Key questions for evaluating CTP checklist Questions Methods/Indicators Appropriateness Were sufficient food and other essential goods Interviews with project staff available to be purchased locally? Key informant interviews with local food traders in Were markets able to deliver affordable food and the communities and local authorities other essential items? Available documentation assessment and – Were markets accessible? monitoring reports Did recipients prefer cash over other types of assistance? Coverage How were beneficiaries targeted? Focus group discussions with members of the community and village committees Was targeting perceived as fair? In-depth interviews with households that received Did the use of cash make targeting more difficult? cash and households that did not Was cash shared with households that were not Analysis of whether beneficiaries met targeting targeted? criteria and whether people who met the criteria were excluded Comparisons with targeting in other interventions, where possible Connectedness How did the cash transfers interact with other forms Key informant interviews with project staff of assistance? Mapping of other interventions and interviews with other organizations in the area Interviews with communities about the range of interventions Impact What was the effect of the Focus group discussions with people and income on people’s livelihoods? committees involved in implementation What multiplier effects may have occurred due to the Significance of the transfer as a component of cash? household income What effect did the project have on local markets for Ranking of income sources including the cash grant key goods and services? Distance to market Where and how accessible were the markets where Time taken to purchase goods cash was spent? Focus on potentially vulnerable groups such as the How did households decide on how to use the cash elderly and were there tensions between men and women Separate discussions with men and women or between different generations? Interviews with households that received cash from How has the cash project affected traditional the project community self-help systems? Key informant interviews with local traders and How has the cash project influenced local debt and shopkeepers in the communities and local authorities credit markets? Use of cash to repay debts Influence of cash project on willingness to repay
Key questions for evaluating CTP checklist Questions Methods/Indicators Appropriateness Were sufficient food and other essential goods available to be purchased locally? Were markets able to deliver affordable food and other essential items? Were markets accessible? Did recipients prefer cash over other types of assistance? Interviews with project staff Key informant interviews with local food traders in the communities and local authorities Available documentation – assessment and monitoring reports Coverage How were beneficiaries targeted? Was targeting perceived as fair? Did the use of cash make targeting more difficult? Was cash shared with households that were not targeted? Focus group discussions with members of the community and village committees In-depth interviews with households that received cash and households that did not Analysis of whether beneficiaries met targeting criteria and whether people who met the criteria were excluded Comparisons with targeting in other interventions, where possible Connectedness How did the cash transfers interact with other forms of assistance? Key informant interviews with project staff Mapping of other interventions and interviews with other organizations in the area Interviews with communities about the range of interventions Impact What was the effect of the income on people’s livelihoods? What multiplier effects may have occurred due to the cash? What effect did the project have on local markets for key goods and services? Where and how accessible were the markets where cash was spent? How did households decide on how to use the cash and were there tensions between men and women or between different generations? How has the cash project affected traditional community self-help systems? How has the cash project influenced local debt and credit markets? Focus group discussions with people and committees involved in implementation Significance of the transfer as a component of household income Ranking of income sources including the cash grant Distance to market Time taken to purchase goods Focus on potentially vulnerable groups such as the elderly Separate discussions with men and women Interviews with households that received cash from the project Key informant interviews with local traders and shopkeepers in the communities and local authorities Use of cash to repay debts Influence of cash project on willingness to repay