Is the EIRR, the Economic Internal Rate of Return of projects to combat desertification and land degradation evaluation a relevant tool for evaluation?

Mélanie Requier-Desjardins (1) , Richard Escadafal (2, 3)

1 CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier
2 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère
3 CSFD - Comité Scientifique Français de la Désertification

The economic internal rate of return (EIRR) is considered as a useful tool for advocating investments in the field of land rehabilitation and poverty alleviation and it is also presented as an economic evaluation tool. This communication reviews main literature referring to EIRR and discusses its relevance, in particular for short-term and small size projects. It emphasizes the many constraints for EIRR calculation and insists also on its usefulness and limits from local point of view, local societies and their natural environment.

Mots clés: LAND DEGRADATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; PROJECT EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PROFITABILITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

Mots clés: DEGRADATION DES TERRES; PROJET DE DEVELOPPEMENT; EVALUATION DE PROJET; EFFICACITE; GESTION DE PROJET; RENTABILITE; EVALUATION ECONOMIQUE; DESERTIFICATION; DEGRADATION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT

Domaines: Agriculture, économie et politique; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Mélanie Requier-Desjardins, Richard Escadafal. Is the EIRR, the Economic Internal Rate of Return of projects to combat desertification and land degradation evaluation a relevant tool for evaluation?. Planet@Risk, 2014, 2 (1), pp.2-7. ⟨hal-02164482⟩