After looking at this a bit more closely, it appears that the % of funding to each country (rows 7,19) is actually purely arbitary GiveWell’s most recent cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). Hence, the 19% figure I quoted above is not meaningful. Apologies for my misleading comment.
I suspect that this new approach of using arbitrary percentages reflects the complex question of “room for more funding” outlined in GiveWell’s recent blog post. Nonetheless, my understanding is that the funding GiveWell actually allocated to AMF in 2020 was well within the $5000 cost per life saved range.
Note also that DRC’s program remains 12.7x cash in the most recent CEA (once development effects are included).
Hi JPHoughton,
After looking at this a bit more closely, it appears that the % of funding to each country (rows 7,19) is actually purely arbitary GiveWell’s most recent cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). Hence, the 19% figure I quoted above is not meaningful. Apologies for my misleading comment.
I suspect that this new approach of using arbitrary percentages reflects the complex question of “room for more funding” outlined in GiveWell’s recent blog post. Nonetheless, my understanding is that the funding GiveWell actually allocated to AMF in 2020 was well within the $5000 cost per life saved range.
Note also that DRC’s program remains 12.7x cash in the most recent CEA (once development effects are included).
Cheers,
Lucas