The Cost-Effectiveness of Complex Projects: A Systematic Review of Methodologies
dc.contributor.author | Masset, Edoardo | |
dc.contributor.author | Mascagni, Giulia | |
dc.contributor.author | Acharya, Arnab | |
dc.contributor.author | Egger, Eva-Maria | |
dc.contributor.author | Saha, Amrita | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-12T13:28:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-12T13:28:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-09-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Masset,M., Mascagni, G., Acharya,A., Egger, E. M., and Saha, A. (2018) 'The Cost-Effectiveness of Complex Projects: A Systematic Review of Methodologies' in The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated Rural Development. Brighton: IDS | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/14119 | |
dc.description.abstract | Most development interventions are complex, comprising several interacting activities affecting multiple outcomes. Impact evaluations of such interventions are widespread, but the literature offers little guidance on how to assess the cost-effectiveness of such integrated projects. We review the literature that conducts cost-effectiveness analyses of multiple interventions alongside impact evaluations in low- and middle-income countries. Only seven studies are identified in areas as diverse as de-worming, school support, conditional cash transfers, early childhood development, and social funds. We find that none of the applied approaches can be effectively employed in all instances, though each of them can be applied in some special cases. Furthermore, none of the studies reviewed addresses output synergies. Given the rising numbers of impact assessments in development practice and their importance for policy, research needs to develop sound methods to assess the cost-effectiveness of integrated interventions. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Department for International Development (DFID) | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | IDS Bulletin;49.4 | |
dc.rights | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND), which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited, the work is not used for commercial purposes, and no modifications or adaptations are made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Rural Development | en |
dc.title | The Cost-Effectiveness of Complex Projects: A Systematic Review of Methodologies | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.identifier.team | Rural Futures | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.19088/1968-2018.160 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-09-30 | |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Default project | en |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en |
rioxxterms.funder.project | 9ce4e4dc-26e9-4d78-96e9-15e4dcac0642 | en |
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