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Table 3 Input costs per activity—MAM’Out

From: Costs and cost-efficiency of a mobile cash transfer to prevent child undernutrition during the lean season in Burkina Faso: a mixed methods analysis from the MAM’Out randomized controlled trial

Cost center inputs

Costs (USD)

% of total

Beneficiary identification

28,006

7.9

 Personnel

13,302

3.8

 Community costs

   Time of beneficiary identification committee

490

0.1

 Support costs allocated

14,214

4.0

Mobilization

13,816

3.9

 Personnel

5519

1.6

 Support costs allocated

8297

2.3

Distribution

262,735

74.3

 Personnel

5519

1.6

 Program costs

  Cash transfers

194,640

55.0

  Portable phones

16,553

4.7

  Printing beneficiary cards

92

0.0

 Partner costs

  Mobile cash points

   Partner staff

7959

2.3

   Security: gendarme

2608

0.7

   Vehicle rental

6013

1.7

  Fixed cash points

   Distributor staff

249

0.1

   Security: guards

132

0.0

   Building overhead

203

0.1

 Beneficiary costs

   Time at distribution (waiting, travel + participation)

17,343

4.9

   Transport to/from distribution

3127

0.9

 Support costs allocated

8297

2.3

Sensitization

15,459

4.4

 Personnel

5523

1.6

 Beneficiary costs

  Time participating in sensitization

854

0.2

 Support costs allocated

9082

2.6

Follow-up and monitoring

33,684

9.5

 Personnel

10,838

3.1

 Program costs

  Phone credit for Complaints Management Committee

4348

1.2

  Monitoring of markets and food situation

377

0.1

  Post distribution monitoring

1219

0.3

 Community costs

  Time of Complaints Management Committee

608

0.2

 Support costs allocated

16,295

4.6

Total societal costs

353,700 USD

 

 Institutional costs

331,278

93.7

  Humanitarian agency costs

314,114

88.9

  Private partner costs

17,164

4.9

 Community costs

1098

0.3

 Beneficiary costs

21,325

6.0