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Defense Contractors and International Development – What’s Going on Here?

Submitted by Jon on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 21:02

Last week, it was announced that DynCorp – a major private security firm - had acquired Casals Associates, an international development company.

Development Experiments: Ethical? Feasible? Useful?

Submitted by Jon on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 10:01

Bill Easterly weighs in on randomized controlled trials for development projects. I have mixed feelings - on one hand, we need this research to begin to reveal honest, data-driven best practices in development. On the other hand, is it ethical to deny something you think will help? I think that it's more dangerous to package something that's uncertain as a foolproof development strategy (which is our current practice)

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