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For further information contact: Douglas Pachico

[Project Description] [Logframe] [1999 Highlights]
[Output I: Future Impact of Research Estimated] [Output II: Impact of Past Research Monitored]
[Output III: Tools to Assess Impact of Research] [Output IV: Institutional Capacity Assessment Enhanced] [Donors] [Partners] [Staff List] [Publications and Presentations List] [References cited in Report]

 

OUTPUT IV: INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENCHANCED- by: D. Pachico

  • Assisted process of developing impact assessment indicators and data collection system for CIAT Ecoregional reference sites.
  • Conducted workshop for COLCIENCIAS (Colombian National Science Research Council) on methods of assessing research impact.
  • Managed process of introducing log frame planning system into CIAT projects in order to have better performance monitoring indictors.
  • Supervised thesis of three students in Bolivia and research of student from University of California, Berkeley.

 

V. LIST OF DONORS 1999

  • CGIAR Core Donors1
  • CIDA, Canada2
  • Colombian Ministry of Agricultura and Rural Development1
  • Impact Assessment Evaluation Group, CGIAR1
  • Inter-American Development Bank1
  • Rockefeller Foundation1
  • The CGIAR’s Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (IAEG).
  • Swiss Development Corporation2
  • United Nations World Food Program1
  • USAID2

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1 Direct Contribution to Project BP1.

2 Contribution to other CIAT project which supported work executed in collaboration between BP1 and other CIAT project.

 

VI. PARTNER INSTITUTIONS, 1999

  • ARI, Tanzania.
  • COLCIENCIAS, Colombia National Science Foundation, Santafé de Bogotá
  • CORPOICA, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Empresa de Asistencia Técnica y Extensión Rural Ceara, EMATERCE, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil.
  • Empresa Brasilera de Pesquisa Agricola: Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Mandioca Frutas, EMBRAPA-CNPAF, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil.
  • EMBRAPA-CPAC, Brasilia.
  • Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group, (IAEG), CGIAR.
  • International Food Policy Research Institute. (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
  • Secretaria de Desarrollo Rural, SDR, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil.
  • Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
  • University of California, Berkely.
  • Yale, University, New Haven, Conneticut, U.S.A.

 

VII. STAFF LIST 1999

  • James A. García, MS Statistician/Data Base Specialist
  • Albert Gierend, PhD Economist, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Nancy Johnson, PhD Economist, Rockefeller Foundation Fellow
  • María Verónica Gottret, MS  Economist, Research Associate
  • Yanet Oturbé Student, Universidad Gabriel René Moreno - Bolivia
  • Douglas Pachico, PhD Economist, Project Manager
  • Gloria PosadaBilingual Secretary
  • Libardo Rivas, MS Economist, Research Associate
  • Leonel RoseroTechnician
  • Norha Ruíz de Londoño, MS Economist, Consultant
  • Stanley R. Wood, MS IFPRI, Associate Member of Staff
  • Melanie RaymondStudent, University of California, Berkeley

 

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