MARCH/APRIL 2011
Small Changes, Big Results
Graham Smith
Rachel Glennerster
and Michael Kremer
Behavioral economics has changed the way we implement public policy in the developed world.
It is time we harness its approaches to alleviate poverty in developing countries as well.
Diane Coyle
There’s nothing irrational about rising prices and falling demand. (March 14)
Eran Bendavid
Randomized trials are not infallible—just look at medicine. (March 15)
Pranab Bardhan
As the experimental program becomes its own kind of fad, other issues in development are being ignored. (March 16)
José Gómez-Márquez
We want to empower locals to invent, so they can be collaborators, not just clients.
(March 17)
Chloe O’Gara
You can’t teach a child to read with an immunization schedule. (March 17)
Jishnu Das, Shantayanan Devarajan, and Jeffrey S. Hammer
Even if experiments show us what to do, can we rely on government action? (March 18)
Daniel N. Posner
We cannot hope to understand individual behavior apart from the community itself. (March 21)
Rachel Glennerster and Michael Kremer reply
Context is important, and meticulous experimentation can improve our understanding of it. (March 22)
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