Who Really Benefits? Bringing Women and Youth into Cost–Benefit Analysis
Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is a powerful tool for shaping economic policy—but too often it treats society as if everyone benefits in the same way. This piece explores how integrating gender and youth dimensions into CBA can reveal hidden constraints, sharpen targeting, and support more inclusive, resilient investments. By disaggregating data and listening directly to women and young people, we can design projects that are not only efficient on paper, but genuinely equitable in practice.
