CCoP BBL recording – February 2024

High-quality cost data allow decision makers to make informed choices when implementing, modifying, or scaling up programs and interventions. Despite these benefits, cost data remain scarce due to the challenges in collecting and analyzing cost data. In June 2023, building off nearly a decade of work, the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution launched the Childhood Cost Calculator (C3). C3 is an open-access tool for costing interventions across a wide range of sectors related to children and youth including education, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, social protection, and governance. This tool can be used by stakeholders to answer costing questions for planning, adaptation and changes, and to better understand cost drivers.