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Project Development Objective
32. The original PDO of the parent project, CEDP (P130471) is to improve the competitiveness of
enterprises in Uganda by providing support for: (i) the implementation of business environment reforms,
including the land administration reform and (ii) the development of priority productive and service
sectors.
33. Under the AF, the PDO will be changed as follows: to support measures that faciliate increased
private sector investment in the tourism sector and strengthen effectiveness of the land administration
system. The revised PDO is more specific and focused on outcomes that are directly attributable to the
project and will allow for better evaluation.
34. PDO indicators in the results framework are the following:
(a) Reduction in number of days to register land from 52 days to 25 days.
(b) Reduction in number of days to register a business from 33 days to 5 days and Cost to
register a business (as % of income per capita) from 76.70 percent to 50 percent.
(c) Increased International Tourist Arrival from 945,000 to 1,500,000.
(d) Increased Tourism Sector Employmnet from 225,300 to 300,000.
(e) Increase in exports of non-traditional products by 10%.
(f) Direct job beneficiaries up to 1,000,000 people.
(g) Increased/additional private investment in tourism by US$10 million
(h) Strengthen effectiveness of land administration system, measured by
· 21 Ministry zonal offices made the NLIS compliant and operationalized and
· New land titles including 200,000 new land titles issued to women individually or
jointly.
35. The Theory of Change (Annex 1) in the project centers around measures that facilitate an
increase in private sector investment in tourism and strengthen effectiveness of the land administration
system. The activities of the two components, consolidation of the land administration system and
tourism product and competitiveness development are shown in Annex 1 as well as outputs and
outcomes. The project will identify new investment areas in tourism where the private sector will invest.
It will also provide new land titles to people thereby securing their land rights
Scope of Additional Financing
36. The AF will use an Investment Project Financing (IPF) with DLIs approach. Building on the
project’s experience of managing the implementation of inputs, the AF proposes to use IPF-DLIs to
encourage the implementing partners to focus on performance and sustainability and increase
disbursement at the beginning of project implementation. For the tourism component this relates to
seeking sustainable private sector partnerships and private investment, and for the land component the
focus is on increasing access for households across Uganda. The shift will also motivate the key private
and public stakeholders to work toward implementing complementary policy and regulatory shifts that
go beyond the scope of the project activities. Uganda has recently used and implemented DLIs in the
Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development Program (P117876), a Program-for-Results
operation; the Uganda Teachers and Schools Effectiveness Project (P133780); and the African Centers of
Excellence Project II (P151847). The other two components in the parent project, business registration
and business licensing and the matching grant facility, have been completed and are not expected to be
supported under the AF.
37. Component 1: Land Administration Reform (US$53.7 million equivalent of which US$22 million
equivalent is DLIs). The AF proposes to further strengthen the land administration system in Uganda
through a combination of: (a) systems’ improvements and physical infrastructure; (b) systematic
registration of communal and individually owned land; (c) enhancements in land valuations capacity; and
(d) strengthening of institutional and dispute resolution capacity and human capital. While the land
agenda in Uganda is broader than the particular focus in this project, the activities included in and results
incentivized through the use of DLIs are key foundational elements needed to advance the economic
benefits of land administration.
38. Subcomponent 1.1: Improving and Consolidating Land Administration Infrastructure and
System (US$16.2 million). The completion of MZOs and their integration with the NLIS will deepen
utilization at the national and local levels. It will also lay the groundwork for systematic land registration
through strengthening the Survey and Mapping Department, the consolidation of spatial data
infrastructure (SDI), and the establishment of a multipurpose cadaster. Developing a policy and legal
framework for land-related housing, urban development and designing programs for implementation.
Implementation of the gender strategy to ensure that women’s access to land, including joint titling, is
key. Out of the 500,000 new titles to be issued, 200,000 titles will be for women.
39. Subcomponent 1.2: Systematic Registration of Communal and Individually Owned Land
(US$25.5 million). The project will undertake national-level systematic land registration to record land
rights including the issuance of Communal Land Associations (CLAs), Certificate of Customary Ownership
(CCO), and all legal documents, including titles, and ultimately register titles in the NLIS. The systematic
registration will work on all land tenure systems existing in the country.
40. Subcomponent 1.3: Strengthening the Ministry of Lands on Land Valuation, Land Acquisition,
Property Taxation and the development and implementation of the Land Valuation Management
Information System (LAVMIS) (US$7 million). Standardization of implementation standards, mass
sensitization on valuation and land acquisition, including potential impact of climate change and capacity building of staff on data collection will be undertaken to enhance the capacity of the ministry staff and
enable evidence-based decision making in the sector. |
