The ethics of payments to research participants
Doug MacKay published three blog posts with 3ie on the ethics of international social science research. The third explores the ethical issues surrounding the payment of research participants.
Policy equipoise and ethical implementation experiments: Evidence of effectiveness, not merely efficacy
Doug MacKay published three blog posts with 3ie on the ethics of international social science research. The second explores the implications of policy equipoise for large scale implementation experiments.
How does scarcity inform ethical withholding of treatment?
Doug MacKay published three blog posts with 3ie on the ethics of international social science research. The first addresses the ethics of withholding effective treatments under conditions of scarcity.
Structured Ethics Appendices in Social Science Papers? A Comment on Karlan and Udry’s Proposal
How our minds push our bodies to defy expectations, beliefs, and even our own biology—in short, to make miracles.
SHARE Global e-Conference Side event 7 – Impacts of COVID-19 and policy responses in Africa and beyond
The blog summarises the key messages from the side event on the Impacts of COVID-19 and the policy responses in rural areas of Africa and beyond.
Enforcing Payment for Water Services–What’s the Standard of Care?
When designing research studies, what constitutes ethical study design?
How a displacement crisis helped Jordan support its population during COVID-19
To prevent newly vulnerable people from falling into deep poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jordan provided emergency cash to 200,000 Jordanian daily wage workers who have lost their income.
Why child labour cannot be forgotten during COVID-19
As global poverty rises due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so too will the prevalence of child labour.
Social protection and rural areas cannot be an afterthought in the fight against COVID-19
Social protection has emerged as a key response to COVID-19. In rural areas, it can play a critical role to save lives and livelihoods. This blog looks at the specific situation and needs of rural populations in order to limit … Read more
Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
This IFPRI blog describes how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting gender relations and why attention to gener when implementing expanded social protection is critical.