Gender and governance in rural services: insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia.
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 evide This book provides policy-relevant knowledge on strategies to improve service delivery in rural areas especially to rural women. The study covers key economic services, such as agricultural advisory services and related social services, including rural water supply. It presents analytical work from four countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, India and Sri Lanka, and provides a syntheses of 'best fit' practices in the different country contexts.
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Published: |
Washington, DC (USA) WB/IFPRI
2010
|
| Subjects: | gender, role of women, agricultural extension, governance, rural development, development projects, case studies, |
| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/2410/528600PUB0Rura101Official0Use0only1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|