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Property Rights - Peri-Urban Rangeland Leasing 2010-2014, Independent Impact Evaluation

Mongolia, 2010 - 2014
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Mongolian Society for Rangeland Management (MSRM), Innovations for Poverty Action
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Country Mongolia
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Peri-Urban Land Leasing Activity - Baseline Report for Phase II Areas1
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Author(s) Innovations for Poverty Action
Date 2015-05
Country Mongolia
Table of contents I. Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................ ii
II. List of Acronyms ............................................................................................................... iii
III. Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ iv
IV. List of Tables ................................................................................................................... vi
V. List of Figures .................................................................................................................. viii

VI. Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... ix
A. Project Background and Description ...................................................................................... ix
B. PURP Beneficiary Selection Process in Phase II Areas ............................................................. xi
C. Impact Evaluation Design—A Randomized Control Trial ........................................................ xii
D. Presentation and Analysis of Data from Baseline Survey ...................................................... xiii
1. Balance between treatment and control households ...............................................................xiii
2. Comparison of “intensive” and “semi-intensive” project households ...................................... xiv
3. Comparison of household, herder group, and soum characteristics by peri-urban area ......... xiv
4. Comparison of project households with male and female heads ............................................. xiv
5. Tests of assumptions underlying PURP project logic ................................................................ xv
6. Examination of neighbor households ........................................................................................ xv
E. Conclusion and Next Steps ................................................................................................... xv

I. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1
A. Overview of MCA-M Peri-Urban Rangeland Project.................................................................3
B. Project Logic and Expected Outcomes.....................................................................................5
1. Expected Short-Term Outcomes ................................................................................................. 5
2. Expected Long-Term Outcomes .................................................................................................. 6

II. Evaluation Design .............................................................................................................. 8
A. Identification Strategy—A Randomized Controlled Trial Design ...............................................8
B. Selection Process in Phase II Areas .........................................................................................9
1. Application Process ................................................................................................................... 10
2. Lottery ....................................................................................................................................... 11
C. Neighbor Sampling ............................................................................................................... 11

III. Data Collection ............................................................................................................... 12
A. Contracting .......................................................................................................................... 12
B. Questionnaire Design and Description .................................................................................. 12
C. Questionnaire Administration .............................................................................................. 14
D. Data Quality Monitoring ...................................................................................................... 16

IV. Balance Tests for Treatment and Control Households ..................................................... 16

V. Comparison of Intensive and Semi-intensive Herder Groups ............................................ 20

VI. Survey Results by Peri-Urban Area .................................................................................. 23
A. Comparison of Peri-Urban Areas Using Soum Governor Survey ............................................. 23
B. Herder Group Characteristics by Area ................................................................................... 27
C. Household Characteristics by Area ....................................................................................... 30

VII. Gender Analysis of Project Groups and Households ....................................................... 38

VIII. Tests of PURP Project Logic and Assumptions ............................................................... 45
A. Migration ............................................................................................................................ 47
B. Pasture Load, Carrying Capacity, and Land Degradation ........................................................ 47
C. Hay Feeding ......................................................................................................................... 48
D. Improved Breed Milking Cows .............................................................................................. 48
E. Further Correlations ............................................................................................................. 50

IX. Household Survey Results for Neighbor Households ....................................................53

X. Conclusion and Next Steps ............................................................................................56

XI. Bibliography ................................................................................................................58

XII. Appendix ....................................................................................................................59
A. Selection Criteria for Candidates ...................................................................................... 59
B. Lottery Protocol ............................................................................................................... 68
C. Balance Tests for Lottery Participants by Peri-Urban Area ................................................. 71
D. Household Questionnaire ................................................................................................. 73
E. Herder Group Leader Questionnaire ................................................................................. 74
F. Soum Governor Questionnaire ......................................................................................... 75
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Peri-Urban Land Leasing Activity - Baseline Report for Phase I Areas
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Author(s) Daniel Rubenson, Leigh Linden, Erica Field, Shing-Yi Wang
Date 2012-09
Country Mongolia
Contributor(s) Innovations for Poverty Action
Table of contents List of Tables ................................................................................................................................. iv
List of Figures ................................................................................................................................ iv
List of Acronyms ........................................................................................................................... iv

I. Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. v
A. Project Background and Description ...................................................................... v
B. Data Collection ...................................................................................................... vi
C. Summary of Household Survey Results ............................................................... vii
1.Summary of Herder Group Characteristics by Area ......................................... vii
2.Basic Household Characteristics ...................................................................... viii
3.Income and Expenditures ................................................................................. viii
4.Camp Characteristics .......................................................................................... x
5.Migration............................................................................................................ xi
6.Livestock numbers and animal health............................................................... xii
7.Land Conflicts .................................................................................................. xiii
8.Expectations of and attitudes toward PURP .................................................... xiii
D. Summary of Gender Analysis .............................................................................. xiv
E. Summary of Soum Governor Survey .................................................................. xvii
F. Impact Evaluation Design .................................................................................. xviii
G. Conclusions and Next Steps in the Evaluation ..................................................... xx

II.Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1

III.The MCA-M Peri-Urban Rangeland Project .......................................................................... 3

IV.Selection Process in Phase I Areas .......................................................................................... 6

V. Data Collection ...................................................................................................................... 10

VI.Household Survey Results by Area ....................................................................................... 14

VII.Household Survey Results by Household Type ................................................................... 16
A. Basic Household Characteristics ........................................................................... 17
B. Agricultural Income and Expenditures ................................................................. 18
C. Non-Agricultural Income and Expenditures ......................................................... 22
D. Loans ..................................................................................................................... 25
E. Investment Plans ................................................................................................... 25
F. Camp Information ................................................................................................. 26
G. Migration............................................................................................................... 29
H. Hay Production and Use ....................................................................................... 30
I. Livestock Numbers and Animal Health .................................................................... 32
J. Expectations, Opinions, and Information about PURP ............................................ 34
K. Conflicts ................................................................................................................ 36

VIII.Gender Analysis ................................................................................................................... 37

IX.Soum Governor Survey ...................................................................................................... 433

X. Impact Evaluation Design .................................................................................................. 477

XI.Next Steps for the Evaluation ............................................................................................. 522

XII.Appendices ......................................................................................................................... 533
Appendix A: Propensity Score Matching Model………………………………………….53
Appendix B: Selection Criteria for Candidates……………………………………………64
Appendix C: Household Questionnaire……………………………………………………66
Appendix D: Herder Group Leader Questionnaire………………………………………106
Appendix E: Soum Governor Questionnaire…………………………………………….120

XIII.Bibliography .................................................................................................................. 141
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Peri-Urban Rangeland Land Productivity Monitoring and Evaluation - Baseline Report
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Date 2013-09-22
Country Mongolia
Table of contents Project Background and Objectives: ............................................................................................................. 3
Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Background ............................................................................................................................................... 4
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) .......................................................................................... 4
MCA-Mongolia Peri-Urban Rangeland Project (PURP) ...................................................................... 4
Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................................................... 6
Impact Evaluation Design ..................................................................................................................... 7
Objectives of the TOR .................................................................................................................................. 8
Design: .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
Data Collection Methods: ........................................................................................................................... 11
Data Collection Schedule: ........................................................................................................................... 12
Line-Point Intercept (LPI = Cover): Analysis and Results ......................................................................... 12
Line-Point Intercept (LPI = Cover): Discussion ......................................................................................... 14
Biomass/Production: Analysis and Results ................................................................................................. 14
Phase I ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
Phase II .................................................................................................................................................... 19
Biomass/Production: Discussion................................................................................................................. 27
Conclusions and Lessons Learned .............................................................................................................. 27
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Mongolia Peri-Urban Rangeland Project Impact Evaluation Strategy
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Author(s) Daniel Rubenson, Richard Sawyer
Date 2013-01
Country Mongolia
Table of contents I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 2
II. Overview of Project Components and Activities ....................................................................... 3
III. Research Questions ................................................................................................................... 6
IV. Research Design ....................................................................................................................... 7
IV-A: Selection Process .............................................................................................................. 8
IV-B: Empirical Strategy in Phase I Areas – Matching .............................................................. 9
IV-C: Randomized Controlled Trial in Phase II Areas ............................................................. 12
V. Sample ...................................................................................................................................... 13
V-A: PURLS Sample, Phase I Areas ........................................................................................ 13
V-B: Expansion PURLS Sample, Phase II Areas ..................................................................... 16
V-C: Rangeland Monitoring Sample ........................................................................................ 17
VI. Data Collection ....................................................................................................................... 19
VI-A: PURLS Data Collection, Main Areas ............................................................................. 19
VI-B: Expansion PURLS Data Collection, Phase II Areas ...................................................... 21
VI-C: Rangeland Monitoring Data Collection, All Areas ........................................................ 22
VI-D: Behavioral Games Data Collection, Phase II Areas ....................................................... 23
VI-E: Animal Health Data Collection (Cancelled), All Areas ................................................. 29
VII: Statistical Power ................................................................................................................ 29
Appendix I – Herder Group Screening Process ............................................................................ 32
Appendix II – Lottery Quotas ....................................................................................................... 36
Appendix III – Lottery Protocol ................................................................................................... 38
Appendix IV – Lottery Results Lottery Protocol Lottery Quotas ................................................. 42
Appendix V – Behavioral Game Protocols ................................................................................... 44
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Phase 1 Interim Evaluation Report Package
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Description This package contains: (i) The Phase I Interim Evaluation Report, (ii) Phase I MCC Response, and (iii) the Phase I Summary of Findings.
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Description This compressed package contains: (i) The Phase II Interim MCC Response, (ii) the Phase II Interim Report, and (iii) the Phase II Summary Findings
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