There is a clear relationship between land titles and decreased land conflict, improved perceptions of tenure security and credit. In Mongolia, the Special Hashaa Plot Survey (SHPS) evaluation could not measure the impacts of Property Rights Project’s urban titling activity since many people self-registered in both the control and program areas. However, obtaining a title, whether through self-registration or through project support, was correlated with lower conflict, improved perceived tenure security, and obtaining formal bank loans. In addition, respondents that perceived their parcel had a title also reported higher land values compared to households with untitled parcels. Surprisingly though there were no similar differences in land investments. Thus, although the titling activity did not have a measurable effect, the data collected by the SHPS evaluation confirmed the theory of change that obtaining a title improves tenure, particularly with regard to decreasing the likelihood of conflict and improving perception of tenure security, while facilitating access to credit in the urban context.
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