The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Cote d'Ivoire Land Policy Improvement and Implementation Project (P157206) Cote d'Ivoire Land Policy Improvement and Implementation Project (P157206) AFRICA | Cote d'Ivoire | Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2018 | Seq No: 6 | ARCHIVED on 18-Mar-2020 | ISR40826 | Implementing Agencies: National Rural Land Agency (AFOR), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Economy and Finances Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 28-Mar-2018 Effectiveness Date: 16-Jul-2018 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 01-Feb-2021 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 01-Sep-2023 Revised Closing Date: 01-Sep-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to build the capacities and institutions necessary to support implementation of the national rural land tenure security program and to register customary land rights in selected rural areas. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1 – Strengthening Rural Land Institutions:(Cost $18.23 M) Component 2 – Support Implementation of the National Rural Land Tenure Security Program:(Cost $23.34 M) Component 3 – Training for Land Tenure Professionals:(Cost $8.41 M) Component 4 – Program Coordination, Monitoring and Knowledge Management:(Cost $4.01 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating High Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The mission recognized the significant achievements of the Agence Foncière Rurale (AFOR) since the last mission (September, 2019) to complete the prerequisites required to implement the largest land operations ever in Côte d’Ivoire, including the development of (i) a model village land register; (ii) model land use contracts; and (iii) mapping standards for land tenure documents. All three contracts to implement the land registration activities have recently been competitively awarded to private consulting groups, and the recipient of the first contract awarded is already coordinating with the Bank's Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) on the GIL-led impact evaluation and piloting of women's land rights strengthening interventions. AFOR has also been proactively communicating about the project activities with all project stakeholders at the local and national levels and with the diaspora to avoid misunderstandings, in particular about the land registration activities. Additionally, nearly all of AFOR's key staff are now in place at the central, regional, and departmental levels. 3/18/2020 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Cote d'Ivoire Land Policy Improvement and Implementation Project (P157206) The mission highlighted the importance of finalizing the design and implementation of an appropriate Grievance Redress Mechanism based on the findings of the Social Assessment prior to the implementation of land certification. The mission also drew attention to the need to finalize (i) the department-level land tenure documentation requirements; (ii) transitional document management arrangements until the digital Land Information System has been developed; and (iii) the adoption of decrees to clarify the duration of the legality of the land certificate and to revise the technical standards for land certification. Finally, the mission underlined the importance of accelerating the establishment of the planned Rural Land Observatory that is needed to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the first systematic land rights registration operations in order to further simplify the procedures and reduce the costs of land registration to ensure its affordability and sustainability. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial High High Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies High High Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program High High Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and High High High Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial High High Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other Low Low Low Overall High High Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Institutions necessary to implement national rural land tenure security program established IN00813217 ►Number of Village Land Tenure Committees (Comités Villageois de Gestion Foncière Rurale – CVGFR) established or reestablished by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 400.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 15-Aug-2018 15-Aug-2018 01-Sep-2023 Comments: This is a numeric indicator intended to measure a key local institution needed to register rural land rights. 3/18/2020 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Cote d'Ivoire Land Policy Improvement and Implementation Project (P157206) IN00813701 ►Land sector professionals trained by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 176.00 10,616.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 -- 06-Mar-2020 01-Sep-2023 This indicator measures the number of land professionals who attend either degree courses or professional trainings (e.g., short courses or master classes) supported by the project and is a proxy for Comments: the overall level of capacity in the land sector. IN00813706 Proportion of females among land sector professionals trained by the project (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 28.40 30.00 Customary land rights registered in selected rural areas IN00813218 ►Target population with use or ownership rights recorded as a result of the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 267,000.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 15-Aug-2018 15-Aug-2018 01-Sep-2023 IN00813219 Proportion of females among target population with use or ownership rights recorded as a result of the project (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 IN00813220 ►Land parcels with use or ownership rights recorded as a result of the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 53,400.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 15-Aug-2018 15-Aug-2018 01-Sep-2023 IN00813236 Proportion of land parcels with use or ownership rights recorded in the name of one or more females as a result of the project (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 IN00813677 ►Share of population in targeted villages with rating ‘Satisfied’ or above (Percentage, Custom) 3/18/2020 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Cote d'Ivoire Land Policy Improvement and Implementation Project (P157206) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 -- 06-Mar-2020 01-Sep-2023 This is a citizen engagement indicator that measures the overall satisfaction of beneficiaries of project Comments: support to increase land tenure security at the village level. IN00813678 Share of female population in targeted villages with rating 'Satisfied' or above (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 3 – Training for Land Tenure Professionals IN00813239 ►Number of master classes offered for land sector professionals supported by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 13.00 20.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 15-Aug-2018 06-Mar-2020 01-Sep-2023 This is a numeric indicator to track the project’s contribution toward the capacity building of rural land Comments: tenure professionals. Component 2 – Support Implementation of the National Rural Land Tenure Security Program IN00813238 ►Number of land contracts recorded in the Land Information System (SIF) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 106,800.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 15-Aug-2018 15-Aug-2018 01-Sep-2023 This is a numeric indicator to track the incorporation of existing informal land use agreements ("petits Comments: papiers") and new more formalized land use contracts into the SIF. The target assumes that on average two land use agreements and/or contracts will be recorded in the SIF per land certificate delivered. IN00813241 ►Proportion of local land institutions supported by the project with physical land registry books (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 15-Aug-2018 15-Aug-2018 01-Sep-2023 3/18/2020 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Cote d'Ivoire Land Policy Improvement and Implementation Project (P157206) Comments: This is a percent indicator to track the establishment of physical land register books at the local level. Component 1 – Strengthening Rural Land Institutions IN00813237 ►AFOR staff recruited according to a strategic staffing plan (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10.00 68.00 92.00 95.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 15-Aug-2018 05-Mar-2020 01-Sep-2023 This is a percentage indicator to track the establishment of AFOR on the basis of a strategic staffing plan. The percentage will be calculated as the number of AFOR positions hired as compared to the total Comments: number of positions hired and under recruitment according to a strategic staffing plan. IN00813240 ►Proportion of field surveys completed by the project using Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) installed by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 15-Aug-2018 15-Aug-2018 01-Sep-2023 This is a percent indicator to track the use of a new national geodetic network established with project Comments: support. IN00813242 ►Proportion of land certificates that are recorded in the digital Land Information System (Système Information Foncière – SIF) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.03 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 15-Aug-2018 15-Aug-2018 01-Sep-2023 This is a percentage indicator to track the incorporation of land certificates into a comprehensive digital Comments: rural Land Information System. IN00813243 ►Number of policy workshops on rural land tenure supported by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 82.00 20.00 Date 03-Sep-2018 31-Jul-2019 06-Mar-2020 01-Sep-2023 This is a numeric indicator to track the project’s contribution toward policy dialogue related to rural land Comments: tenure. Assumes one per quarter. Data on Financial Performance 3/18/2020 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Cote d'Ivoire Land Policy Improvement and Implementation Project (P157206) Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P157206 IDA-61900 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 5.77 40.87 12% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P157206 IDA-61900 Effective 28-Mar-2018 21-Apr-2018 16-Jul-2018 01-Sep-2023 01-Sep-2023 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 3/18/2020 Page 6 of 6