The book “Gender and Governance in Rural Services: Insights
from India, Ghana and Ethiopia” provides 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. It focuses India, Ethiopia, and Ghana,
and focuses on two public services: agricultural extension, as an
example of an agricultural service, and on drinking water, as an
example of rural service that is not directly related to agriculture
but is of high relevance for rural women. It provides empirical
microlevel evidence on how different accountability mechanisms for
agricultural advisory services and drinking water provision work in
practice, and analyzes factors that influence the suitability of
different governance reform strategies that aim at making service
provision more gender responsive. It presents major findings from the
quantitative and qualitative research conducted under the project in
the three countries, which are analyzed in a qualitative way to
identify major patterns of accountability routes in agricultural and
rural service provision and to assess their gender dimension.
This book is intended for use by a wide audience interested in
agricultural and rural service provision, including researchers,
members of the public administration, policy makers, and staff from
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international development
agencies who are involved in the design and management of reform
efforts, projects, and programs dealing with rural service
provision.
"A thorough, well researched, and carefully structured study
that analyzes the nature of women's experience of rural public
services ... and the findings are fascinating. The introductory framing
of the research problem and questions is extremely well-written and
compellingly sets out the reasons why the issue of women's access
to agricultural extension services and water are such major
developmental concerns. Gender and Governance in Rural Services
is rich with data and has strong recommendations that will go a long
way in forming our thinking on technical assistance and policy advice
in governance of service delivery."
-Anne-Marie Goetz, Chief Advisor, Governance,
Peace and Security, UNIFEM
"Gender and Governance in Rural Services contains an
impressive amount of important information regarding extension services
and will provide useful knowledge in the design of projects and
approaches to address the needs of women farmers."
-Jeannette Gurung, Director, Women Organizing
for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources (WOCAN)
"Gender and Governance in Rural Services is well
researched and informative. It is a good action-research report that
contains a lot of information and provides practical policy inputs to
improve access to economic services in rural areas, particularly for
women."
-Meheret Ayenew, Professor, Faculty of Business
and Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
"I want to convey my deep appreciation to the authors of
this report for their excellent data collection, covering a large
section of relevant stakeholders, analytical case studies, and a
thorough analysis of the status of service delivery in the countries
surveyed, especially for women."
-Dr. S. S. Meenakshisundaram, Visiting
Professor, Rural Development and Decentralized Governance, National
Institute of Advanced Studies, India
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
Providing Agricultural and Rural Services: What Is the Problem? •
Better Serving the Rural Poor, Including Rural Women • Governance
Reforms and Their Promise for Better Service Provision • Making
Services Work for the Poor: The World Bank Accountability Framework
• Where Are the Knowledge Gaps? • The Gender and Governance
in Rural Services Project • Objectives and Structure of This
Report
2. Conceptual Framework and Literature Review
Conceptual Framework • Actions and Mechanisms That Create
Accountability • Strategies to Make Service Provision More Gender
Sensitive
3. Gender and Governance in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia
The Three Countries in Comparative Perspective • India •
Ghana • Ethiopia
4. Methodology
India • Ghana • Ethiopia
5. The Short Route of Accountability: Households, Community
Organizations, and Service Providers
India • Ghana • Ethiopia
6. The Long Route of Accountability: Political Representatives
and Their Linkages
India • Ghana • Ethiopia
7. Comparing the Three Countries
Synopsis and Discussion of Main Findings • Routes of
Accountability in Comparison
8. Implications for Policy and Research
Cross-Cutting Insights for Policy Design and Research •
Country-Specific Recommendations • Concluding Remarks: What
Creates Political Incentives to Improve Outcomes for Women?
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