Thank you! I agree with @NickLaing , for a wealthy country with GDP per capita of $50,000, this would mean being willing to spend the entire national income to extend everyone’s healthy life by one year, which does seem generous. In practice GiveWell’s bar is much higher like around $100-200 per DALY (roughly 170-340× stricter than WHO’s threshold for wealthy countries).
I got the insights about Givewell cost effectiveness in suicide prevention here but I’m pretty sure it is not comparable to my intervention calculations, pesticides ban being a much clearer intervention to follow than workshops and suicide prevention hotline.
Thank you! I agree with @NickLaing , for a wealthy country with GDP per capita of $50,000, this would mean being willing to spend the entire national income to extend everyone’s healthy life by one year, which does seem generous. In practice GiveWell’s bar is much higher like around $100-200 per DALY (roughly 170-340× stricter than WHO’s threshold for wealthy countries).
I got the insights about Givewell cost effectiveness in suicide prevention here but I’m pretty sure it is not comparable to my intervention calculations, pesticides ban being a much clearer intervention to follow than workshops and suicide prevention hotline.
https://www.givewell.org/research/incubation-grants/CPSP-general-support-jan-2021