Cost-effectiveness analysis of education and health interventions in developing countries

Patrick McEwan

Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2012, vol. 4, issue 2, 189-213

Abstract: High-quality impact evaluations, including randomised experiments, are increasingly popular, but cannot always inform resource allocation decisions unless the costs of interventions are considered alongside their effects. Cost-effectiveness analysis is a straightforward but under-utilised tool for determining which of two or more interventions provides a (non-pecuniary) unit of effect at least cost. This paper reviews the framework and methods of cost-effectiveness analysis, emphasising education and health interventions, and discusses how the methods are currently applied in the literature.

Date: 2012
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