Land Titling Facilitation, Redocumentation Efficiency, and Service Completion Support in Agrarian Reform Implementation
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agrarian reform implementation, land titling facilitation, quantile regression, redocumentation efficiency, service completion support, tenure securityAbstract
This study investigated how land titling facilitation and redocumentation efficiency shaped service completion support in agrarian reform implementation. A distribution-sensitive explanatory survey design was used among Department of Agrarian Reform personnel directly engaged in land documentation, title processing, records verification, and beneficiary assistance. Participants were selected through criterion-stratified systematic sampling. Data were gathered using a validated researcher-developed questionnaire with strong internal consistency coefficients ranging from .89 to .92. Descriptive statistics, quantile regression, and dominance analysis were employed. Results showed favorable assessments of land titling facilitation, redocumentation efficiency, and service completion support, with overall means of 3.76, 3.42, and 3.56, respectively. Procedural guidance, record accuracy, and beneficiary assistance emerged as notable strengths. However, transaction monitoring, document retrieval, processing continuity, and the resolution of administrative barriers remained areas of concern. Quantile regression revealed that both explanatory variables significantly predicted service completion support across the lower, median, and upper outcome levels. Redocumentation efficiency exerted the strongest influence under weaker service conditions, while land titling facilitation became more influential at higher levels of service completion. Dominance analysis identified redocumentation efficiency as the stronger overall predictor, accounting for 54.35 percent of the explained variation. The findings supported the establishment of integrated case tracking, standardized deficiency correction procedures, clearer processing responsibilities, regular records audits, and stronger interoffice coordination to improve the completion of land titling and related agrarian reform services.
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