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Published March 25, 2011

Chris Blattman on RCTs in Development Economics

Although I had seen the Glennerster and Kremer article in the Boston Review last week, I had saved it for later, as I was planning on reading it carefully so as to possibly assign it as an introductory reading in the development seminar I teach in the fall.

In a recent blog post, Chris Blattman has excellent thoughts on the article and on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in general:

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Published March 25, 2011

Madonna’s Malawi Charity Fails, Blames Former Trainer’s Husband

An article in The New York Times this morning discusses how Raising Malawi, the charitable foundation Madonna set up with the goal of building a school for girls in Malawi, is a shambles.

This comes after the foundation’s executive director — Madonna’s former trainer’s husband — left last fall after being criticized for his management style.

Madonna set up the Raising Malawi foundation with the goal of building a $15 million school for 400 girls:

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