Current Events - DRI Debates at NYU

[Grace Bahng]

NYU's Development Research Institute (DRI) just finished its annual conference today in NYC.  It featured speakers like: Yaw Nyarko, William Easterly, Michael Clemens, Andrew Rugasira, Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, and Angus Deaton.

I know some of our students here on AidSource attend the schools represented.  Would love to hear general feedback from those that either attended or were following the days events.

@viewfromthecave was tweeting live from the event at #DRIdebates if you want a rundown of the day.

Seemed like RCTs (randomized controlled trials) were a major topic discussed along with their increasing role in framing approaches in foreign aid (see @pooreconomics).  Did any of our members attend this event?  Or is this whole debate irrelevant to what actually happens on the ground?  Thoughts?

[Tom Murphy]

I will try to write a post about it. Also check out the hash tag #DRIdebates and the account of @brettkeller for whatever I missed.