Cost-effectiveness analysis: an assessment of its application in evaluating humanitarian assistance

Author(s)
Penn Bradly, A.
Publication language
English
Pages
11pp
Date published
01 Jan 1999
Publisher
Asia Pacific Press
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Development & humanitarian aid, Evaluation-related

Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is an evaluative tool that links outcomes with their input costs. Used widely in the health and environment sectors, it has only recently been applied in evaluation of humanitarian aid. This paper examines CEA's potential as a means of quantifying humanitarian aid performance and focuses on the practical and methodological problems that constrain its application.