Honduras project 522-0173 · 1982–1992 · good governance

PACR of a project (8/82-12/90) to promote agrarian reform in Honduras by establishing a mechanism for granting fee simple property titles for national lands occupied by small farmers. The project covered 8 of the country's 18 departments and succeeded in meeting its most important targets. A total of 40,288 titles (vs. a revised target of 40,000) were issued, covering 55,029 parcels on 330,424 ha of land; the title/parcel disparity reflects a decision made in the second project year to reduce the management burden by issuing titles by beneficiary rather than by parcel. There were two unplanned outputs. (1) A total of 9,576 of the titles were issued to women, demonstrating their high level of interest in agriculture, and potential access to credit. (2) A total of 368,204 parcels, covering 3.7 million ha of national and ejidal lands, were delineated with administrative boundaries, information which has proven useful to municipalities in their efforts to increase property land tax collections. Because Honduran law prohibited titling parcels of under 5 ha, the project focused on parcels 5-50 ha in size; however, two-thirds of the parcels delineated under the project were 1-5 ha in

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABF-509 (1992). The source's own text.