Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: ICR2858 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IDA-36650, IDA-3665A, IDA-46800) ON A CREDIT Public Disclosure Authorized IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 32.50 MILLION (US$42.60 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA FOR A LAND ADMINISTRATION PROJECT (PRODEP) Public Disclosure Authorized October 20, 2013 Sustainable Development Department Public Disclosure Authorized Central America Country Management Unit Latin America and Caribbean Region CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective October 20, 2013) Currency Unit = Cordoba C 24.90 = US$ 1 US$ 1.53 = SDR 1 FISCAL YEAR January 1 - December 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACR Alternative conflict resolution mechanisms ATLMP Agricultural Technology and Land Management Project CIP Comité Interinstitucional del Proyecto (Project Inter-Institutional Committee) CONADETI Comisión Nacional para la Demarcación y Titulación (National Commission for Demarcation and Titling of Indigenous Territories) CPS Country Partnership Strategy CTO Comité Técnico Operativo (Project Operational Technical Committee) CSJ Corte Suprema de Justicia (Nicaraguan Supreme Justice Court) DIRAC Dirección de Resolución Alternativa de Conflictos (Nicaraguan Directorate for Alternative Conflict Resolution under CSJ) DNR Dirección Nacional de Registros (National Directorate of Registries) EA Environmental Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GPS Global Positioning System ICB International Competitive Bidding IDA International Development Association IFR Interim Financial Report INIFOM Instituto Nicaraguense de Fomento Municipal (Nicaraguan Institute of Municipal Development) INETER Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales (Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies) INIDE Instituto Nacional de Información de Desarrollo (National Institute for Development Information) IP Intendencia de la Propiedad (Nicaraguan Property Intendancy under PGR) IPP Indigenous Peoples Plan MAGFOR Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) MARENA Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Nicaraguan Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources) MCC US Millennium Challenge Corporation M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MHCP Ministerio de Hacienda y Credito Público (Nicaraguan Ministry of Finance) NDF Nordic Development Fund PCU Project Coordination Unit PDO Project Development Objective PGR Procuraduria Generalde la República (Nicaragua Attorney General's Office) PNDH Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Humano (National Plan for Human Development) PPA Project Preparation Advance PRODEP Proyecto de Ordenamiento de la Propiedad (Land Administration Project) RPPIM Registro Público de la Propiedad Inmueble y Mercantil (Public Registry of Real Estate and Commercial Property) SA Social Assessment SBD Standard Bidding Documents SDR Special Drawing Rights SEPA Sistema de Ejecución de Planes de Adquisiciones (Procurement Plan Execution System) SIAFI Sistema Integrado de Administración y Finanzas (Integrated Administrative and Financial System) SIC Sistema de Información Catastral (Cadastre Information System) SIGFA Sistema Integrado de Gestión Financiera y Auditoria (Nicaraguan Integrated Financial Management and Auditing System) SIICAR Sistema Integrado de Información de Catastro y Registro (Integrated Cadastre-Registry Information System) SIIPRO Sistema Integrado de Información de la Propiedad (Property Information System) SILEC Sistema de Información Legal y Catastral (Legal and Cadastral Information System) SISCAT Sistema de Registro Catastral (Municipal Cadastre System) SIT Sistema de Información Territorial (Territorial Information System) SMEI Sistema de Monitoreo y Evaluación de Impacto (Monitoring and Impact Evaluation System) Vice President: Hasan A. Tuluy Country Director: C. Felipe Jaramillo Sector Manager: Laurent Msellati Project Team Leader: Enrique Pantoja ICR Team Leader: Robin Rajack NICARAGUA Land Administration Project CONTENTS Data Sheet A. Basic Information B. Key Dates C. Ratings Summary D. Sector and Theme Codes E. Bank Staff F. Results Framework Analysis G. Ratings of Project Performance in ISRs H. Restructuring I. Disbursement Graph 1. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design ............................................... 1 2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes .............................................. 7 3. Assessment of Outcomes .......................................................................................... 14 4. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome ......................................................... 19 5. Assessment of Bank and Borrower Performance ..................................................... 20 6. Lessons Learned ....................................................................................................... 22 7. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies/Partners .......... 24 Annex 1. Project Costs and Financing .......................................................................... 25 Annex 2. Outputs by Component ................................................................................. 27 Annex 3. Economic and Financial Analysis ................................................................. 37 Annex 4. Bank Lending and Implementation Support/Supervision Processes ............ 43 Annex 5. Beneficiary Survey Results ........................................................................... 46 Annex 6. Stakeholder Workshop Report and Results ................................................... 50 Annex 7. Summary of Borrower's ICR and/or Comments on Draft ICR ..................... 51 Annex 8. Comments of Cofinanciers and Other Partners/Stakeholders ....................... 53 Annex 9. List of Supporting Documents ...................................................................... 56 Annex 10. Map IBRD-37449 ........................................................................................ 57 A. Basic Information Country: Nicaragua Project Name: Land Administration IDA-36650, IDA- Project ID: P056018 Credit Numbers: 3665A, IDA-46800 ICR Date: 10/20/2013 ICR Type: Core ICR Lending Instrument: SIL Borrower: Republic of Nicaragua Original Total XDR 26.20M Disbursed Amount: XDR 31.67M Commitment: Revised Amount: XDR 31.68M Environmental Category: B Implementing Agencies: (a) At Appraisal: Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público (MHCP) (b) After 2008 Project Restructuring: Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) Other External Partners: Nordic Development Fund (NDF) and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) B. Key Dates Revised / Actual Process Date Process Original Date Date(s) Concept Review: 11/27/2000 Effectiveness: 02/25/2003 02/25/2003 01/26/2007 Appraisal: 04/16/2001 Restructuring(s): 02/27/2008 06/10/2009 Approval: 06/18/2002 Mid-term Review: 03/20/2006 Closing: 12/31/2007 04/30/2013 C. Ratings Summary C.1 Performance Rating by ICR Outcomes: Satisfactory Risk to Development Outcome: Moderate Bank Performance: Moderately Satisfactory Borrower Performance: Satisfactory C.2 Detailed Ratings of Bank and Borrower Performance (by ICR) Bank Ratings Borrower Ratings Quality at Entry: Moderately Satisfactory Government: Satisfactory Quality of Implementing Satisfactory Satisfactory Supervision: Agency/Agencies: Overall Bank Overall Borrower Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Performance: Performance: C.3 Quality at Entry and Implementation Performance Indicators Implementation QAG Assessments Indicators Rating Performance (if any) Potential Problem Project Quality at Entry Yes None at any time (Yes/No): (QEA): Problem Project at any Quality of Yes Moderately Satisfactory time (Yes/No): Supervision (QSA): DO rating before Satisfactory Closing/Inactive status: D. Sector and Theme Codes Original Actual Sector Code (as % of total Bank financing) Central government administration 44 40 General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector 3 2 Law and justice 2 3 Other social services 15 19 Sub-national government administration 36 36 Theme Code (as % of total Bank financing) Biodiversity 13 10 Indigenous peoples 13 20 Land administration and management 24 25 Other rural development 25 20 Personal and property rights 25 25 E. Bank Staff Positions At ICR At Approval Vice President: Hasan A. Tuluy David de Ferranti Country Director: C. Felipe Jaramillo Donna Dowsett-Coirolo Sector Manager: Laurent Msellati John Redwood Project Team Leader: Enrique Pantoja Isabel Lavadenz Paccieri ICR Team Leader: Robin Rajack ICR Primary Authors: Robin Rajack André Carletto F. Results Framework Analysis Project Development Objectives (from Project Appraisal Document) PRODEP was designed as a major pilot effort, with two PDOs: (a) to develop the legal, institutional, technical and participatory framework for the administration of property rights in the Republic of Nicaragua's territory; and (b) to demonstrate the feasibility of a systematic land rights regularization program. Revised Project Development Objectives (as approved by original approving authority) There were no changes to the original PDOs throughout the life of the Project. (a) PDO Indicator(s) Original Target Formally Actual Value Values (from Revised Achieved at Indicator Baseline Value approval Target Completion or documents) Values Target Years 1. Key legal and procedural reforms have been approved, that permit to carry out Indicator 1: massive national regularization program by the end of the project. Value Quantitative