Plan Foncier Rural Impact Evaluation 2018 (Benin)

Abstract

The PFR activities to be evaluated at end-line consists mainly of demarcation and registration of land parcels (under customary tenure) as Titre Foncier or an Attestation de Droit Coutumière. The impact evaluation aims to quantify and analyse impact of these interventions on productivity and food security disaggregated by target groups and gender.

The research questions to be answered after the endline data collection are:

1) Do PFRs (or ADCs) contribute to a perception of greater land tenure security?
2) Does improved tenure security lean to a growth in agricultural investment and/or changes to management of land?
3) Do PFRs improve access to land and rights over land among marginalised groups (women, youth and migrants)?
4) Do PFRs lead to an increased number of land transactions?
5) Does increased land security address existing constraints on land markets and lead to more efficient allocation of land resources and thereby an increase in productivity?
6) Do property rights and improved user rights result in better access to credit, possibly allowing for income diversification and thus increasing household welfare?
7) Do the new arrangements put in place during the implementation of the PFRs facilitate the resolution of land conflicts, or even prevent the emergence of these land conflicts?