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.