Participatory Cost-Benefit Analysis: Training in Tabasco, Mexico
- Dr. Maria Fernanda Enriquez
- Apr 15, 2015
- 2 min read

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ISET-International staff conducted a training workshop in Tabasco, Mexico from 19-21 November 2014 for the Mexican Red Cross. The goal of the workshop was to help Red Cross staff and attendees better understand and integrate a participatory cost-benefit analysis (PCBA) in their evaluation of flood resilience projects. PCBA is a policy tool that enables policy-makers to identify more feasible resilience projects to implement when communities have several competing options in mind. It considers the financial, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the projects to be evaluated, and through participatory deliberation it provides a scoring of the alternative policy options, allowing policy-makers and the communities they serve to make difficult decisions. PCBA does not require much technical knowledge, financial resources, or time to be successfully implemented. ISET-International has pioneered the implementation of PCBA in several communities in South Asia and South East Asia, tailoring the PCBA to the needs of the Mexican Red Cross for the Tabasco workshop. The final product of the workshop is a pocket guide to assist facilitators in the future when working with communities in the field, which is available at http://i-s-e-t.org/resources/training/pcba-guide-spanish.html