1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456719103321

Titolo

Gender and governance in rural services [[electronic resource] ] : insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia / / the World Bank and International Food Policy Research Institute

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2010

ISBN

1-282-50212-3

9786612502125

0-8213-8156-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Collana

Agriculture and Rural Development Series

Disciplina

307.1/412091724

Soggetti

Rural development projects - India

Rural development projects - Ghana

Rural development projects - Ethiopia

Rural women - Services for - India

Rural women - Services for - Ghana

Rural women - Services for - Ethiopia

Rural women - India - Social conditions

Rural women - Ghana - Social conditions

Rural women - Ethiopia - Social conditions

Rural development - Government policy - India

Rural development - Government policy - Ghana

Rural development - Government policy - Ethiopia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Figures; 1. Introduction; Boxes; 2. Conceptual Framework and Literature Review; 3. Gender and Governance in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia; Tables; 4. Methodology; 5. The Short Route of Accountability: Households, Community Organizations, and Service Providers; 6. The Long Route of Accountability: Political Representatives and Their Linkages; 7. Comparing the Three Countries; 8. Implications for Policy



and Research; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711653403321

Autore

Morgan Roy

Titolo

Marital status and living arrangements before admission to nursing and personal care homes : United States - May-June 1964 / / Roy Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, , 1969

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 46 pages) : illustrations, forms

Collana

Vital and health statistics. Series 12, Data from the national health survey ; ; number 12

Public Health Service publication ; ; no. 1000-series 12- no. 12

Soggetti

Nursing home residents - United States

Old age homes - United States

Nursing homes - United States

Marital status - United States

Nursing home residents' spouses - United States

Chronically ill - Care - United States

Marital status

Nursing home residents

Old age homes

Statistics.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"May 1969."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 18).