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Behavioral Economics: Do we bias the feedback we get?
How did the polling citizens about the same thing yield such different results?
Just some of our insecurities
What I learned from Claire Melamed’s piece, “What do they want?”
What Are Africans’ Real Development Priorities? (And What Keeps Us From Meeting Them)
Feedback Labs’ follow-up to an event at the Center for Global Development.
October – November 2015
Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation // Authors: Pritchett, Woolcock, Andrews (2012) Politics…
I’m Not an Economist but Sometimes I Call Myself One
Dani Rodrik on how critical economists are of the very discipline that the World Bank—and the field more generally— loves to love.
Do you still use the word “beneficiary”?
It matters how we choose our words. Today, the word “beneficiary” is being replaced with citizen, client, consumer, stakeholder, and constituent. What are the pros and cons of each?
Would you use Yelp if you couldn’t see other people’s comments?
The International Rescue Committee has created a great application to help Syrian refugees but here’s one way it could be better.
Do RCTs and Technology Development Make Good Bedfellows?
A $5 million prize competition will test out EdTech solutions in a RCT
Listen in: How does Habitat for Humanity use the Net Promoter System to get feedback?
Rob Mackey hosts a podcasted conversation with Habitat for Humanity about NPS in the nonprofit sector.