The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Implementation Status & Results Nicaragua Public Disclosure Copy LAND ADMINISTRATION (P056018) Operation Name: LAND ADMINISTRATION (P056018) Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 21 Status: ARCHIVED Last Modified Date: 18-Nov-2010 Country: Nicaragua Approval FY: 2002 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Executive Secretariat of the Land Administration Project (SE-PRODEP), General Attorney's Office (PGR) Key Dates Board Approval Date 18-Jun-2002 Original Closing Date 31-Dec-2007 Planned Mid Term Review Date Last Archived ISR Date 24-Feb-2010 Effectiveness Date 25-Feb-2003 Revised Closing Date 30-Apr-2013 Actual Mid Term Review Date 15-Jul-2005 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The long-term development objective of the Land Administration Project is to improve the security of land tenure and thereby: (i) develop and establish a national policy, legal, institutional and technical framework to support a systematic property rights administration that is efficient, reliable and equitable; (ii) develop, implement and validate a systematic methodology, which would accelerate and improve the processing of requests for new titles and title reviews in three departments so that it could be subsequently applied nationwide; eliminate backlog of title requests; (iii) achieve substantial progress in the recognition and definition of Indigenous Peoples land rights and demarcate 15 territories and community lands; (iv) achieve substantial progress in the definition and demarcation of existing and proposed protected areas and critical habitats. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost POLICY AND LEGAL REFORMS 0.57 Public Disclosure Copy INSTUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND DECENTRALIZATION 17.33 TITLING AND REGULARIZATION SERVICES 21.90 DEMARCATION OF PROTECTED AREAS 2.49 DEMARCATION OF INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES 2.61 INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3.60 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Previous Rating Current Rating Public Disclosure Copy Overall Risk Rating Implementation Status Overview Progress toward achieving the project development objetive is substantial. The overall framework for land administration has been strengthened and inter-institutional coordination improved. Most original targets have been achieved, and in some cases exceeded. An Additional Financing Credit of US$10 million, to be implemented over a three-year period, was approved by the Bank on February 16, 2010 to support the scaling up of project activities, including in new municipalities in the departments of Madriz and Leon. Activities under the Additional Financing are advancing as planned. Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value Key legal and procedural reforms have been approved, that permit to 0% 100% 100% carry out massive national regularization program by the end ofthe Date Date Date project. 01-Jan-2002 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2010 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text No Indigenous Land Titling Law; The Project supported the approval Target acheived Registry Law did not allow SIICAR; of: Law for Titling of Indigenous legal difficulties for regularization. Peoples' Lands (2002); Cadastre Law (2004); and PublicRegistryLaw (2009) Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 30% reduction in the average number of days to regularize Unknown New study underway 30% property rights through the Property Intendancy in the pilot area. Public Disclosure Copy Date Date Date 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Pilot study showed initial reduction in time. Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 40% of the territory under irregular land tenure status (i.e. 0 % of the pilot area was 19% 40% reformed sector, national and state land) in the pilot area has legal regularized Date Date certainty about tenure. Date 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure 25-Feb-2003 Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Comment Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 70 % of beneficiaries receiving new rural titles fall under the 28% 70% category of "very small producer". Date Date Date 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text New indicator under the AF Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 40% of new titles are provided directly to women and/or jointly 20-25% 40% with their spouse/partner. Date Date Date 25-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text New indicator under the AF Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value Public Disclosure Copy At least 50% reduction in number of days required to register a 0% 50% transaction in SIICAR, in the pilot area. Date Date Date 25-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text No system existed at the moment SIICAR is being piloted in of Project appraisal Chinandega Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value Public Registries in the pilot area are financially sustainable. 100% Date Date Date 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text SIICAR is being piloted in Chinandega Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value Land taxation rates updated in 33 municipalities in the pilot area 0 33 through the use of cadastral survey information in SISCAT. Date Date Date 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text New indicator under the AF Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value All protected areas under the Project are included in INETER's 0 12 14 geographical database. Date Date Date 25-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text PAs were not demarcated or geo- referenced Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value Indigenous Peoples' rights are enforced in 15 territories and respected 0 15 15 by government authorities, and the national regional and municipal Date Date Date levels. 25-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Territories were not demarcated or Target achieved. Evaluation titled underway. Intermediate Results Indicators Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value Land policy framework prepared and consulted with key land Land Policy framewoek document Ministry of Agriculture approved Land Policy Framework Document administration actors. did not exist the National Land Policy endorsed and in use. Date Framework, which was endorsed Date by CONAGRO (Comusion Type Unit of Measure 25-Feb-2003 Nacional Agropecuaria). 30-Apr-2010 Custom Indicator Text Comment Date Comment 31-Dec-2009 Target Achieved Comment Policy Framework was prepared through a consultation process. Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value Organizational Development Plans designed, approved, and Initial ODPs implemented ODPs fully implemented implemented. Date Date Date 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2010 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Diagnostic established in 2001. Target achieved Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value UTOs established and maintaining close coordination in municipalities UTOs did not exist before the UTOs established in pilot UTOs operating in Project area where surveying has been completed. Project departments Date Date Date 30-Apr-2010 Type Unit of Measure 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 Comment Comment Comment Public Disclosure Copy Custom Indicator Text Target achieved Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value INETER has opened departmental offices where lacking in the Project No Cadastre Office (INETER) in All necessary offices operating Offices operating area. Madriz. Date Date Date 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure 01-Jan-2010 Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Comment Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value Cadastral surveying database transferred to at least 33 municipalities 0 5 33 in the pilot area; and in 4 municipalities SIICAR and SISCATshare data Date Date Date as well as resources and technology for their management. 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text New indicator under the AF Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value Diagnostics to identify land tenure status on ejido and municipal lands 0 5 33 have been carried out in at least 33 municipalities, to support titling Date Date Date processes. 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text New indicator under the AF Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 52,282 rural and urban parcels regularized in the pilot area. 0 14,967 52,282 Date Date Date 01-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 12,600 of regularized parcels in the pilot area receive new 0 5,252 12,600 Public Disclosure Copy titles. Date Date Date 01-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 14,230 pending urban titles resolved. 0 10,230 14,230 Date Date Date 01-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 15,554 rural titles provided. 0 10,122 15,554 Date Date Date 01-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 10,565 agrarian titles reviewed. 0 7,863 10,565 Date Date Date 01-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 4,985 cases resolved by OCI, along with the provision of 0 3,376 4,985 Public Disclosure Copy compensation resolutions. Date Date Date 01-Feb-2003 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 450 trained community mediators. 0 390 450 Date Date Date 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 2,225 detected boundary conflicts mediated. 0 1,225 2,225 Date Date Date 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 14 protected areas under the Project demarcated. 0 12 14 Date Date Date 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Original target met. Two additional protected areas included under the AF Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 7 management plans prepared and implemented. 0 10 and 5 7 and 7 Date Date Date 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2010 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Target achieved Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 15 indigenous territories demarcated. 0 15 15 Date Date Date 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2010 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Target achieved Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value At least 5 of titled territories have a productive subproject under 0 2 5 implementation. Date Date Date 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2010 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value SIICAR linking the legal and geographic information on each property 0 1 4 is fully operational in 4 pilot departments. Date Date Date 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Pilot under implementation in Chinandega Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value Public Disclosure Copy At least 80% of regular properties included in SIICAR CAT are 0% 0% 80% transferred to SIICAR REG. Date Date Date 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Indicator Baseline Current End Target Public Disclosure Copy Indicator Name Value Value Value SIIPRO contains updated information of the regularization cases 15% 100% submitted to the IP central level. Date Date Date 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text New indicator under the AF Indicator Baseline Current End Target Indicator Name Value Value Value SMEI operating and conducting evaluation and fieldwork, including SMEI did not exist before Project SMEI operational SMEI operational participatory activities and Project impact evaluation. Date Date Date 01-Jan-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Apr-2013 Type Unit of Measure Comment Comment Comment Custom Indicator Text Data on Financial Performance (as of 15-Nov-2010) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Loan No. Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Closing Date P056018 IDA-36650 Closed 18-Jun-2002 24-Jun-2002 25-Feb-2003 31-Jul-2010 P056018 IDA-3665A Closed 18-Jun-2002 24-Jun-2002 25-Feb-2003 31-Dec-2007 P056018 IDA-46800 Effective 16-Feb-2010 02-Mar-2010 27-May-2010 30-Apr-2013 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Loan No. Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P056018 IDA-36650 Closed XDR 25.10 25.10 0.00 24.43 0.67 97.00 Public Disclosure Copy P056018 IDA-3665A Closed XDR 1.10 1.10 0.00 1.10 0.00 100.00 P056018 IDA-46800 Effective XDR 6.30 6.30 0.00 1.11 5.19 18.00 Disbursement Graph Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Report No: ISR27 Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation Activities under Components A (Policy and Legal Reform) and E (Demarcation of Indigenous Lands) were completed under the original Credit. Accordingly, no resources were allocated under the Additional Financing Credit for these components. Restructuring History CD Approved on 26-Jan-2007, CD Approved on 27-Feb-2008, RVP Approved on 10-Jun-2009 Related Projects P117836-Land Administration Project (PRODEP) Additional Financing Public Disclosure Copy Page 11 of 11