- The latest Journal of Economic Perspectives has a symposium on Big Data.
- On the CGD blog, Matt Collins argues why RCTs in development should not be double-blind.
- In the latest issue of the Journal of Development Effectiveness, a meta-analysis of the impacts of microcredit on women’s control over decision-making: “The results suggest that the effect sizes are small. Furthermore, the confidence that we can place in these findings is limited by the high level of heterogeneity within and between studies and the general reliance on nonexperimental studies and statistical analyses which are not reported in sufficient detail to enable confident judgement as to their robustness.”
- Also on the CGD blog, Martin Ravallion discusses India’s puzzling new PPP numbers. “It has proved hard in the past for researchers to look inside the “black box” of the PPPs. So far the 2011 ICP is no different”
- Cyrus Samii offers his recommendations on what to read to understand Bayesian Statistics
- The importance of toilets
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