You might be aware of this, but Lant Pritchett largely agrees with your criticisms at the end of the piece—that the focus on RCTs isn’t likely to be helpful in finding interventions that accelerate economic development.
I had one of his quotes on partial attribution bias (maybe even from that interview) in mind as I wrote this!
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You might be aware of this, but Lant Pritchett largely agrees with your criticisms at the end of the piece—that the focus on RCTs isn’t likely to be helpful in finding interventions that accelerate economic development.
I had one of his quotes on partial attribution bias (maybe even from that interview) in mind as I wrote this!