GiveWell's Cost|Effectiveness Analyses

Our process for estimating cost-effectiveness focuses on determining whether a program is cost-effective enough to consider funding (that is, whether it is ...

Cost-Effectiveness | GiveWell

The cost-effectiveness figures we use · We use individualized inputs to combine life-improving and death-averting impacts into a single figure that enables us to ...

A critical review of GiveWell's 2022 cost-effectiveness model

The GiveWell cost-effectiveness model has been in continuous development since at least 2012 (the first available online copy), and reflects the ...

Deworming and decay: replicating GiveWell's cost-effectiveness ...

We make four recommendations to improve GiveWell's cost-effectiveness analyses: (1) publicly explain and defend their assumptions about the effect of ...

Incorporating and visualizing uncertainty in cost effectiveness ...

Incorporating and visualizing uncertainty in cost effectiveness analyses: A walkthrough using GiveWell's estimates for StrongMinds · Propagating ...

A review of GiveWell's discount rate - Rethink Priorities

The primary focus of this report is to review GiveWell's ... GiveWell uses three different utility functions for its cost-effectiveness analyses ...

Guide to GiveWell CEAs - Google Docs

This document covers a range of topics related to GiveWell's cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). Although the document is publicly accessible, its target ...

Quantifying Uncertainty in GiveWell Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

We have quantified the uncertainty in GiveWell CEAs by translating them into Squiggle. This allows us to put a number on how uncertain we are about each of the ...

Direct cash looks 3-4x more cost-effective in a new GiveWell ...

GiveWell increased their rating of the cost-effectiveness of GiveDirectly's flagship cash program by 3-4x after reevaluating our work, ...

Quantifying Uncertainty in GiveWell's GiveDirectly Cost ... - Observable

We measure the increase in welfare by doubling consumption. The poorer a recipient the more effective cash transfers become. The baseline ...

GiveWell finds highly cost-effective charities. Here's how they do it.

Choosing where to donate is incredibly difficult. Luckily, the charity evaluator GiveWell spends thousands of hours on program research each ...

2019 GiveWell Cost-Effectiveness Analysis — Version 6 (public)

This workbook contains our cost-effectiveness analysis. Individual staff estimates for a few parameters are included in the "User inputs" and " ...

A dozen doubts about GiveWell's numbers - Happier Lives Institute

We raise twelve critiques of GiveWell's cost-effectiveness analyses. Ten apply to specific inputs for malaria prevention, cash transfers, and deworming.

GiveWell GiveDirectly Cost Effectiveness Analysis / Nuño Sempere

Notes from GiveWell Senior Fellow Caitlin McGugan: Taking the conservative side estimate of the return to iron roofs. I agree with Chris that ...

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | CE - Charity Entrepreneurship

A cost-effectiveness analysis is a form of analysis most commonly used in economics, health economics, and charity evaluation. It consists of one or more ...

GiveWell on X: "New material: Update to cost-effectiveness analysis ...

New material: Update to cost-effectiveness analysis https://t.co/G1LiHFRblJ.

Our Planned Allocation to GiveWell's Recommendations for the Next ...

Last year, we committed $350 million to GiveWell's evidence-backed, cost-effective recommendations in global health and development.

Sensitivity analysis of GiveWell's cost-effectiveness analysis

Visual (scatter plot) and delta moment-independent sensitivity analysis on GiveWell's cost-effectiveness models show which input parameters ...

A discussion of the data on cost-effectiveness comparisons

When GiveWell analyses their top charities, its researchers take into account not only cost-effectiveness but also factors like confidence in the organisation ( ...

Cost-Effect-Analysis: Quant. uncertainty, transparent, customize

The third issue is that currently the Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEAs) provided by organizations such as GiveWell are very daunting and ...