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incentive to make major improvements on his holding or
participate in government programs for increasing
long-term agricultural production because he is not
secure in the knowledge that he will reap a fair share
of the benefits.
Land Transfers - Because the official process for land
transfer is so expensive and time consuming, land
holders are circumventing the law by buying and selling
land outside the system. Subsequently, abuses by land
speculators, local officials and large landowners
against small landholders and/or tenants can occur with
impunity. Prosecuting violators of BAL proves
exceedingly difficult if the injured party's
ownership/use rights, and the exact location of the
contested parcel, cannot be identified and/or verified.
Beneficiaries - Programs to aid the rural poor and/or
small rural farmers cannot be adequately designed;
implemented , and evaluated if the project benefits
cannot be clearly linked with the target groups.
Tax Revenues - Because landowners and tenants cannot be
identified it is difficult, if not impossible, for GOI
to collect land taxes in a fair and equitable manner.
SECTION V:
IMPACT ON TARGET GROUPS
The Project Paper intended actual beneficiaries of some 15
thousand small land owners residing in the three pilot project
sites located in Central Java, West Sumatra and South
Sulawesi. They were suppose to receive title to their lands in
a shorter period of time as a result of new proceduces followed
and new form designs tested in the pilot project. The
potential beneficiaries were millions of farmers
with landholdings of all sizes who would eventually be affected
in the process of application of the new methods of land
mapping, titling and registration.
The legal impact of the new methods which would have meant
amendments to existing regulations, policies and introduction
of new procedures and designs would have been demonstrated and
felt by the beneficiaries if the activities embodied in the
project had been performed and followed. Unfortunately
however, the project's objectives and goals can not be
attained. Hence, it cannot be said with certainty that the
Target Groups will benefit, because no actual research, design
and testing in the pilot areas actually took place.
The LMTR Evaluation Report found that the economic and
social benefits of the rural population and the sector goal of