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This evaluation report investigates the impact of ten years of comprehensive land-use planning in the Philippines. Based on a mixed-methods and quasi-experimental design, The impact evaluation assesses a technical approach to enhanced land-use planning and capacity development from community to national level, supporting decentralized planning, natural resource governance, and resilience to natural hazards and climate change.

• Englische Zusammenfassung (PDF, 1.87 MB) 9 Seiten
• Deutsche Zusammenfassung (PDF, 1.89 MB) 9 Seiten
• Zur Stellungnahme des BMZ

• Leppert, G., L. Hohfeld, M. Lech and T. Wencker (2018), Impact, Diffusion and Scaling-Up of a Comprehensive Land-Use Planning Approach in the Philippines. From Development Cooperation to National Policies, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

• Leppert, G. und M. Lech (2018), Current Issues of the Philippine Land Use Planning and Management System, DEval Policy Brief 1/2018, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

The report at hand presents first results derived from a quantitative impact evaluation of an intervention for enhanced land use planning in the Philippines. The SIMPLE (Sustainable Integrated Management and Planning for Local Government Ecosystems) approach embedded in the Philippine-German cooperation’s “Environment and Rural Development (EnRD)” program was implemented between 2006 and 2015, managed by the Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

• Garcia Schustereder, M., L. Hohfeld, M. Lech and G. Leppert (2016), Donor-Assisted Land-use Planning in the Philippines: Insights from a Multi-Level Survey, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.