Weekly links September 4: listening, how to not make your AI RCT useless, many conference calls, and more… David McKenzie September 04, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevaluations/weekly-links-september-4--listening--how-to-not-make-your-ai-rct · Biju Rao in In Development magazine on “Why economists don’t listen”: “Economics tends to focus on the measurable, which can exclude what is important; if it cannot be included in a survey module, it is not worth studying. But life is about more than survey modules, and the wall between economist and subject is not a methodological convenience. It is the central problem with the discipline.” – he then provides four ways to listen and involve subjects in your research.