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Notes on how to engage with our cost-effectiveness analysis
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This workbook contains our cost-effectiveness analyses. See the "Cost-effectiveness by funding gap" sheet for a comparison of the cost-effectiveness of the programs our top charities would use additional funding for.

On the "Moral weights and discount rate" sheet, we've included GiveWell and conventional estimates for a few parameters. 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" column of this sheet, the select "Anyone" from the dropdown menu in cell A17, "Moral weights and discount rate" sheet.

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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Moral weights and discount rate
Allows staff members or anyone else to supply discount rates and numbers used to trade off different good outcomes
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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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Helen Keller InternationalCost-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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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