The livelihood impacts of the Equitable Payments for Watershed Services (EPWS) Program in Morogoro, Tanzania

Kwayu, Emmanuel J.; Paavola, Jouni; Sallu, Susannah M.

doi:10.1017/s1355770x17000067

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Vocational and business training to improve women’s labour market outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Chinen¹,

Hoop²,

Balarín³

et al. 2018

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The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) is an international grant-making NGO promoting evidence-informed development policies and programmes. We are the global leader in funding, producing and synthesising high-quality evidence of what works, for whom, how, why and at what cost. We believe that using better and policy-relevant evidence helps to make development more effective and improve people's lives. 3ie systematic reviews 3ie systematic reviews appraise and synthesise the available high-quality evidence on the effectiveness of social and economic development interventions in low-and middleincome countries. These reviews follow scientifically recognised review methods, and are peer-reviewed and quality assured according to internationally accepted standards. 3ie is providing leadership in demonstrating rigorous and innovative review methodologies, such as using theory-based approaches suited to inform policy and programming in the dynamic contexts and challenges of low-and middle-income countries.

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Vocational and business training to improve women’s labour market outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Chinen¹,

Hoop²,

Balarín³

et al. 2018

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Incentives for climate mitigation in the land use sector—the effects of payment for environmental services on environmental and socioeconomic outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A mixed‐methods systematic review

Snilsveit¹,

Stevenson²,

Langer

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Campbell Systematic Reviews

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Unsustainable practices in the land use sector contribute to climate change through the release of greenhouse gases. Payment for environmental services (PESs) provide economic incentives to reduce the negative environmental impacts of land use and are a popular approach to mitigate climate change in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Some PES programmes also aim to improve socioeconomic outcomes and reduce poverty. This systematic review examines the effect of programmes on environmental and socioeconomic outcomes. We identified 44 quantitative impact evaluations and 60 qualitative studies of PES programmes for inclusion in the review, to assess both the effects of PES and identify context, design and implementation features that may influence PES effectiveness. The studies covered 18 programmes from 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia and Pacific, South Asia and Sub‐Saharan Africa. The review finds that PES may increase household income, reduce deforestation and improve forest cover, but the findings are, however, based on low and very low quality evidence from a small number of programmes and should be treated with caution. Qualitative evidence indicates that several factors influence whether PES programmes are likely to be effective in different contexts and suggests that the inclusion of strong governance structures and the effective targeting of both locations and participants may improve intervention effectiveness. Funders, implementing agencies and researchers should collaborate to develop a coordinated programme of rigorous, mixed‐methods impact evaluation implemented across contexts. Until such evidence is available, PES programmes remain a high‐risk strategy for climate change mitigation.

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“…), and 3) measured the impact on at least one indicator which reflects the overall livelihood status such as total income, total consumption expenditure and/or gross value of household assets. Based on these criteria, studies such as those of Antle (2008), Cole (2010) and their co-authors were not included because their evaluation methods were beyond the scope of this study; studies such as those of Robalino (2014), Sims (2017) and their co-authors were not included because the impact was not measured at the household level; studies such as those of Bravo-Ureta (2011), Kwayu (2017) and their co-authors were not included because their livelihood indicators were unable to reflect the overall livelihood status of ES suppliers. This left us with 27 primary evaluation studies, as shown in Table A1.…”

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Meta-Analysis of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services Programmes in Developing Countries

Liu

Kontoleon

2018

Ecological Economics

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Payments for environmental services (PES) programmes have been widely promoted over the last few decades in many developing countries. Improving the livelihoods of environmental services (ES) suppliers is not only seen as a side benefit but is often considered a prerequisite for the viability of PES. Yet, the ability to draw 'overview lessons' over the impacts of PES on livelihoods from literature review studies remains limited. To overcome these shortcomings, we undertake a meta-analysis of causal statistical studies on the effects of PES on the livelihoods of ES suppliers in the developing world. The setup of our meta-analysis allows us to draw more conservative but more reliable and generalisable overview lessons. Our findings suggest that PES programmes are likely to have positive but modest livelihood impacts on ES suppliers. Further, several institutional characteristics of PES are found to be correlated with more favourable livelihood impacts, such as high payments, high degree of voluntary participation, low transaction costs and better access to alternative income sources. Lastly, our results highlight the importance of controlling for unobservable confounders when undertaking original evaluation studies on the impacts of PES. These factors should be incorporated in the design, implementation and evaluation of PES.

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The livelihood impacts of the Equitable Payments for Watershed Services (EPWS) Program in Morogoro, Tanzania

Cited by 32 publications

References 70 publications

Vocational and business training to improve women’s labour market outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Vocational and business training to improve women’s labour market outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Incentives for climate mitigation in the land use sector—the effects of payment for environmental services on environmental and socioeconomic outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A mixed‐methods systematic review

Meta-Analysis of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services Programmes in Developing Countries

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