I strongly disagree with Givewell on the importance of money vs life. India on PPP terms has approx double income as bangladesh (7000 vs 3900), according to givewell’s calculations indinas have 1.8 times better life than bangladeshis, this is absurd when bangladeshis are living longer than Indians.
GiveWell also values longevity, or else saving lives wouldn’t be so valuable, e.g. their malaria recommendations. The value of increased income should be understood as the value of giving people money, not the only factor that matters.
Actually, the QALY measure values years of life at different points in life equally while (most forms of?) the DALY measure values ‘younger’ years of life more than ‘older’ years.
See:
Whitehead, Sarah J., and Shehzad Ali. “Health Outcomes in Economic Evaluation: The QALY and Utilities.” British Medical Bulletin 96, no. 1 (December 1, 2010): 5–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldq033
GiveWell also values longevity, or else saving lives wouldn’t be so valuable, e.g. their malaria recommendations. The value of increased income should be understood as the value of giving people money, not the only factor that matters.
Actually, the QALY measure values years of life at different points in life equally while (most forms of?) the DALY measure values ‘younger’ years of life more than ‘older’ years.
See:
Whitehead, Sarah J., and Shehzad Ali. “Health Outcomes in Economic Evaluation: The QALY and Utilities.” British Medical Bulletin 96, no. 1 (December 1, 2010): 5–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldq033