Impact assessment of 21 ACIAR-supported projects based at the University of the Philippines, Los Banos (1983-1995)

Summary

This paper discusses project evaluation of twenty-one ACIAR-supported projects based at the University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB) funded between 1983-1995. The projects fall into the following ACIAR research programs:
1) agriculture and natural resources economics;
2) postharvest technology;
3) animal sciences;
4) land and water resources;
5) forestry; and
6) crop sciences.

The paper estimates the research costs, the total benefits, and the internal rates of return associated with the twenty-one projects. The paper discusses the different methodologies used, the data sources, and the key assumptions made in the estimations. Thirteen of the analyses are ex-post evaluations of completed projects, and eight are ex-ante analyses of projects in progress. The paper takes into account all sources of funding for the research, and it estimates returns to the funds jointly invested in the project by ACIAR, the Australian commissioned organisations and ACIAR's partner countries.