Evaluation design: Performance Evaluation
This is a follow-up endline evaluation of the Registry Systems Strengthening component of the Mongolia Compact's Property Registration Project (PRP). It adapts an existing evaluation design developed by Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), which was used for baseline data collection in 2013. Five research questions motivate the Registry Systems Process Study (RSPS) follow-up evaluation:
1) Did the land registry system-strengthening component of the PRP lead to improvement in the quality of property registration services? What was the significance of the land registry system-strengthening component of the PRP?
2) Did the land registry system-strengthening component of the PRP result in changes in the time or cost of land transactions?
3) Did the land registry system-strengthening component of the PRP lead to increases in demand and volume of formal land transactions, including land registration and related transfers at the property registry, and mortgages at banks?
4) What were the characteristics of those who conducted formal land transactions before and after the introduction of ePRS? Were there changes in the gender ratio of landowners? Were there any differences in results for parcels held by women and men?
This follow-up evaluation draws upon six main sources of primary and secondary data to answer the evaluation questions: ePRS land transaction data, pre-ePRS historic land transaction data, a banking customer survey, structured key informant interviews (KIIs) with GASR registrars and bank loan officers, focus group discussions (FGDs) with key beneficiary groups, and open-ended KIIs with key project stakeholders. In addition, the evaluation produces a final ERR calculation of this activity of the PRP based on the main expected benefit streams.
The PRP took place from 2008 to 2013. Baseline data was collected from 2010 to 2013 by IPA. This follow-up endline evaluation was collected from 2018 to 2019, capturing data from approximately five years after the close of project activities.