Publications

• Evaluating Resilience-Centered Development Interventions with Remote Sensing

• Kerle, N.; Ghaffarian, S.; Nawrotzki, R.; Leppert, G.; Lech, M. (2019) Evaluating Resilience-Centered Development Interventions with Remote Sensing. Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 2511.

• Lech, M. and G. Leppert (2019), Impacts for Rural Development Land-Use Planning in the Philippines, DEval Policy Brief 2/2019. German Institute for Development Cooperation

• Leppert, G. und S. Harten (2019), Wirkungen in der ländlichen Entwicklung - Landnutzungsplanung auf den Philippinen, DEval Policy Brief 2/2019, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

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.

In this article, the impacts of oil palm adoption on livelihoods of smallholder farm households are analyzed. The study builds on survey data from Sumatra, Indonesia. Treatment-effects and endogenous switching regression models suggest that smallholder households benefit from oil palm adoption on average. Part of the benefit stems from the fact that oil palm requires less labor than rubber, the main alternative crop. This allows oil palm adopters to allocate more labor to off-farm activities and/or to expand their farmland. For households with a low land-to-labor ratio, rubber is typically a more lucrative crop than oil palm. Depending on various social and institutional factors, households’ access to land, labor, and capital varies, contributing to impact heterogeneity. Welfare gains associated with oil palm are more pronounced among households that have formal land titles and access to additional land to expand their farm size during the process of adoption.

• The article in Agricultural Economics

• Krishna, V., M. Euler, H. Siregar and M. Qaim (2017) Differential Livelihood Impacts of Oil Palm Expansion in Indonesia. In: Agricultural Economics, Vol. 48, Issue 5, 639-653.