Dr Martin Noltze
Dr Martin Noltze joined DEval in 2012 and currently works as a Senior Evaluator at the Competence Centre Methods on the development and management of cutting-edge evaluation designs in the context of complex evaluations. In the course of his scientific career Martin Noltze has previously worked for different research projects at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development and the Faculty of Geography, University of Göttingen, Germany. Holding different positions as a research associate Martin Noltze focused on the evaluation of development programmes in urban and rural contexts of developing countries. Over the years he has been involved in comprehensive field work activities applying quantitative and qualitative data collection tools and analytical methods. Martin Noltze holds a MSc in economic geography (since 2009) and a PhD in agricultural economics (since 2012).
Key qualifications
- Thematic focus
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agricultural and development economics, especially food economics,
poverty,
rural development,
(mega-)city development,
health and micro-finance
- Methodological focus
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complex evaluations,
theory-based evaluation designs and (quasi)experimental / econometric impact models
- Regional focus
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South-East Asia
Africa
Evaluations and Projects
- Evaluation of Adaptation Interventions in Agriculture, Water and Coastal Protection
- Evaluation of Interventions for Dealing with Residual Climate Risks
- Portfolio and Allocation Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Interventions
- Sustainability in German Development Cooperation
- Agricultural Value Chains
- Rwandan-German Development Cooperation in the Health Sector
Publications
- Policy Brief: Better criteria for better evaluation? Reforming the international evaluation criteria
- Policy Brief: Bessere Kriterien für bessere Evaluierungen? Die Reform der internationalen Evaluierungskriterien
- Policy Brief: Mejores criterios para una mejor evaluación. La reforma de los criterios internacionales de evaluación
- Impact assessment in complex evaluations
- Von der ergebnis- zur wirkungsorientierten Evaluation – ein ganzheitlicher Ansatz der partizipativen Evaluation von Schulen in Baden-Württemberg
- Policy Brief: Climate Change Adaptation: Is German Funding Reaching Particularly Affected Countries?
- Policy Brief: Anpassung an den Klimawandel: Erreicht die deutsche Finanzierung die besonders betroffenen Länder?
- Policy Brief: Evaluando la sostenibilidad en tiempos de la Agenda 2030
- Policy Brief: Estándares para evaluaciones del DEval
- Evaluierung von Maßnahmen zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel. Portfolio- und Allokationsanalyse.
- Methoden und Standards 2018: Standards für Evaluierungen des DEval
- Policy Brief: Evaluierung von Nachhaltigkeit in Zeiten der Agenda 2030
- Meta-Evaluierung von Nachhaltigkeit in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
- Evaluierungssynthese von Nachhaltigkeit in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
- Policy Brief: Evaluating Sustainability in Times of the 2030 Agenda
- Methods and Standards 2018: Standards for DEval Evaluations
- Lernen fördern. Transparenz schaffen. 5 Jahre DEval 2012 – 2017
- Landwirtschaftliche Wertschöpfungsketten
- Policy Brief: Landwirtschaftliche Wertschöpfungsketten
- Policy Brief: Chaînes de Valeur Agricoles: Moteur d'un développement économique inclusif dans l'espace rural?
- Policy Brief: Agricultural value chains
- Agricultural Value Chains
- 30 Jahre ruandisch-deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit im Gesundheitswesen
- Thirty Years of Rwandan-German Development Cooperation in the Health Sector
Selected publications
Noltze, M.; Köngeter, A.; Römling, C. and D. Hoffmann (2021), “Monitoring, evaluation and learning for climate risk management”, OECD Development Co[1]operation Working Paper No 92, OECD Publishing, Paris
Noltze, M., und M. Rauschenbach (2019), "Anpassungen an den Klimawandel: Erreicht die deutsche Finanzierung die besonders betroffenen Länder?". DEval Policy Brief 01/2020. German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn. [Link]
Noltze, M. and M. Rauschenbach (2019), Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Measures. Portfolio and Allocation Analysis. German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
Euler, M., M. Noltze and I. Verspohl (2018), Evaluating Sustainability in Times of the 2030 Agenda, DEval Policy Brief 04/2018, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
Noltze, M., M. Euler and I. Verspohl (2018), Meta-evaluation of sustainability in German development cooperation, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn
Noltze, M., M. Euler and I. Verspohl (2018), Evaluation synthesis of sustainability in German development cooperation, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn
Kaplan, M., S. Brüntrup-Seidemann and M. Noltze (2016), Agricultural value chains, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
Kaplan, M., S. Brüntrup-Seidemann and M. Noltze (2016), Chaînes de valeur agricoles – moteur d’un développement économique inclusif dans l’espace rural?, DEval Policy Brief 04/2016, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
Kaplan, M., S. Brüntrup-Seidemann and M. Noltze (2016), Agricultural value chains, DEval Policy Brief 04/2016, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
Noltze, M., Gaisbauer, F., Schwedersky, T., Krapp, S. (2014), “Contribution analysis as an evaluation strategy in the context of a sector-wide approach: Performance-based health financing in Rwanda”, African Evaluation Journal, Jg. 2, Nr. 1, Art. #81.
Gaisbauer, F., Noltze, M, Schwedersky, T., Krapp, S. (2014), „Dreißig Jahre ruandisch-deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit im Gesundheitssektor: Herausforderungen einer komplexen Evaluierung“, Zeitschrift für Evaluation, Vol. 17, No. 2.
Schwedersky, T., Noltze, M., Gaisbauer, F. (2014), Thirty Years of Rwandan-German Cooperation in Health. Evaluation Report, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
Noltze, M., S. Schwarze and M. Qaim (2013), “Experience with the System of Rice Intensification in Timor Leste”, Rural 21, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 38-40.
Noltze, M., S. Schwarze and M. Qaim (2013), “Impacts of natural resource management technologies on agricultural yield and household income: The system of rice intensification in Timor Leste”, Ecological Economics, Vol. 85, pp. 59-68.
Noltze, M., S. Schwarze and M. Qaim (2012), “Understanding the adoption of system technologies in smallholder agriculture: the system of rice intensification (SRI) in Timor Leste”, Agricultural Systems, Vol. 108, pp. 64-73.
Noltze, M. (2012), Adoption and impacts of system technologies in smallholder agriculture - the System of Rice Intensification in Timor Leste, Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
Noltze, M., S. Schwarze, and M. Qaim (2011), “Knowledge-Based Agricultural Innovations in Asia: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Timor Leste”, Pacific News, No. 35, pp. 4-9.
Noltze, M. (2008), “Backyard Living - Integrative Policies towards Migrant Workers. Housing Microfinance in Greater Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam”, Austrian Journal for South-East Asian Studies (ASEAS), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 19-33.
Contact
Dr Martin Noltze
Phone: +49 (0)228 336907-934
E-mail: martin.noltze@DEval.org