IPED Lecture: Philippine Project Assessments

The Project Assessment in the Philippines is a two-week study tour and course that trains International Political Economy and Development (IPED) students to monitor and evaluate (M&E) community level development projects. Student groups conduct field surveys to assess actual local community development projects in the surrounding projects outside metropolitan Manila. In the first IPED lecture for the 2026 spring semester, IPED students share the results of their Philippine trip over the winter break.

Khulan Battulga, Tymber Felts, and Andrew Galbraith talk about “Community-based savings and credit programs support household-level livelihoods and strengthen community resilience in Dolores, Quezon.”

Claire Bodger, Zoe Gordon, Christopher Lempa, and Alfredo Solis III discuss “Tablea: Cacao Sustainable Livelihood Project in Rizal.”

Finally, Sydney Clapham, Trevor Cox, and Khristine de Leon share about their “Performance and Impact Evaluation of NGO’s Coconut Nursery Project in Dolores, Quezon.”