Why would it? The study said that they found no significant effect, not that the return was poor relative to costs. It's possible that shifting the saved admini

Why would it? The study said that they found no significant effect, not that the return was poor relative to costs. It's possible that shifting the saved administrative costs into more aid would appreciably change the outcome, but it seems more likely that it's a structural problem with the program: ie, that CCTs are optimizing the wrong input.