The Nobel nomination’s emphasis on the practical applications of Banerjee’s, Duflo’s and Kremer’s methods represents a monumental and welcome change

Despite limitations, the use of randomised control trials has led to a paradigm shift in development policy evaluation

Why have Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics? And what does this mean for development...

How much do political leaders value academic research? Can this research change not only their beliefs, but also the policies they implement?

Is development research losing focus of the big picture?

What are randomised control trials, and what is the best way to use them to inform policy decisions?

How does scaling up randomised controlled trials make them more effective?

Microcredit trials show only moderate variation in effects across different settings, suggesting that the average effects of these loans are small

One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to research on firms. Chris Woodruff discusses some dos and don’ts.