Bédécarrats F., Guérin Isabelle, Morvant-Roux S., Roubaud François. (2019). Lies, damned lies, and RCT : a J-PAL RCT on rural microcredit in Morocco.
Paris : DIAL, 20 p. multigr. (Document de Travail - DIAL ; DT/2019-04).
Titre du document
Lies, damned lies, and RCT : a J-PAL RCT on rural microcredit in Morocco
Année de publication
2019
Type de document
Littérature grise
Auteurs
Bédécarrats F., Guérin Isabelle, Morvant-Roux S., Roubaud François
Source
Paris : DIAL, 2019,
20 p. multigr. (Document de Travail - DIAL ; DT/2019-04).
How can we explain the academic success of a randomized study whose validity, both internal and external, is very problematic ? Drawing on a study conducted on Moroccan rural microcredit by J-PAL, this article uses analytical tools from statistics, political economy and sociology of science to answer this question. It describes the entire study production chain, from sampling, data collection, data entry and recoding, estimates and interpretations to publication and dissemination of results. It highlights a particularly aggressive strategy carried out throughout the study process and in the field of research. This allows J-PAL researchers to put the past behind them, including by freeing themselves from a "data culture", rejecting criticism and bypassing the basic rules of scientific exercise throughout the research process. Well beyond J-PAL, our analyses question the supposed superiority of randomized methods while reflecting a growing unease within the academic field, which is less and less successful in enforcing the basic rules of ethics and scientific deontology
Plan de classement
Développement, politique de développement, projets de développement [095DEVEL]
;
Milieu rural, sociologie rurale, systèmes agraires, foncier rural [098RURAL1]
;
Politique scientifique et sociologie de la science [116RESCI]
Descripteurs
ECONOMIE ; DEVELOPPEMENT ; ECONOMETRIE ; ECONOMIE RURALE ; METHODOLOGIE ; EXPERIMENTATION ; MICROCREDIT ; EPISTEMOLOGIE ; SOCIOLOGIE DE LA SCIENCE
Description Géographique
MAROC
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010080760]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010080760
