Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 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 -- Notes -- Chapter 2. Conceptual Framework and Literature Review -- Conceptual Framework -- Actions and Mechanisms That Create Accountability -- Strategies to Make Service Provision More Gender Sensitive -- Notes -- Chapter 3. Gender and Governance in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia -- The Three Countries in Comparative Perspective -- India -- Ghana -- Ethiopia -- Annex -- Notes -- Chapter 4. Methodology -- India -- Ghana -- Ethiopia -- Annex -- Notes -- Chapter 5. The Short Route of Accountability: Households, Community Organizations, and Service Providers -- India -- Ghana -- Ethiopia -- Annex -- Notes -- Chapter 6. The Long Route of Accountability: Political Representatives and Their Linkages -- India -- Ghana -- Ethiopia -- Annex -- Notes -- Chapter 7. Comparing the Three Countries -- Synopsis and Discussion of Main Findings -- Routes of Accountability in Comparison -- Notes -- Chapter 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? -- References -- Index -- Back cover.