Resource Pack: Benefit-Cost Analysis Workshop

This resource pack includes working papers and case studies discussed at a workshop on benefit-cost analysis (Nov. 2-3, 2017) in global health and development. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the workshop is part of a project to develop guidelines for high quality benefit-cost analyses.

These guidelines will provide a reference case that promotes comparability across analyses, and will include principles, methodological specifications, and reporting standards. They will build on the existing iDSI reference case, which discusses the general framework for economic evaluation and the conduct of cost-effectiveness analyses.

The papers presented at the meeting built on the initial scoping report and discuss the conceptual framework, review the relevant literature, and suggest analytic approaches that can be feasibly implemented. They are available from the project website in addition to this resource pack.  The project team welcomes comments and feedback through December 8th, 2017, which can be submitted using the online form.

The leadership team of the project includes Professor Jim Hammitt and Senior Research Scientist Lisa Robinson of the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dean Jamison, Professor Emeritus of Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco and David de Ferranti, Founder and Chair of the Board for Results for Development Institute (R4D). Learn more about this project.

An annotated bibliography with hyperlinks to the repository and original source for each resource, and documentation of open versus closed access status, is available to download at the bottom of this page.