Nahouri Cash Transfers Pilot Project (NCTPP)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Programme type
Population group
Children
Programme Details
Programme objectives
Reducing poverty among HIV/AIDS-affected families.
Barrientos, A. et al. 2010. “Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database Version 5.0.”
Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper; Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper.
Manchester, UK: Brooks World Poverty Institute. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1672090>.
Programme components
The two-year pilot was meant to test alternative ways of delivering cash transfers. The target population was randomly divided into four different groups: two received an unconditional transfer (in one group, the benefit was delivered to the father and in the other, to the mother); two received a conditional transfer (in one group, the benefit was delivered to the father and in the other, to the mother).
Akresh, R. et al. 2012. “Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Routine
Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso.” IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 6321. Bonn: IZA.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://ftp.iza.org/dp6321.pdf>.
Start date
2008
Akresh, R. et al. 2012. “Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso.” IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 6321. Bonn: IZA. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://ftp.iza.org/dp6321.pdf>.
Conditionalities (if any)
Children (0–6) had to attend health centres and have at least 90 per cent school attendance every quarter.
Barrientos, A. et al. 2010. “Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database Version 5.0.”
Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper; Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper.
Manchester, UK: Brooks World Poverty Institute. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1672090>.
Coverage
2600 families in 60 villages (2011)
Akresh, R. et al. 2011. Community Response to HIV/AIDS - Evaluation Research Highlights:
Burkina Faso. London: Stop Aids. Accessed 21 January 2022. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08ad4ed915d622c000927/Evaluation-Research-Highlights-Burkina-Faso1.pdf>.
Programme expenditure
USD1.4 million per year (2010)
Barrientos, A. et al. 2010. “Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database Version 5.0.”
Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper; Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper.
Manchester, UK: Brooks World Poverty Institute. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1672090>.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Proxy Means Test
Geographical Targeting
Barrientos, A. et al. 2010. “Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database Version 5.0.”
Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper; Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper.
Manchester, UK: Brooks World Poverty Institute. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1672090>.
Targeted areas
60 villages of the Nahouri province.
Akresh, R. et al. 2011. Community Response to HIV/AIDS - Evaluation Research Highlights:
Burkina Faso. London: Stop Aids. Accessed 21 January 2022. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08ad4ed915d622c000927/Evaluation-Research-Highlights-Burkina-Faso1.pdf>.
Target groups
Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), made vulnerable by HIV or poverty.
Akresh, R. et al. 2011. Community Response to HIV/AIDS - Evaluation Research Highlights:
Burkina Faso. London: Stop Aids. Accessed 21 January 2022. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08ad4ed915d622c000927/Evaluation-Research-Highlights-Burkina-Faso1.pdf>.
Eligibility criteria
Children under 15 who were either:
• orphans;
• living with a person living with HIV; or
• living below the poverty line as defined by a 2007 national survey
Akresh, R. et al. 2011. Community Response to HIV/AIDS - Evaluation Research Highlights:
Burkina Faso. London: Stop Aids. Accessed 21 January 2022. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08ad4ed915d622c000927/Evaluation-Research-Highlights-Burkina-Faso1.pdf>.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Cash
Amount of benefits
Ages 0–6: XOF1,000 (USD2.04)
Ages 7–10: XOF2,000 (USD4.08)
Ages 11–15: XOF4,000 (USD8.17)
Economic Policy Research Institute. n.d. Country profile: Burkina Faso. Cape Town: EPRI.
Accessed 21 January 2022. <http://epri.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/5-BurkinaFaso.pdf>.
Payment/delivery frequency
Quarterly.
Benefit delivery mechanism
Village committees were responsible for providing the payments.
Akresh, R. et al. 2011. Community Response to HIV/AIDS - Evaluation Research Highlights:
Burkina Faso. London: Stop Aids. Accessed 21 January 2022. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08ad4ed915d622c000927/Evaluation-Research-Highlights-Burkina-Faso1.pdf>.
Benefit recipients
Heads of Households
Akresh, R. et al. 2011. Community Response to HIV/AIDS - Evaluation Research Highlights:
Burkina Faso. London: Stop Aids. Accessed 21 January 2022. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08ad4ed915d622c000927/Evaluation-Research-Highlights-Burkina-Faso1.pdf>.
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
Evaluation was supported by the Government of Burkina Faso and international donors.
Akresh, R. et al. 2011. Community Response to HIV/AIDS - Evaluation Research Highlights:
Burkina Faso. London: Stop Aids. Accessed 21 January 2022. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08ad4ed915d622c000927/Evaluation-Research-Highlights-Burkina-Faso1.pdf>.
