Baseline Considerations in Designing REDD+ Pilot Projects: Evidence from Nepal

Bishnu Prasad Sharma, Mani Nepal, Bhaskar S. Karky, Subhrendu Pattanayak and Priya Shyamsundar

No 101, Working papers from The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics

Abstract: In this paper we discuss how three criteria - carbon effectiveness, cost efficiency, and equity and co-benefits - can be incorporated in the experimental design for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation and enhancing forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+). We discuss how additional design components can be introduced using a propensity score matching method in pre-selected study sites. Finally, we explain how this carefully designed study has helped to prepare the ground for a difference-in-difference framework for future outcome and impact evaluation. Given the lack of adequate data in developing country scenarios, and the mismatch between project implementation and impact evaluation, this paper highlights how a reliable baseline for forest carbon, ecology, and social and livelihood indicators could be created by collecting data at community level. This paper concludes with considerations for future outcomes and an impact evaluation of the REDD+ mechanism.

Keywords: REDD+; impact evaluations; forest carbon; co-benefits; Nepal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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