This document examines cost-effectiveness analysis,
i.e. the process of aid delivery rather than the outcome, as a potentially
valuable tool for the evaluation of relief operations. Its main aims are:
- Review perceptions of cost-effectiveness
analysis among relief agency personnel
- Define terms involved and explore use
of cost-effectiveness analysis in related fields
- Identify activities and situations where
cost-effectiveness is most viable and useful
- Identify difficulties of using cost-effectiveness
as criteria in assessments and evaluations
- Steps to facilitate greater use of cost-effectiveness
or related forms of financial analysis
The report draws heavily on 'The Joint Evaluation
of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda' from 1996 and the study 'Humanitarian
Aid
and Effects', assessing activities of agencies
involved in the provision of emergency aid and protection assistance using
the criteria of appropriateness, cost-effectiveness, coverage, coherence,
connectedness and impact.