openagenda.org - Estimates

"the average cost of saving a human life for one year in the third world is just $62."

source: Lomborg, Bjorn, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 2
which in turn cites: Hahn, R., 1996: Risks, costs, and lives saved: getting better results from regulation, Oxford University Press, Oxford

"Based on estimates from macroeconomic models, we predicted that the ANB [annualized net benefits] of eliminating 50 per cent of malaria between 2002 and 2015 would be Int$10-37 bn, with BCRs of 1.9-4.7."

source: Mills, Anne, and Shillcutt, Sam, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 63

The Kyoto Protocol has a BCR of 0.23, assuming a 3% rate of pure time preference, which means a DCR of about 4.5%. Cline's proposed optimal carbon tax strategy would have a BCR of 0.26, assuming a 3% pure time preference and a DCR of about 4.5%.

source: Cline, William R., 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 37

"In Thailand, the ANB of AIDS control was Int$3.4 bn and BCR 14.2."

source: Mills, Anne, and Shillcutt, Sam, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 64

"The 1993 World Development Report package gives ANB of Int$534.1 bn and BCR 2.6."

source: Mills, Anne, and Shillcutt, Sam, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 64

Macroeconomic models of malaria control estimate a BCR of 4.7 given a DCR of 3%

With slightly different assumptions, they get a BCR of 3.7, 5.4, or 6.2, also for a DCR of 3%
Using a DCR of 6% reduces net benefit by 25%, for a BCR of 3.7
source: Mills, Anne, and Shillcutt, Sam, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 79
which in turn cites: Gallup, J.L., and Sachs, J.D., 2001: The economic burden of malaria, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 64, 85-96

Macroeconomic models of malaria control estimate a BCR of 1.9 given a DCR of 3%

With slightly different assumptions, they get a BCR of 1.5 or 2.6, also for a DCR of 3%
Using a DCR of 6% reduces net benefit by 30%, for a BCR of 1.7
source: Mills, Anne, and Shillcutt, Sam, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 79
which in turn cites: McCarthy, F.D., H. Wolf, Y. Wu, 2000: The growth costs of malaria, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, Cambridge, MA, 31

Distributing insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) has an estimated BCR of 10 given a DCR of 3%

Using a DCR of 6% has no significant shift on the BCR
If you assume a DALY value of Int$3,830 you get a BCR of 25
source: Mills, Anne, and Shillcutt, Sam, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 81

Treating pregnant women (Intermittent presumptive treatment (IPTp)) with drugs like ACT, CQ, and SP, has an estimated BCR of 14 given a DCR of 3%

Using a DCR of 6% increases the net benefit by 12%
If you assume a YLL value of Int$3,830 you get a BCR of 33
source: Mills, Anne, and Shillcutt, Sam, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 82

Switching from SP to ACT treatment has an estimated BCR of 39 given a DCR of 3%

Using a DCR of 6% decreases the net benefit by 23%, for a BCR of 30
If you assume a DALY value of Int$3,830 you get a BCR of 85
source: Mills, Anne, and Shillcutt, Sam, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 84

Scaling up ACT treatment has an estimated BCR of 19 given a DCR of 3%

Using a DCR of 6% decreases the net benefit by 17%, for a BCR of 16
If you assume a DALY value of Int$3,830 you get a BCR of 42
source: Mills, Anne, and Shillcutt, Sam, 2004: Global Crises, Global Solutions, page 85