Resource Mapping and Expenditure Tracking for COVID-19 Response: a Design Checklist and Overview of Tools

This brief is intended to inform policymakers and development partners designing and implementing RMET for COVID-19 responses. It covers three key sections: (1) How to define country needs for your COVID-19 RMET: “use cases”– including illustrative examples of how resource mapping data can be used to strengthen COVID-19 responses; (2) Designing a “fit for purpose” RMET exercise – a checklist of design tradeoff considerations for countries that seek to improve an existing RMET exercise and countries that are assessing technical requirements for an upcoming exercise for COVID-19 response; and (3) Overview of available tools– for countries that would like to begin resource mapping and/or expenditure tracking for COVID-19, or would like to change the tool they are using and are assessing available tools and resources.