World Bank (WB)

University of New South Wales

(UNSW)

Governance and set up

Appointments and support

Data-Collection, Input & Calibration

Pre-Analysis Stage

Analysis and Report Stage

Dissemination Stage

Franchisee University

(FU)

Project Leadership Group (PLG): WB

HIV TL, WB TTL, UNSW PL

Optima Project Management

Committee (OPMC): WB, UNSW, FU

- Receives study requests- Keeps inventory of all

study requests- Negotiates with country

- Receives study requests- Informs WB through PLG

- Examine time frame- Identify country needs- Understand relevance

and potential use- Consider GF and other

donor requests

- Develop common understanding of

country context and rationale of analytical

support

- Sign franchisee agreement

- Training and accreditation of FU

team

- Appoints an AE study task lead and financial sustainability support- Ensure country

commitment to provide data / set up study team

- Appoints lead AE analyst (and potentially a support analyst);

- UNSW PL to provide support as needed.

- Identify a country coordinator as main

interlocutor between country and the PLG (or

OPMC)- Identify individual team

members’ responsibilities

- Appoints lead allocative efficiency analyst;

- Appoints data collection focal point;

- Initiate country dialogue- Introduce concept of AE- Review and finalize SoW

- Conduct in-country mission on SoW, data

and context

- Review national strategic plan

- Propose optimization and scenario analyses

- Facilitate formulating study objectives

- Prepare a Scope of Work (SoW)

- Conduct in-country mission on SoW, data

and context

- Sign off on the study SoW

- Conduct (UNSW led studies) or provide

oversight on (FU studies) data collection

- Review calibration and CCOCs

- Sign off on completed data spreadsheet

- Sign off on model calibration and key

assumptions for CCOCs

- Introduce the Optima GUI and data spreadsheet

- Identify relevant data sources and collate data

in spreadsheet- Revise data spreadsheet

- Create a project in Optima

- Calibrate the model- Develop cost-coverage outcome curves (CCOCs)

- Review preliminary analysis results

- Review draft report- Review ppts and

policy briefs

- Sign-off on the modelling outputs (analysis results)

- Conduct agreed optimization and scenario analyses

- Share preliminary results (PLG and

country core team)- Revise analyses

- Produce an AE report- Produce ppts

- Develop policy briefs

- Resolve any pending issues in relation to study completion

- Develop a broad dissemination

approach jointly with Government

and WB- Conduct / participate in dissemination

activities such as teleconferences or

meetings

- Develop detailed dissemination plan

jointly with Gov.- Certify completion

of AE study

Overview on Standard Operating Procedures for Allocative Efficiency Analysis Using

Note: This chart does not supersede the detailed Standard Operating Procedures for Conducting AE analysis in Optima. It only serves for illustrative purposes

- Sign off on reports and policy briefs

Standard Operating Procedures for Allocative Efficiency Analysis Using