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Gender and Governance in Rural Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T09:32:55Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T09:32:55Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractAs the first output from the gender and governance in rural services project, this report presents descriptive findings and qualitative analysis of accountability mechanisms in agricultural extension and rural water supply in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia, paying specific attention to gender responsiveness. The gender and governance in rural services project seeks to generate policy-relevant knowledge on strategies to improve agricultural and rural service delivery, with a focus on providing more equitable access to these services, especially for women. The project focuses on agricultural extension, as an example of an agricultural service, and drinking water, as an example of rural service that is not directly related to agriculture but is of high relevance for rural women. A main goal of this project was to generate empirical micro level evidence about the ways various accountability mechanisms for agricultural and rural service provision work in practice and to identify factors that influence the suitability of different governance reform strategies that aim to make service provision more gender responsive. Three out of four poor people in the developing world live in rural areas, and most of them depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. Providing economic services, such as agricultural extension, is essential to using agriculture for development. At the same time, the rural poor need a range of basic services, such as drinking water, education, and health services. Such services are difficult to provide in rural areas because they are subject to the "triple challenge" of market, state, and community failure. As a result of market failure, the private sector does not provide these services to the rural poor to the extent that is desirable from society's point of view. The state is not very effective in providing these services either, because these services have to be provided every day throughout the country, even in remote areas, and because they require discretion and cannot easily be standardized, especially if they are demand driven. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and communities themselves are interesting alternative providers of these services, but they too can fail, because of capacity constraints and local elite capture. This triple challenge of market, state, and community failure results in the poor provision of agricultural and rural services, a major obstacle to agricultural and rural development.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-7658-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8213-7658-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/2410
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCESS TO ASSETS
dc.subjectACCESS TO DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO IRRIGATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INPUTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL MARKETING
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SERVICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM
dc.subjectCAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectCENTRAL REGION
dc.subjectCLEAN WATER
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY RESOURCES
dc.subjectCOOPERATIVES
dc.subjectCREDIT SCHEMES
dc.subjectCROP PRODUCTION
dc.subjectCROP YIELDS
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
dc.subjectDRAINAGE
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER FACILITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjectEQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subjectEXTENSION AGENTS
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectFAMILY FARMS
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectFARMER GROUPS
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMERS ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFEMALE FARMERS
dc.subjectFEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subjectFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER DIMENSIONS
dc.subjectHEALTH PROGRAMS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEADS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHUNGER
dc.subjectILLITERACY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK REARING
dc.subjectMARKET FAILURES
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectNEW TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectNGOS
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INFLUENCE
dc.subjectPOOR FARMERS
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectREGIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectREGIONAL TRAINING
dc.subjectREMOTE AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL LIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectRURAL PEOPLE
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL SERVICE
dc.subjectRURAL SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectRURAL SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subjectRURAL SERVICES
dc.subjectRURAL WATER
dc.subjectRURAL WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectRURAL WOMEN
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMING
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectVETERINARY SERVICES
dc.subjectVILLAGE ASSEMBLY
dc.subjectVULNERABLE SEGMENTS
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATER SOURCES
dc.subjectWHEAT PRODUCTION
dc.titleGender and Governance in Rural Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopiaen
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okr.date.disclosure2010-05-19
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
okr.docurlhttps://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/557271468331168780/gender-and-governance-in-rural-services-insights-from-india-ghana-and-ethiopia
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.guid557271468331168780
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-7658-4
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000334955_20100127051439
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum11702497
okr.identifier.report52860
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.region.countryGhana
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.region.geographicalEast Africa
okr.region.geographicalWest Africa
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.region.geographicalSouth Asia
okr.region.geographicalAsia
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Knowledge & Information Systems
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.unitAgriculture & Rural Dvmnt (ARD)
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