All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Political Economy of Randomised Evaluations in Development
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- Florent Bédécarrats & Isabelle Guérin & François Roubaud, 2019. "All that Glitters is not Gold. The Political Economy of Randomized Evaluations in Development," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 50(3), pages 735-762, May.
- Florent Bédécarrats & Isabelle Guérin & François Roubaud, 2019. "All that glitters is not gold : the political economy of randomized evaluations in development," Post-Print ird-02112849, HAL.
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