Learning what works: The role of experiments

Reflection/What I learned: This lessons spoke about the subsidization of bed nets in Africa. Its purposed served to explain the function of experiments in determining what will work and what will not work in deciding something (potentially economically demanding) in a third world country. In this example, providing bed nets to African people to prevent the spread of malaria was the case study. It ends up that experiments serve to gather significant and telling data that will lead to a more informed and successful decision when it comes to purchasing something for a country in need.

How it relates: This relates to the World Food Prize paper that I wrote about Sudan because within Sudan there are a huge amount of things that need to be fixed. I wasn't aware of experiments that have taken place in Sudan, and I didn't particularly look into them because I was not aware of their potential importance. However, if any experiments were done on the topic of Sudanese Government or Food Security that most likely would have been very helpful in determining the BEST possible solution for the crisis that I wrote about in my paper.