Cost-benefit analysis for regions
A social cost-benefit analysis (MKBA) supports regional policy and area-based initiatives with a broad welfare perspective. The method makes effects on the living environment, health and economy visible, comparable and suitable for administrative decision-making.
Regional choices affect the living environment, health and economy at the same time. A social cost-benefit analysis (MKBA) makes those effects explicit and comparable, so policy and investment decisions can be substantiated from a broad welfare perspective.
Policy with evidence
Effects
Social costs and benefits of policy choices.
Comparison
Scenarios assessed through broad welfare effects.
Decision
Evidence that supports administrative choices.
The approach
Further reading in the knowledge base
Key concepts behind regional evidence and broad welfare.
Related solutions
Projects and insights
Frequently asked questions
A social cost-benefit analysis (MKBA) maps the wider effects of area-based policy and regional initiatives on the living environment, health and economy.
Policy choices often create effects outside the public budget. A social cost-benefit analysis (MKBA) makes those effects visible and comparable for administrative assessment.
Broad welfare provides the value framework. A social cost-benefit analysis (MKBA) provides the instrument to substantiate and compare those values in concrete policy choices.
Scenarios can include policy alternatives, investment choices or programme variants, as long as scope, effects and assumptions are defined consistently.
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