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The economics of sexual and reproductive health: Resources for training sexual and reproductive health professionals in economic analysis
Economic analysis for sexual and reproductive health
Authors:
P. Compernolle; A. Vassall; R. Baltussen; UNFPA
Publisher:
Royal Tropical Institute , 2008
Economic analysis is an important planning and management tool for all those who want to achieve sexual and reproductive health (SRH) objectives. It can help managers run programmes that are more efficient, better targeted, and financed in a sustainable way.
This training resource book consists of a series of booklets, introducing the basic concepts and tools of economic analysis for sexual and reproductive health professionals. It is intended for use by managers and technical staff with little or no knowledge of economic analysis.
The booklets provide step –by-step guidance and tools for the following topics:
- Cost and expenditure analysis
- Determining costs of SRH
- Cost effectiveness analysis
- Justifying public intervention in SRH
- Economic approaches to equity
- Economic impact of SRH
- Estimating expenditures on SRH
- Resource needs estimation
- Financing SRH
