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Endline report : performance evaluation the responsible land-based investment pilot

2020EnglishOn cover and title page: February 26, 2019 (Revised November 19, 2019) | Evaluated task order title: Responsible land- based investment pilot also known as "?the pilot" | Project title: E3 analytics and evaluation Land reformMozambique Africa South Of Sahara

Metadata

Authors
Persha, Lauren | Patterson-Stein, Jacob
Contract/Code
AID-OAA-M-13-00017 | GS-23F-8012H | AID-OAA-I-12-00030
Institution
40818 - NORC at the University of Chicago | 3970 Management Systems International, Inc. (MSI) 13895 USAID. Bur. for Economic Growth, Education and Environment. Ofc. Land Tenure Resources
Keywords
Communities | Documentation | Evaluation | Gender rights | Investment | Investors | Perception | Security AA45 Top/Government and law/The state/Security (228.0) | Top/Sociology and psychology/Sociology/Human rights/Civil and political rights/Gender issues/Gender rights (137.0) | Top/Economics/Finance/Investment (124.8)
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PA00WFB9
File size
2544 KB
Source
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Abstract

This is the endline performance evaluation of USAID?s Public-Private Partnership for Responsible Land-

Based Investment Pilot (?the Pilot?). The Pilot aims to facilitate a global land rights analytical framework

(AF). This report answers four questions:


1. How has community participation in AF-guided activities under the Pilot affected how

community members perceive and engage with land-based investor companies and schemes?

2. To what degree have community-level objectives of the AF-guided activities under the Pilot

been achieved, and what explains where successes, failures, or unanticipated effects have

occurred?

3. How well do the AF-guided activities under the Pilot meet underlying challenges and the needs

of communities with respect to participation in or locational proximity to new or existing landbased

investment schemes?

4. What are the lessons learned from the AF-guided activities under the Pilot that can inform

future application and dissemination of the AF to better achieve intended community-level

objectives?


The evaluation team conducted 7 group discussions with 109 respondents and 13 key informant

interviews, implemented computer-assisted telephone interviews with 483 respondents, and reviewed

Pilot documents and data.


The evaluation found that engagement with outgrowing has increased since baseline but use of Pilot

documentation to access investment schemes is limited. The AF-guided activities under the Pilot

strengthened perceptions of tenure security for parcels in the Pilot zone. Key lessons include realistically

defining the theory of change within pilot timelines, ensuring a full chain of communication from

implementing partner staff to beneficiaries, and planning how data systems are managed and transferred.