CONTENTS
Foreword xvii Acknowledgments xix Abbreviations xxiii Executive Summary xxv 1. Introduction 1 Providing Agricultural and Rural Services: What Is the Problem? 1 Better Serving the Rural Poor, Including Rural Women 4 Governance Reforms and Their Promise for Better Service Provision Making Services Work for the Poor: The World Bank Accountability Framework 7 Where Are the Knowledge Gaps? 9 The Gender and Governance in Rural Services Project 12 Objectives and Structure of This Report 14 Notes 15 2. Conceptual Framework and Literature Review 17 Conceptual Framework 17 Actions and Mechanisms That Create Accountability 20 Strategies to Make Service Provision More Gender Sensitive Notes 34
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