1. Tropentag 2011 Final workshop of the project
Making Rural Services Work for the Poor:
the Role of Rural Institutions and their Governance
for Agriculture-Led Development
Bonn, October 6, 2011
Project funded by the

2. TT 2011 Side Event: Rural Services for the Poor
Thursday, 6th October
Parallel Session 2: 1.30pm – 3:00pm
1:30pm Welcome and introduction
Prof. Dr. Regina Birner, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Prof. Dr. Markus Hanisch, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
1:45pm Reforming the provision of irrigation services: Water users associations and agricultural production in Kyrgyzstan
Dr. Kamiljon T. Akramov, International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA
2:00pm Decentralization of Publicly Provided Services for Natural Resource Management: Lessons from a Pasture Management Reform in Kyrgyzstan
Wibke Crewett, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
2:15pm Is the provision of agricultural extension services better under decentralized than under centralized government systems? The case of Uganda
Dr. Ephraim Nkonya, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA

3. TT 2011 Side Event: Rural Services for the Poor
2:30pm Gender differentials in agricultural extension services: Empirical evidence from Uganda
Prof. Bernard Bashaasha, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
2:45pm Cooperatives as service providers: The revival of agricultural cooperatives in Uganda
Nana Afranaa Kwapong, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
Coffee break
Parallel Session 3: 3.30pm – 5.00pm
3:30pm The role of services for smallfarmers' agricultural growth: a study from Maddur Taluk, in Mandya district, Karnataka, India
Giulia Secondini, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
3:45pm Pro-poor service delivery and social identity: empirical evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India
Ulrike Mueller, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany

4. TT 2011 Side Event: Rural Services for the Poor
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4:00pm Reforming the public administration for better rural service provision: A comparative study of five rural services in Karnataka, India
Madhushree Sekher, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India
4:15pm Understanding the exercise of discretion in community forestry policy implementation: Application of street-level bureaucracy theory to a case study from Nepal
Hima Devi Uprety, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Forest, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy, Austria
4:30pm The role of participatory governance for overcoming information asymmetries in rural political markets: A case study in Guatemala
Johanna Speer, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
4:45pm Providing safe drinking water in Guatemala: Comparing the role of local governments, communities and the private sector
William F. Vasquez Mariegos, Fairfield University, Department of Economics, USA