External review of the Rimisp Rural Territorial Dynamics (RTD) project : scientific contributions and policy influence

The Rimisp-RTD project has undertaken a body of research on rural territorial dynamics that is unprecedented in Latin American Countries (LAC) as regards its geographic scope, uniformity, and depth. This evaluation reviews the program’s scientific contributions and policy influence; a companion evaluation focuses on organizational issues. It has become clear that territories could be created based on shared, grass-roots visions of the opportunities for sustainable, inclusive growth, and on the shared commitments to promote it. The circumstances under which place-based policies may be more cost-effective than spatially-blind policies are beginning to emerge. The Rimisp website is also reviewed