@techreport{fdi:010080760,
  title = {{L}ies, damned lies, and {RCT} : a {J}-{PAL} {RCT} on rural microcredit in {M}orocco},
  author = {{B}{\'e}d{\'e}carrats, {F}. and {G}u{\'e}rin, {I}sabelle and {M}orvant-{R}oux, {S}. and {R}oubaud, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}ow  can  we  explain  the  academic  success  of  a  randomized  study  whose  validity,  both  internal  and external, is very problematic ? {D}rawing on a study conducted on {M}oroccan rural microcredit by {J}-{PAL}, this article  uses  analytical  tools  from  statistics,  political  economy  and  sociology  of  science  to  answer  this question.  {I}t  describes  the  entire  study  production  chain,  from  sampling,  data  collection,  data  entry  and recoding,  estimates  and  interpretations  to  publication  and  dissemination  of  results.  {I}t  highlights  a particularly aggressive strategy carried out throughout the study process and in the field of research. {T}his 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.  {W}ell 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},
  keywords = {{ECONOMIE} ; {DEVELOPPEMENT} ; {ECONOMETRIE} ; {ECONOMIE} {RURALE} ; {METHODOLOGIE} ; {EXPERIMENTATION} ; {MICROCREDIT} ; {EPISTEMOLOGIE} ; {SOCIOLOGIE} {DE} {LA} {SCIENCE} ; {MAROC}},
  address = {{P}aris},
  publisher = {{DIAL}},
  series = {{D}ocument de {T}ravail - {DIAL}},
  pages = {20  multigr.},
  year = {2019},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080760},
}