A selection of blogs and articles we have been reading this week:
- The RCT debate rages with an entry from Philip Auerswald (be sure to check out the discussion too!)
- CGD on “If Randomized Evaluations are so Great, Why Don’t Businesses Use Them?” [joint post by Bill Savedoff and Michael Clemens]
- The last mile problem and the last yard: What’s needed to get mobile moneyover the threshold from Ignacio Mas
- Woes mount for SKS’ Vikram Akula
- Can India tackle poverty?
- The Guardian on why people should be able to cross borders freely (written by Michael Clemens)
- Which promised outcomes from aid projects would you bet your own money on? Edward Carr on Development Initiatives and Markets.
- The NYT on 20% of American workers earn poverty-level wages.
- Chris Blattman’s presention on Impact Evaluation at the DFID: Impact Evaluation 3.0?
Editors’ Note: Hi, Laura and Jonathan here. A few of the pieces this week come from people who spent years up close with how poor households actually handle money, and keep coming back with something more tangled than the story usually told, and more persistent. Tim will be back for the next edition. - Laura Freschi and Jonathan Morduch