Cost effectiveness

Cost effectiveness remains an issue at the heart of Parties' concerns.

The Cost Effectiveness Ratio (CER) is the mathematical representation of this analysis.

And, while it is cost effective, recent published estimates indicate that golden rice is much more so.

(e) Cost effectiveness the extent to which the outcomes of the Committee are commensurate with the resources invested, in terms of both the quantity and quality of its deliberations.

Unfortunately, bad political choices often make these policies even less cost effective.

Host organizations and other local stakeholders make both financial and in kind contributions to the centres, such as secondment of personnel and provision of office facilities and equipment.

UNICEF agrees to conduct a supply chain review to identify ways to improve cost effectiveness and customer service.

Food fortification and iron supplementation are widely ranked among the most cost effective interventions for poverty reduction.

Outdoor relief, as the alternative was known, was expanded as the most cost effective way to address the poverty problem.

Indeed, improved coordination between countries would contribute to more cost efficient use of resources and equipment.

Australia considers that integrated IAEA safeguards are essential to the effective and cost effective implementation of strengthened safeguards.

A tripling of the excise tax would roughly double the price of cigarettes (as has happened in New York City), preventing about three million deaths per year by 2030.

It was also viewed as a means to avoid duplication, reduce costs, maximize synergies among agencies and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of programmes.

The CER consists of the change in societal costs (e.g., resources, money) as the numerator, and the change in health (e.g., disability or functionality, shortened or prolonged life) as the denominator.

Offices and units should be consolidated wherever possible, and a determination should be made as to which functions could be more efficiently or cost effectively provided centrally.

We have a detailed plan for the rebalance in our budget, and we have made decisions that will make our military more cost effective, efficient, and productive.

The cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) ratio can be a more practical tool for decision making than CBA in that it involves the comparison of the costs of achieving a particular non monetary objectives such as lives saved, health improvement, or quality of life.

This is then used to allocate healthcare resources, with an intervention with a lower cost to QALY saved (incremental cost effectiveness) ratio ( ICER ) being preferred over an intervention with a higher ratio.

Lastly, MONUC must administer its operational costs, particularly those relating to official travel, in a more effective manner and make savings wherever possible.

When good progress is discovered in developing a cost effective analysis (CEA) it can help determine if extending it to a cost benefit analysis (CBA) study is possible (essentially, asking if the cost utility analysis attains the welfare economic standard).

But it is not a sustainable solution to vitamin A deficiency. And, while it is cost effective, recent published estimates indicate that golden rice is much more so.

5. Calls upon the Secretary General to ensure that the preparation of a comprehensive design plan and detailed cost analysis for the capital master plan will identify all viable alternatives in the most cost effective and efficient manner

Put in economic terms, the benefits are 35 times higher than the costs even without taking into account that it safeguards our most effective malaria drug from future drug resistance.

UNICEF advocates for joint premises where they maintain or improve cost effectiveness and security and where their negotiation does not impede the response of UNICEF to the humanitarian crisis.

UNODC has provided technical assistance in computer based training and joint drug control policies, which have enhanced the efficiency of standardized drug law enforcement training for the whole region, resulting in cost savings.

Psychological processes, such as cognition, motivation, values and other characteristics of the poor and the disadvantaged are to be viewed both as consequences as well as antecedent conditions which are ultimately related to human capabilities (Misra Mohanty 2000a 264).

Mr. Sach (Acting Controller), replying to the questions posed, assured the representative of Uruguay that the overall question of cost effectiveness would be addressed in the context of the presentation of the proposed budget for MONUC for 2005 2006.

Development effectiveness

With regard to the financial arrangements, it will be recalled that in accordance with the practice followed on the occasion of previous multilateral disarmament conferences, and as reflected in the Rules of Procedure, the costs of such conferences, including those pertaining to preparatory meetings, would be shared among the States Parties participating in the conferences, based upon the United Nations scale of assessment pro rated to take into account the number of

Subject to the States Parties' approval of the estimated costs and cost sharing formula, assessment notices will be prepared based on the overall estimated costs and applicable cost sharing formula.

ROME Today s policies to combat climate change cost much more than the benefits they produce. Unfortunately, bad political choices often make these policies even less cost effective.

Finally, following the principle, everyone is covered, but not everything is covered, governments must investigate which services are most cost effective, and which should not be publicly financed, because they are both expensive and ineffective.

Requests the Secretary General to undertake the review of the functions of the posts as an ongoing exercise and to determine the level of posts according to changing operational requirements as well as the actual responsibilities and functions performed, with a view to ensuring the most cost effective use of resources

So, we began through our nonprofit institute's training hospitals around the country, and we found that most people could avoid surgery, and not only was it medically effective, it was also cost effective.

The most cost efficient way to achieve the 20 target would be to operate a single, EU wide carbon market, which would cost the EU about 96 billion annually by 2020.

What is least appreciated of all is how cost effectively these agencies for all their limitations perform overall, in both absolute and comparative terms.

Requests the Secretary General to undertake the review of the functions of the posts as an ongoing exercise and to determine the level of posts according to changing operational requirements as well as the actual responsibilities and functions performed, with a view to ensuring the most cost effective use of resources

It is expected that the outcome of Parties' consideration of the management of the review processes at SBI 23 COP 11 will enable the secretariat to organize these processes in the most cost effective manner.

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Administrative costs

Development effectiveness

There are a number of other costs, some potentially quite large, although quantifying them is problematic.

Moreover, as Elie Hassenfeld has argued on GiveWell.net, there are good grounds for thinking that disaster relief is less cost effective than aid aimed at saving the lives of those who are risk from extreme poverty.

The goal of applying CEA is to allow for comparison of a variety of interventions in terms of non monetary (health) gains at a given cost, keeping the comparators in the same terms or units of measure.