CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 4, 2020

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In this issue

Editorial, Godwin R. Murunga & Ibrahim O. Ogachi ------------ 1

1. The Randomista Rampage in Development Economics: A View from the Trenches, David Ndii ------3

2. Evidence as Cliché: Using Trials to Tamper with Governance, Seye Abimbola----------- 9

3. The Nobel Prizes, Racism, and the Economy of Prestige, Wandia Njoya ------------- 17

4. Economics Experiments in Africa: How Many and by Whom? Amma Panin ------------ 23

5. Structural Change, Inequality, and Inclusive Development: Case of Sub-Saharan Africa, Jimi Adesina  -------- 29

6. ‘Mandela-wash’: How Invoking Mandela’s Name Cannot Obscure Past Injustice, Robin Cohen -------- 37