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• T h e n e w g l o b a l l a b o r a t o r y f o r
i n n o v a t i o n a n d g r o w t h p o l i c y
Albert Bravo-Biosca
EBRD Annual Meeting, 15th May 2015
Why do we need more
experimentation?
Policy Business
Innovation and
entrepreneurship
policy…
… but little
evidence on
what works,
and what
doesn’t
Typically start big…
…without
prior small-
scale testing
Why not trial different designs to learn what works?
What is an experiment? A continuum of definitions…
Trying something new
Trying something new and put in place the
systems to learn
RCTs
• No rigorous learning or evaluation strategy
• No real “testing mindset”
• A “pilot”
• Rigorous formal research design
• Test a hypothesis
• Codifying and sharing resulting knowledge
• Sometimes but not always with some form of control group
• Randomised controlled trials
• Control group created by the programme manager/researcher using a lottery
• Field vs. “lab” experiments
• Different from a natural experiment
1. Experiment
Control
group
2. Evaluate 3. Scale-up
IGL is a new global collaboration led by
Nesta that develops and tests different
approaches to support innovation,
entrepreneurship and growth
Our aims:
1. Improve the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions
2. Encourage experimentation with new interventions
3. Push forward the knowledge frontier
Our partners
And on-going discussions with several other organisations
IGL Research Network
Some of our projects
Incentivising employees to contribute new ideas
Supporting technology development in emerging economies
Increasing bank lending for intangible-rich SMEs
www.innovationgrowthlab.org
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