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  • This house regrets the popularisation of RCTs in developmental economics research

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    Randomized controlled trials are experiments that apply an intervention to only a randomly selected portion of the target population, so that you can compare the effects of the intervention against a group that didn’t receive it. From a focus largely on nation-scale problems with no clear answers (like why countries are poor), the field of development economics has shifted to a focus largely on smaller problems that can be definitively answered since the introduction of RCTs. Some people, however, are vary that RCTs dehumanize people and treat them as science experiments.

    5th Ikhtilaf Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Novice Semi Finals · 2025-02-08

  • This House Regrets IMF structural adjustment programs* in African nations. *Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) are economic reforms implemented by countries as a condition for receiving financial assistance from international institutions like the IMF and World Bank. These policies typically include reducing government spending, privatizing state-owned enterprises, liberalizing trade, devaluing currency, and encouraging foreign investment.

    2nd Qatar Schools Debate League Boys 24-25 · Round 4 · 2025-02-01

  • This house prefers 'pull back' methods rather than 'push back' methods when restricting the flow of undocumented migrants

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    A ‘pull back’ approach refers to states taking measures to prevent migrants from leaving their country of origin e.g., aiding developmental projects, increasing border security at the country of origin, information campaigns about migration risks/consequences, etc. A 'push back' approach refers to states taking measures to increase immigration control near or at their own borders e.g., strict border control/surveillance, tackling human trafficking/smuggling gangs, returning migrants, signing deals with third party countries, limiting access to state resources, etc. An undocumented migrant does NOT include those who are under review in the asylum seeker process.

    Copenhagen Open 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-02-01

  • This house regrets the consolidation of the airline industry in India

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    Since 2000, India's airline industry has shrunk from 10+ players to 4-5 major ones. Key drivers include (but not limited to) Air India’s mergers (Indian Airlines in 2007, Vistara in 2023), Privatisation of Air India (2022), AirAsia India’s integration with Air India Express, and the exits of Kingfisher (2012), Jet Airways (2019), and Go First (2023) from the market.

    13th Justice V.M. Tarkunde National Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-01-31

  • This house prefers governments to prioritize the usage of predictive analytics over participatory approach when crafting huge local developmental projects (i.e. Construction of Kaliwa Dam)

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    Predictive analytics is a subfield of advanced analytics that is used to forecast future events that are not yet known. Data mining, statistical modeling, and machine learning are just a few of the methods used in predictive analytics to examine current data and forecast future events. The participatory approach is where community or stakeholders are largely involved in the discussions and decision-making process of policies that impact them.

    Kamalig Novice Asian Parliamentary 2 · Harvest Octofinals · 2025-01-25

  • This house prefers governments to prioritize the usage of predictive analytics over participatory approach when crafting huge local developmental projects (i.e. Construction of Kaliwa Dam)

    Infoslide

    Predictive analytics is a subfield of advanced analytics that is used to forecast future events that are not yet known. Data mining, statistical modeling, and machine learning are just a few of the methods used in predictive analytics to examine current data and forecast future events. The participatory approach is where community or stakeholders are largely involved in the discussions and decision-making process of policies that impact them.

    Kamalig Novice Asian Parliamentary 2 · Pagdayo Quarterfinals · 2025-01-25

  • This House believes that the international community should govern failed states

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    A failed state is a country that can no longer perform basic functions of government, such as maintaining security, providing public services, or upholding the rule of law. These states often face issues like widespread corruption, economic collapse, humanitarian crises, and the breakdown of central authority. Examples include Somalia, Syria, and Afghanistan.

    Oxford Schools China Rounds 2024-2025 National Finals · Round 4 · 2025-01-24

  • This house, as a nascent democracy, would prefer a federal structure over a unitary structure of governance

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    Nascent democracy refers to a country that is newly formed. A federal structure has shared power structure between a national government, state governments, and local governments. A unitary structure's power is held by a central government that gives orders to lower levels of government, which then give orders to the next level down

    Intertext Asian Parliament Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-01-18

  • This house would implement monetary policy over fiscal policy during times of crisis in developing states

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    Monetary policy is a set of actions taken by a country's ‘central bank’ to manage the money supply and interest rates to achieve price stability, limit inflation and unemployment. Fiscal policy refers to the ‘government's’ use of taxation, spending and revenue to influence the economy to promote economic growth and reduce poverty

    Intertext Asian Parliament Debate Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-01-18

  • This house believes that it is in the best interest of developing nations to pursue the creation of freely floating currency unions (e.g. ECOWAS) over those which are fixed to a Western Currency (e.g. the CFA Franc)

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    A currency union is an agreement between many countries to issue a currency which is usable across borders (e.g. the Euro within the European union). Many developing countries have entered agreements to form currency unions which have a fixed exchange rate with a Western currency (e.g. the CFA Franc) and the exchange rate of the newly made currency moves with it as well. Others, more recently, such as ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) have attempted to create currencies which freely float and are backed by the collective economies of the nations within the currency union.

    North American Debating Championships 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-01-18