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Notes on how to engage with our cost-effectiveness analysis
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Published: November 25, 2019
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This workbook contains our cost-effectiveness analyses.

Individual staff estimates for a few parameters are included in the "User inputs" and "Moral weights" tabs. If you'd like to see how our results would change based on different inputs for these parameters, you can enter your own values in the "Anyone" columns in these two sheets, then select "Anyone" from the dropdown menus in the "Results" tab. You can also select an individual staff member's name from the dropdown menu to see how the results would change if we used their values. To see the results for programs in specific countries, select a country from the dropdown menus in the "Results" tab.

Expanding the formula bar at the top of the page (by clicking and dragging the bottom boundary) may make it easier to read the contents of explanatory cells.
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Notes on text color coding
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Blue text: direct input
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Green text: pulling from another cell in this workbook
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Black text: calculation
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Index
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List of funding gapsEstimates of the size and cost-effectiveness of top charities' current funding gaps
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User inputs
Allows staff members or anyone else to supply their estimates for particularly uncertain parameters
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Moral weights
Allows staff members or anyone else to supply numbers used to trade off different good outcomes
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ResultsShows cost-effectiveness estimates for each top charity
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AMF
Cost-effectiveness analysis for long-lasting insecticide-treated net distributions by the Against Malaria Foundation.
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GiveDirectlyCost-effectiveness analysis for uncondtional cash transfers by GiveDirectly.
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Deworm the WorldCost-effectiveness analysis for deworming by Deworm the World
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END FundCost-effectiveness analysis for deworming by The END Fund
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SCI FoundationCost-effectiveness analysis for deworming by SCI Foundation
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SightsaversCost-effectiveness analysis for deworming by Sightsavers
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Malaria ConsortiumCost-effectiveness analysis for seasonal malaria chemoprevention by Malaria Consortium
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VASCost-effectiveness analysis for vitamin A supplementation by Helen Keller International
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Counterfactual non-philanthropicUsed in the leverage and funging adjustment to our cost-effectiveness analyses
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Inclusion/ExclusionUsed in the adjustment for excluded effects of our cost-effectivenes analyses
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RFMF_AMFRoom for more funding projections for the Against Malaria Foundation
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RFMF_GDRoom for more funding projections for GiveDirectly
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RFMF_DtWRoom for more funding projections for Deworm the World
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RFMF_ENDRoom for more funding projections for The END Fund
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RFMF_SCIRoom for more funding projections for SCI Foundation
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RFMF_SightsaversRoom for more funding projections for Sightsavers
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RFMF_MCRoom for more funding projections for Malaria Consortium
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RFMF_HKIRoom for more fundin projections for Helen Keller International
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Helper sheetUsed to simplify formulas on the "Results" sheet
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Helpful GiveWell references
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Guide to GiveWell cost-effectiveness analyses
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Full reviews of our top charities
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Past versions of our cost-effectiveness analyses
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Discussion of cost-effectiveness as a criterion
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Blog posts discussing cost-effectiveness