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Main calculationsunittypeOverall
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Final cost-effectiveness estimate (pulled from below for visibility)xcashcalc1.0
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Costs
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Total funding transferred to households
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Grant size$input$1,000,000
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Proportion of total costs transferred to households%input83%
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Total funding transferred to households$calc$830,000
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Outputs
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Cash transfers
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Size of cash transfer per household$input$1,000
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Number of cash transfers made#calc830
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People per household#input4.7
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Size of cash transfer per person$calc$213
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Outcomes
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Baseline consumption
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Baseline annual consumption per capitanom. $input$286
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Investment returns
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Percentage of transfers invested%input39%
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Amount invested per person$calc$83
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Return on investment%input10%
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Annual increase in consumption per person from investment returnsnom. $calc$8.30
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Annual increase in ln(consumption) per person from investment returnsln($)calc0.03
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Years of investment benefits#input10
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Discount rate for future benefits%input4%
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Present value of future increases in ln(consumption) per person (excluding the last year of expected benefits)ln($)calc0.21
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Percent of investment returned when benefits end%input20%
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Present value of ln(consumption) increase in the last year of expected benefitsln($)calc0.06
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Present value of all future increases in ln(consumption) per personln($)calc0.27
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Short-term consumption
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Percentage of transfers not invested%calc61%
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Increase in short-term consumption per person from funds transferred$calc$130
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Short-term increase in ln(consumption) per person from funds transferredln($)calc0.37
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Total present value of cash transfers
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Total present value of cash transfer per person in terms of increases in ln(consumption)ln($)calc0.64
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Discount to the benefits of cash from potential negative spillover effects on consumption%input-5%
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Total present value of cash transfer per person, accounting for spilloversln($)calc0.61
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Total units of increase in ln(consumption) per householdln($)calc2.87
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Value of outcomes
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Units of value generated from cash transfers
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Number of transfers made#calc830
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Total units of increase in ln(consumption)ln($)calc2384
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Value assigned to increasing ln(consumption) by one unit for one person for one year#input1.44
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Total units of value generated#calc3,440
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Units of value generated per dollar spent#calc0.003
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Contribution of each outcome to overall cost-effectiveness
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Percent of modeled benefits coming from investment returns in the future%calc42%
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Percent of modeled benefits coming from short-term consumption increases%calc58%
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Adjustments
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Supplemental charity-level adjustments
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Risk of wastage
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Double treatment%input0%
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Ineffective goods%input0%
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Goods purchased and left in storage until they expire / cash doesn't receive recipients or is taken back from them inappropriately%input-3%
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Total adjusment for risk of wastage%calc-3%
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Quality of monitoring and evaluation
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Misappropriation without monitoring results%input0%
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Misappropriation without monitoring results%input0%
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Total adjustment for quality of monitoring and evaluation%calc0%
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Confidence in funds being used for intended purpose
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Change of priorities%input0%
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Non-funding bottlenecks%input0%
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Within-org fungibility%input-5%
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Total adjustment for confidence in funds being used for intended purpose%calc-5%
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Total supplemental charity-level adjustment%calc-8%
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Supplemental intervention-level adjustments
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Changes in purchasing power parity (PPP) and exchange rates%input-7%
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Developmental effects%input5%
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Reduced morbidity%input4%
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Child mortality effects%input4%
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Total supplemental intervention-level adjustment%calc6%
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Cost-effectiveness (after all adjustments)
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Cost-effectiveness after all adjustments
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Total units of value generated, after accounting for all adjustmentsUoVcalc3,355
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Units of value generated per philanthropic dollar spent, after accounting for all adjustments
UoV / $
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Cost-effectiveness in terms of multiples of GiveDirectly's unconditional cash transfer program, after all adjustmentsxcashcalc1.0
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