Abhijit Banerjee|Rukmini Banerji|James Berry|Esther Duflo|Harini Kannan|Shobhini Mukerji|Marc Shotland|Michael Walton
From Proof of Concept to Scalable Policies: Challenges and Solutions, with an Application
National Bureau of Economic Research|Ford Foundation|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|Pratham|University of Delaware|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|National Bureau of Economic Research|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|East Asia Research|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
promise randomized controlled trials evidence gathered evaluation specific program helps uspossibly several rounds finetuning multiple replications different contextsto inform policy however critics pointed potential constraint agenda results small proofofconcept studies run nongovernment organizations may apply policies implemented governments large scale discussing potential issues paper describes journey original concept design evaluation scalable policy evaluating series strategies aim integrate nongovernment organization prathams teaching right level methodology elementary schools india methodology consists reorganizing instruction based childrens actual learning levels rather prescribed syllabus previously shown effective properly implemented present evidence randomized controlled trials involving designs failed produce impacts within regular schooling system still helped shape subsequent versions program result process two versions programs developed successfully raised childrens learning levels using scalable models government schools use example draw general lessons using randomized control trials design scalable policies