Emergency Aid

Emergency Aid covers interventions that alleviate the suffering and economic damage caused by disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, floods, droughts, famines and war.

It is a very difficult intervention type to assess, because it is so wide-ranging, there is little quantitative data, and because each emergency is unique. At this point in time, we have no information on the cost-effectiveness of different types of emergency aid, but we hope to rectify this in the future.

For a more detailed analysis of an intervention-type, see our pages on health.