PROGRAM ON COST-BENEFIT AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS

The program brought together a team of experts in the field of economics, including Glenn P. Jenkins, Arnold C. Harberger, Dr. George Kuo, Dr. DNS Dhakal, Lora Sabin, and Bahman Kashi. Glenn P. Jenkins is a Professor of Economics at Queens University, Canada, and Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus. He is the Director of his Program on Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis and has extensive experience in public finance, investment appraisal, and economic development. Jenkins has worked on the appraisal and planning of major infrastructure investments around the world and has published numerous books and articles in these subject fields. Arnold C. Harberger is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. He has acted as an economic consultant to various international agencies, including the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and InterAmerican Development Bank. Harberger has also been an advisor to numerous government ministries and agencies, including those in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mexico, Panama, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela, and the United States. Dr. George Kuo is a Senior Fellow of John Deutsch Institute International, Queen's University. Prior to joining Queen's University, he was a research fellow at Harvard International Tax Program and Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University. Kuo has worked as a consultant on tax reform and tax analysis in various countries, including Belize, Dominican Republic, Nepal, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Guyana, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, and Vietnam. Dr. DNS Dhakal is a senior fellow at Duke Center for International Development. He has been working in Executive Programs of DCID on Project Appraisal and Risk Management and Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government since 2001. Dhakal has worked for governments, non-governmental organizations, private companies, and corporations in individual countries and for international organizations, including the World Bank, African Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, United Nations Development Program, and South African Development Community. Lora Sabin is a health and development economist based at the Center for Global Health and Development and in the Department of International Health. She teaches courses in health economics, antiretroviral therapy management, and social and behavioral sciences in the MPH and DrPH programs. Sabin's research focuses on behavioral interventions, applied economics, and program evaluations related to child health and welfare, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other infectious diseases in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Bahman Kashi is an economist with extensive experience in project appraisal and cost-benefit analysis. He has worked on various projects, including the evaluation of a real-time feedback and counseling intervention designed to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users in southern China and the assessment of interventions to improve the quality of and access to health and other services among HIV-positive women in Vietnam. The program on cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis brought together a team of experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences in the field of economics. The program aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the principles and methods of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, with a focus on their application in development projects and programs.