[From the article “Pre-results review at the Journal of Development Economics: Taking transparency in the discipline to the next level” by Aleksandar Bogdanoski and Keesler Welch, published at the blogsite of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)]

“Earlier this year, the Journal of Development Economics (JDE), with support from the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS), began the pilot of a “pre-results review” track for academic authors who submit their work to the journal for peer review and publication.”

“J-PAL interviewed JDE Editor in Chief Andrew Foster, Co-editor Dean Karlan, and BITSS Faculty Director Edward Miguel, to get some early insights from the pilot thus far.”

To read more, click here.