE} ; {MONGOLIE} ; {INDE} ; {MEXIQUE} ; {BOSNIE} {HERZEGOVINE} ; {PAYS} {DU} {SUD}},
  address = {{O}xford},
  publisher = {{O}xford {U}niversity {P}ress},
  series = {},
  pages = {423},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1093/oso/9780198865360.001.0001},
  ISBN = {978-0-19-886536-0},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083559},
}