Table 1 Costs of implementing a CT programme and five different PD programmes, by country and targeted population quartile

From: Nutrient adequacy for poor households in Africa would improve with higher income but not necessarily with lower food prices

   

Malawi

Niger

Uganda

Tanzania

Nigeria

Median marginal propensity to consume CT on food (% of CT)

Q1

0.42

0.58

0.48

0.54

0.46

Q2

0.50

0.52

0.40

0.54

0.43

Q3

0.56

0.50

0.31

0.48

0.35

Q4

0.43

0.47

0.17

0.38

0.17

Average monthly transfer size per household (2011 US$, PPP)

Q1–4

35.65

43.53

29.65

32.80

47.33

Median monthly cost of PD programme per household (2011 US$, PPP)

SG

Q1

13.15

24.09

2.97

8.64

11.30

Q2

22.58

40.03

5.68

15.89

14.52

Q3

31.83

50.97

7.32

20.69

14.69

Q4

40.54

58.42

8.84

20.72

12.42

SS

Q1

1.03

0

6.69

1.47

3.33

Q2

3.22

0

12.01

3.19

7.98

Q3

4.46

0

14.46

4.17

11.04

Q4

5.91

1.10

14.89

4.31

11.65

PN

Q1

2.12

0

4.01

2.10

2.29

Q2

4.30

1.49

7.03

3.04

3.59

Q3

5.16

2.49

8.24

3.08

4.03

Q4

5.90

2.50

8.77

2.05

5.58

FFV

Q1

3.98

0.77

2.34

3.27

3.90

Q2

6.03

1.78

3.95

5.18

6.03

Q3

7.92

3.31

5.64

7.36

7.21

Q4

8.29

6.02

7.76

10.31

8.30

ASF

Q1

0

0

0.98

1.14

4.83

Q2

4.71

0.99

7.21

6.53

11.83

Q3

15.99

3.18

13.55

13.53

18.72

Q4

24.35

8.28

18.93

21.91

24.86

  1. The average monthly transfer size depicts the absolute size of CT that we simulated for each household. The median marginal propensity to consume food in total is based on the share of the modelled CT that is used to increase total food expenditures (as opposed to numéraire good expenditures). The median monthly cost of each PD programme is based on the post-PD quantities consumed of the food groups contained in each category, which varies by total expenditure quartile. Supplementary Table 62 lists the food groups included in each PD category.
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