We are pleased to announce that our special issue of the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, “Benefit-Cost Analysis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Methods and Case Studies” has been published and is available open-access. The introduction written by Lisa A. Robinson, James K. Hammitt, Dean T. Jamison, and Damian G. Walker provides an overview of the project and of the eight papers featured in this special issue. The first four papers discuss methods for addressing specific analytic components and the second four papers test the application of these methods to specific case studies. Together these papers create the basis for developing benefit-cost analysis reference case guidance, the final stage of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We also invite you to visit our project website and submit comments and feedback on our draft; comments are due by March 29, 2019.
To learn more about the Guidelines for Benefit-Cost Analysis project, please visit our project website.
Methods Papers:
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“Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions in Global Benefit-Cost Analysis,” by Lisa A. Robinson, James K. Hammitt, and Lucy O’Keeffe
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“Valuing Changes in Time Use in Low- and Middle-Income Countries,” by Dale Whittington and Joseph Cook
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“Accounting for Timing when Assessing Health-Related Projects,” by Karl Claxton, Miqdad Asaria, Collins Chansa, Julian Jamison, James Lomas, Jessica Ochalek, and Mike Paulden
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“Valuing Protection against Health-Related Financial Risks,” by Jonathan Skinner, Kalipso Chalkidou, and Dean T. Jamison
Case Studies:
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“Comparing the Application of CEA and BCA to Tuberculosis Control Interventions in South Africa,” by Thomas Wilkinson, Fiammetta Bozzani, Anna Vassall, Michelle Remme, and Edina Sinanovic
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“Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Package of Early Childhood Interventions to Improve Nutrition in Haiti,” by Brad Wong and Mark Radin
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“Applying Benefit-Cost Analysis to Air Pollution Control in the Indian Power Sector,” by Maureen Cropper, Sarath Guttikunda, Puja Jawahar, Zachary Lazri, Kabir Malik, Xiao-Peng Song, and Xinlu Yao
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“Standardized Sensitivity Analysis in BCA: An Education Case Study,” by Elina Pradhan and Dean T. Jamison