Gisselquist, Rachel M. and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2015) 'What Can Experiments Tell Us About How to Improve Government Performance?' Journal of Globalization and Development, 6 (1). pp. 1-45.
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Abstract
In recent years, experimental methods have been both highly celebrated, and roundly criticized, as a means of addressing core questions in the social sciences. They have received particular attention in the analysis of development interventions. This paper focuses on two key questions: (1) what have been the main contributions of RCTs to the study of government performance? and (2) what could be the contributions, and relatedly the limits? It draws inter alia on a new systematic review of experimental and quasi-experimental studies on governance to consider both the contributions and limits of RCTs in the extant literature. A final section introduces the studies included in this symposium in light of this discussion. Collectively, the studies push beyond polarized debates over experimental methods towards a new middle ground, considering both how experimental work can better address identified weaknesses and how experimental and non-experimental techniques can be combined most fruitfully.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Keywords: | development; governance; randomized controlled trials |
SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Economics |
ISSN: | 21946353 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1515/jgd-2014-0011 |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2022 12:45 |
URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/37612 |
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Funders: | Other |
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