Gender and Governance in Rural Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia
As 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 Ethi...
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ACCESS TO ASSETS ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO IRRIGATION ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CENTRAL REGION CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY RESOURCES COOPERATIVES CREDIT SCHEMES CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER FACILITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAMILY FARMS FARMER FARMER GROUPS FARMERS FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS FARMS FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER DIMENSIONS HEALTH PROGRAMS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUNGER ILLITERACY INCOME INCOMES INEQUALITY LIVELIHOOD SECURITY LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK REARING MARKET FAILURES MATERNAL MORTALITY NEW TECHNOLOGIES NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION POLITICAL INFLUENCE POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL TRAINING REMOTE AREAS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DRINKING WATER RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL SERVICE RURAL SERVICE DELIVERY RURAL SERVICE PROVISION RURAL SERVICES RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY RURAL WOMEN SAFETY NET SANITATION SMALLHOLDER FARMING SOCIAL CAPITAL TARGETING TRANSACTION COSTS VEGETABLES VETERINARY SERVICES VILLAGE ASSEMBLY VULNERABLE SEGMENTS WATER RESOURCES WATER SOURCES WHEAT PRODUCTION |
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ACCESS TO ASSETS ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO IRRIGATION ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CENTRAL REGION CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY RESOURCES COOPERATIVES CREDIT SCHEMES CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER FACILITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAMILY FARMS FARMER FARMER GROUPS FARMERS FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS FARMS FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER DIMENSIONS HEALTH PROGRAMS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUNGER ILLITERACY INCOME INCOMES INEQUALITY LIVELIHOOD SECURITY LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK REARING MARKET FAILURES MATERNAL MORTALITY NEW TECHNOLOGIES NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION POLITICAL INFLUENCE POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL TRAINING REMOTE AREAS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DRINKING WATER RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL SERVICE RURAL SERVICE DELIVERY RURAL SERVICE PROVISION RURAL SERVICES RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY RURAL WOMEN SAFETY NET SANITATION SMALLHOLDER FARMING SOCIAL CAPITAL TARGETING TRANSACTION COSTS VEGETABLES VETERINARY SERVICES VILLAGE ASSEMBLY VULNERABLE SEGMENTS WATER RESOURCES WATER SOURCES WHEAT PRODUCTION World Bank Gender and Governance in Rural Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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As 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. |
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Gender and Governance in Rural
Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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Gender and Governance in Rural
Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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Gender and Governance in Rural
Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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Gender and Governance in Rural
Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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Gender and Governance in Rural
Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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gender and governance in rural
services : insights from india, ghana, and ethiopia |
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okr-10986-24102021-04-23T14:02:01Z Gender and Governance in Rural Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia World Bank ACCESS TO ASSETS ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO IRRIGATION ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CENTRAL REGION CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY RESOURCES COOPERATIVES CREDIT SCHEMES CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER FACILITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAMILY FARMS FARMER FARMER GROUPS FARMERS FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS FARMS FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER DIMENSIONS HEALTH PROGRAMS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUNGER ILLITERACY INCOME INCOMES INEQUALITY LIVELIHOOD SECURITY LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK REARING MARKET FAILURES MATERNAL MORTALITY NEW TECHNOLOGIES NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION POLITICAL INFLUENCE POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL TRAINING REMOTE AREAS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DRINKING WATER RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL SERVICE RURAL SERVICE DELIVERY RURAL SERVICE PROVISION RURAL SERVICES RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY RURAL WOMEN SAFETY NET SANITATION SMALLHOLDER FARMING SOCIAL CAPITAL TARGETING TRANSACTION COSTS VEGETABLES VETERINARY SERVICES VILLAGE ASSEMBLY VULNERABLE SEGMENTS WATER RESOURCES WATER SOURCES WHEAT PRODUCTION As 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. 2012-03-19T09:32:55Z 2012-03-19T09:32:55Z 2010 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20100127051439 978-0-8213-7658-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2410 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Africa East Africa West Africa Sub-Saharan Africa South Asia Asia India Ghana Ethiopia |