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Parallel Session 6 - Leaving no one behind: Community driven innovations to improve livelihoods of indigenous people in the Asia Pacific region

09:00 am - 10:30 am
Pinnacle Rooms 4-6

Evaluators have an important role to play to strengthen community ownership in evaluation by involving indigenous communities throughout the evaluation process from the design stage onwards. Through the provision of people and community driven provision of a package of assistance, the Second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARM2) project financed by IFAD and implemented by the Government of Philippines was successful in linking indigenous people who live in hard to reach areas to markets.

Presenters:  
Vibhuti Mendiratta, Senior Economist, IFAD  
Randika De Mel, Manager, Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA)

Panelists:  
Ana Erika Lareza, Board Member, APEA 
Bidisha Barooah, Economist, IFAD

Moderator:  
Orachos Napasintuwong, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Speakers

Ana Erika Lareza

Board Member

Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA)

Bidisha Barooah

Economist

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 

Orachos Napasintuwong

Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Kasetsart University, Thailand

Randika De Mel

APEA Manager, Young Evaluator, and Co-founder of EvalYouth Asia and EvalYouth Sri Lanka

Vibhuti Mendiratta

Senior Economist, Research and Impact Assessment Division

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 

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