This guide, written for SDC staff, is on implementing Economic and Financial Analysis in programmes. It is applicable beyond SDC.
It highlights EFA’s role in ensuring programmes funded by the SDC demonstrate efficient, cost-effective, and impactful use of resources.
The document outlines EFA’s importance across various programme stages - from design to implementation to evaluation - by comparing scenarios with and without the programme intervention.
EFA aims to provide insights on a programme's worthiness, efficiency and effectiveness, enhancing SDC’s results-based management.
This Part I offers foundational knowledge on EFA. See also Part 2: Economic and financial analysis methods