The general purpose of this report is to offer an input into the ongoing debate on evaluation and effectiveness of Swedish foreign aid. More specifically, the focus lies on the role of so called Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in evaluations of impact of aid financed activities. The first part brings up ow RCTs have been used in research and practice to promote evidence based development policy. The second part discusses to what extent, up until now, this tool has been used by Swedish aid practitioners, if there are reasons to expand that use, and finally offers some tentative suggestion for how that can be achieved.
- Randomized Controlled Trials: Strengths, Weaknesses and Policy Relevance
- Anders Olofsgård - Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics
- Vol.2014(1)
- EBA Rapport; 2014:1
- Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys (EBA)
- 86
- Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics
- English; Swedish
- Report