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