MCC should ensure sustainability planning for land and information system investments include securing government and local stakeholder buy-in and de-risking mechanisms as part of the project design. The participatory component of the Participatory Land Use Project was expected to promote sustainability but the dependence on government processes instead of multi-stakeholders derailed the expected outcomes from subnational and village level participation. De-risk investments in information systems technology given the rapidly evolving nature of new technologies. Information system management technology should be operational early in the compact period to allow for improvements in operation and management. The evaluation noted that the 10-22-month timeframe for contracts was insufficient to ensure sustainability of project outputs towards longer term outcomes and project objective. Due to the learning curve and potential turnover associated with information management systems, implementation of major project components towards the compact end date should be carefully reconsidered. As a result of this type of finding, MCC has already strengthened its approach and tools used to define and guide land information technology investing.
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