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H.30 Total value of cash (USD) transferred to people by WFP, as a service provided by WFP to a government or a non-government partner organization

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H.30 Total value of cash (USD) transferred to people by WFP, as a service provided by WFP to a government or a non-government partner organization

VERSION

V1.0 - 2026.03 — NEW

INDICATOR CODE

H.30

TECHNICAL OWNER

SCD-I

INDICATOR TYPE

Country Level Output Indicator

INDICATOR CLASSIFICATION

Mandatory

INDICATOR SCOPE

Programme specific

APPLICABILITY

The selection of this indicator is mandatory against the following sub-activities in CSP logframes. Selection of the below sub-activities will trigger in COMET the mandatory selection of this indicator:

  1. Cash Transfer  Services (CTS)

Especially those encompasses three distinct on-demand services: on‑demand cash transfer services to UN or NGO partners, on‑demand Government‑to‑Person (G2P) payment services, and on‑demand voucher services to UN or NGO partners.

UNIT OF MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS

Value (USD)

DEFINITION

This indicator measures the aggregate monetary value (in USD) of cash transferred by the World Food Programme on behalf of a government or a non‑governmental partner to targeted recipients.


It captures WFP’s role not as the programme owner, but as the service provider, using its cash‑based transfer (CBT) delivery systems to transfer funds for another organization

Below are some key terminologies for this indicator:

  • On-demand services are provided by WFP at the request of an external party in exchange for payment. Service provision activities primarily serve the needs and interests of the requesting party and are provided on a quid pro quo basis. These are services, expertise and/or transfers of goods in which each party’s rights and responsibilities in relation to the transferred goods, services or expertise are clearly delineated (Service Provision Activities Under the Country Strategic Plan Framework)

RATIONALE

This indicator is needed to document the value of these on-demand services provided per year.

Tracking the value of cash transferred through WFP shows the degree of support to national systems, which is increasingly important for localization and system‑strengthening agenda.

DATA SOURCE

The data source for the indicator is the information recorded in the WINGS system.

Actuals are reported in the COMET system through the completion report/s, under the section for actual data (implementation module).

INDICATOR CALCULATION FOR REPORTING

This indicator is calculated by summing the USD of actual transfers, disaggregated by detailed indicator (type of client).

The reported data must reflect the actual transfers made to clients’ recipients, meaning the amounts that were truly disbursed, not the intended or planned transfers. Accordingly, the data should be sourced from the reconciled payment file (actual transfers), rather than from the payment list, which only reflects intended payments.

DATA ENTRY AND DISAGGREGATION IN CORPORATE SYSTEMS

The output indicator can be further disaggregation by type of client.

This indicator has two detailed indicators. Country Offices (COs) should select at least one detailed indicator:

  • T.30.1 Total value of cash transferred to people by WFP as a service to governments

  • T.30.2 Total value of cash transferred to people by WFP as a service to partners

In addition to this, each detailed indicator can be collected in COMET by:

  • Geographical location

  • Sub-activity

PLANNED FIGURES

Planned value represents the expected amount of cash (in USD) that WFP and the partner anticipate will be transferred to people through WFP during the reporting period, as per the agreement signed between WFP and the client.

Planned values for the reporting year are set annually for the table’s items / additional details related to the detailed indicator, along with the other years of the CSP/ICSP. These values should be planned in the COMET Other Output Plan (OOP) and must be established during the first quarter of the first year of CSP/ICSP implementation. Additionally, planned values are captured in the partnerships and/or agreements in COMET system, with a focus on the reporting year.

For subsequent years of the CSP/ICSP, targets can either be marked as ‘no data’ or, if initially planned, should be reviewed and updated during the first quarter of the current reporting year.

FREQUENCY OF DATA COLLECTION

The data should be collected on an annual basis.

This indicator relies on financial, operational, and partner‑provided data, all of which must be verified and reconciled before reporting.

The data collection process for reporting the total value of cash (USD) transferred by WFP as a service to partners involves extracting transaction data from WFP, gathering partner transfer instructions, and obtaining payment confirmation files from financial service providers. These data sources are then reconciled to ensure accuracy—removing failed, cancelled, or duplicate transactions—after which all verified amounts are converted to USD using the appropriate exchange rate and aggregated to produce the final total, followed by internal quality checks to ensure completeness and correct classification before reporting.

INTERPRETATION

This indicator reflects the scale of WFP’s role as a cash‑transfer service provider. A higher total value indicates greater reliance on WFP’s delivery systems by governments or non‑government partners to disburse their assistance to their programme recipients. The indicator demonstrates the extent to which WFP enables partner programmes, including social protection and emergency cash responses. However, it does not measure programme outcomes or the effectiveness of the assistance delivered; it only captures the value of funds transferred through WFP’s systems.

REPORTING EXAMPLE(S)

In 2025, WFP transferred USD 132.4 million to 163,000 households (776,000 people) on behalf of the Government of Lebanon as part of the G2P payments service provision contract funded by the World Bank under the Emergency Crisis and Covid-19 Response Social Safety Net Project (ESSN).

INDICATORS COLLECTED & ANALYSED AT THE SAME TIME

The following indicators may be reported along with this indicator:

VISUALIZATION

CASHBoard (indicators dashboard under development)

LIMITATIONS

This indicator is primarily descriptive and does not give insight into quality of services or nature of the programmes the services support.

FURTHER INFORMATION

On-demand Supply Chain Services Catalogue | WFPgo

Government-to-Person (G2P) Payments Services Catalogue | WFPgo

Other Outputs Package (pending update)