BCA in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Introduction
2019
This paper introduces the benefit-cost analysis reference case guidance project and the special issue of the Journal for Benefit-Cost Analysis which contains several associated papers. Investing in global health and development requires making difficult choices about what policies to pursue and what level of resources to devote to different initiatives. Methods of economic evaluation are well established and widely used to quantify and compare the impacts of alternative investments. However, if not well conducted and clearly reported, these evaluations can lead to erroneous conclusions. Differences in analytic methods and assumptions can obscure important differences in impacts. This article discusses the background and context for this work, summarizes the process followed, describes the overall framework, and introduces the articles in the special issue.
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BCA in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Introduction
Source:
Robinson LA, Hammitt JK, Jamison DT et al. Conducting Benefit-Cost Analysis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 2019; 10 (S1): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2019.4