Ruth Alexander
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4,250 appearances
120 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2011
last heard Aug 2018
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And could you have got even better results by giving aid in other ways?
Paul Niehaus.
But isn't there also an ethical concern?
What about the unlucky villagers who got nothing?
In a medical trial, people take a treatment in isolation.
In the case of the Kenyan village, the fact that some people were given money and some people weren't is on display for all to see.
It did create tension in the villages.
Agnes Nayangoya is one of the villagers who received the money and felt the resentment of others.
Paul Niehaus.
In medicine, there's an evolving body of ethical guidance about randomised trials.
Is it OK for a control group to get nothing, or should they get treatment after a delay?
The ethical guidelines for aid randomised control trials are going to have to be sorted out, because randomised trials are definitely in fashion.
We've also been speaking to Dean Carlin, who's a professor at Yale University in the US and who heads the group which did the research in these Kenyan villages.
He says traditional aid projects have been difficult to assess in the past.
But there are a number of limitations of randomised controlled trials, according to James Copestake, Professor of International Development at the University of Bath in the UK.
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