Publikationen

• Munir, K. and I. Worm (2016), Health Systems Strengthening in German Development Cooperation, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

• M. Kaplan, S. Brüntrup-Seidemann, and M. Noltze (2016), Agricultural Value Chains: Engines of Inclusive Rural Economic Development?, DEval Policy Brief 4/2016, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn

Many tropical regions are experiencing a rapid growth of oil palm cultivation. In Indonesia, the world's leading palm oil producer, in addition to large companies, smallholder farmers are increasingly engaged in the oil palm sector. Smallholder oil palm cultivation may contribute to income gains and socio-economic development. However, land-use decisions by smallholders are not well understood. Without appropriate policies, negative social and environmental consequences can also occur. To improve the knowledge base, we use data about present and past land-use decisions from a survey of farm households in Sumatra. Employing duration models, we analyse the determinants and dynamics of oil palm adoption among smallholders. 

• The article in the Journal of Agricultural Economics

• Euler, M., S. Schwarze, H. Siregar and M. Qaim (2026) Oil Palm Expansion among Smallholder Farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia. In: Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 67, Issue 3, 658-676.

Die meisten Menschen, die derzeit in Deutschland Schutz suchen , fliehen vor dem syrischen Bürgerkrieg. Die Lage in Syrien ist verheerend. Ein Großteil der Syrer, die seit Beginn des Krieges 2011 aus ihrem Heimatland geflohen sind, hat Zuflucht in den Nachbarländern gesucht. Im Februar 2016 beherbergten jene 4,7 Millionen syrische Flüchtlinge. Um diese Staaten zu entlasten, hat die Bundesregierung bereits 2013 und 2014 Programme zur temporären humanitären Aufnahme syrischer Schutzbedürftiger eingerichtet. Wie sehen die Programme aus und welche Auswirkungen haben sie auf die Asylpolitik in und die Flüchtlingszuwanderung nach Deutschland?

• Das Kurzdossier

• Scheinert, L. (2016) Sichere Einreise: Deutschlands Aufnahmeprogramme für syrische Flüchtlinge 2013-2015 und ihre Folgen für Asylpolitik und Flüchtlingszuwanderung. In: Bundeszentrale für
  politische Bildung - Kurzdossiers, Flucht und Asyl: Grundlagen.

This study combines insights of the New Economics of Labour Migration with the asset-basedapproach to welfare dynamics using panel household data from Vietnam. This method allows us to determinewhether poverty transitions induced by remittances are actually structural, that is, based on asset growth andtherefore long term, or stochastic, that is, based only on short-term increases in income, which implies a risk offalling back into poverty. To control for endogeneity of remittances, we use household fixed effects and instru-mental variables estimation. The paper shows that remittances have a positive impact on asset growth and thatthe impact differs with welfare status and ethnicity.

• Amare, M., & L. Hohfeld (2016). Poverty Transition in Rural Vietnam: The Role of Migration and Remittances. The Journal of Development Studies, 52(10), 1463–1478.

• M. Khulatt and Leppert, G. (2016), Health Systems Strengthening in German Development Cooperation: an Unfinished Business, DEval Policy Brief 3/2016, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn