Assessment Resource
| ID | INDIGO-ARES-0096 |
|---|---|
| Assessment Resource - Status | PUBLIC |
| Assessment Resource - Name | J-PAL Guide to Cost Effectiveness |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Public Sector | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Private Sector | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Third Sector | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Monetary Valuation | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Non-monetary quant index | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Ordinal | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Qualitative only | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Quant but no index | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Ongoing | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Prospective | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Retrospective | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Micro | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Meso | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Macro | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Agnostic | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Defence | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Democracy | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Development/ Poverty Reduction | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Education | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Employment/ Financial well-being | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Health | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Housing | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Local rejuvenation | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - SDG oriented | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Social impact | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Sustainability/ Eco | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Well-being | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Case Study | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Classification | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Consultancy | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Framework | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Guide | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Dataset | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Principles | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Reporting Standards | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Resource Repository or Summary | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Tool | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Training Programme | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Outsource to Vendor | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Paid tool | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Proprietary in-house | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Self-driven | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Attribution | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Diff-in-Diff statistical analysis | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Ex-ante projections | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Focus Groups | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Framework agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Interviews | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Mission Alignment | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Observation | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Operational Data | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - RCTs | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Surveys | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Theory of Change | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Before and After | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Charity | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - CSR | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Development | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Governance/ Policy | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Green Book | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Healthcare | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Housing | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - IGOs | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Impact investing | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Microfinance | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - SIBs | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Social Enterprises | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Sustainability/ Eco | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Developed Countries | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Developing Countries | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Internal / External? - Internal | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Internal / External? - External | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Leader | J-PAL at MIT |
| Assessment Resource - Purpose | This resource is intended for researchers who are interested in collecting cost data and conducting comparative cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) for their evaluation. |
| Assessment Resource - Content | It provides an overview of CEA, outlines the basic calculations and key assumptions, and provides two comparative CEA examples from education. We link to guidance notes, cost collection templates, and a white paper outlining J-PAL's methodology. |
| Assessment Resource - Link | https://www.povertyactionlab.org/research-resources/cost-effectiveness |