Workshop: Mobilizing Rural Institutions for Sustainable Livelihood and Equitable Development

	Introduction by Kathy Sierra, VP SDN, Opening Remarks by Jiayi Zou ED, and Steen Jorgensen, SDV  Steve Mc Carthy  Parmesh Shah and Jaiyi Zou  Jonathan Kydd  Arun Agrawal  Discussion (Morning Session)  Nicolas Perrin  R. Rajalahti and R. Birner  Case Studies  Closing

The Social Development Department (SDV) and Agriculture and Rural Development Department (ARD) are organizing this joint workshop on the potential of rural institutions to increase access of the rural poor to public and private services. This event will bring together World Bank, CGIAR centers, academics and practitioners in the field of mobilizing rural institutions for sustainable livelihoods and equitable development. The purpose will be to discuss ongoing support to rural institutions, present the latest research and initiatives in the field, identify gaps in the existing research agenda and propose ways to strengthen linkages between research on rural institutions and development operations.
(All workshop files available on this page are in PDF format)

• Overview of the Workshop
• Agenda
• Proceedings of the Workshop

Morning Session:
Panel discussion on how to mobilize rural institutions for sustainable livelihoods?

• Introduction - Kathy Sierra, Vice President, SDN (World Bank)
• Opening Remarks - Jiayi Zou, Executive Director (WB)
• Presentation of the workshop agenda - Steen Lau Jorgensen, Director, SDV (WB)
• Presentation on the types of support for Rural Producer Organizations- Steve Mc Carthy (ACDI/VOCA) | Bio | Presentation | Paper |
• Transforming Social Capital into Economic Capital: a Case Study from Andhra Pradesh – Parmesh Shah (WB) | Presentation | Paper |
• Presentation on New Institutional Economics - Jonathan Kydd (Imperial College London) | Bio | Presentation | Paper |
  • Beyond Liberalisation: “Developmental Coordination” Policies for African Smallholder Agriculture (Paper)
  • Institutions, Markets and Economic Co-ordination: Linking Development Policy to Theory and Praxis (Paper)
  • Overcoming Market Constraints on Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paper)
• Presentation on Collective Action, Economic Capital and Empowerment Processes by Arun Agrawal (University of Michigan) | Bio | Presentation | Paper |
• Discussion

Afternoon Session: 
Presentation of the TFESSD activities on Rural Institutions.

• Scope of Activities on Rural Institutions in the TFESSD-supported initiative - Nicolas Perrin (WB) | Presentation |
  • Strengthening Rural Local Institutional Capacities for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Development (Paper)
  • Stocktaking of Selected World Bank Projects Working with Rural Institutions for Sustainable Livelihoods & Equitable Development (Draft Report)
• Presentation of the Development of a Benchmarking Tool for Agriculture Innovation Systems – Riikka Rajalahti (WB) and Regina Birner (IFPRI)
  • A Benchmarking Tool for Agricultural Innovation Systems 
  • Presentation on AIS & Indicators -  One |  Two 
  • Enhancing Agricultural Innovation: How to Go Beyond the Strengthening of Research Systems
• Discussion
• Presentation of the various Case Study Proposals - Country Case Team Representatives
  • Presentation for Afghanistan Country Study 
  • Presentation for Ethiopia Country Study 
  • Presentation for Vietnam Country Study 
• Case Studies working groups discussion
  • Proposal for Afghanistan Country Study
  • Proposal for Ethiopia Country Study
  • Proposal for India Country Study
  • Proposal for Vietnam Country Study
  • Proposal for Yemen Country Study 
• Summary of recommendations and findings of the working groups for the case studies
• Closure (CGIAR and World Bank)

Background Documents
Rural Producer Organizations

• Farmers’ & Rural Organizations Capacity Building
• Capitalisation on Support to Farmers’ Organizations
• Building the Capacity of Rural Producer Organizations
• Enhancing the Capacities of Rural Producer Organizations
• Empowering Rural Producer Organizations within the World Bank Initiatives
• Reforming Agricultural Services in Partnership with the Producer Organizations
• Stakeholders, Power Relations, and Policy Dialogue
• Rural Producer Organizations and Empowerment 
• Rural Producer Organizations and Agricultural Innovation 
• RPOs, Decentralization and Valorization of Products of Territories

Collective Action & Rural Institutions

• Collective Action, Property Rights, and Decentralization in Resource Management
• Common Property Institutions and Sustainable Governance of Resources 
• Decentralization and Participation: The Governance of Common Pool Resources in Nepal’s Terai
• Explaining Success on the Commons: Community Forest Governance in the Indian Himalaya
• The Struggle to Govern the Commons 
• Decentralization, Women’s Participation, and Environmental Conservation
• Local Enforcement and Better Forests 
• Recentralizing While Decentralizing How National Governments Reappropriate Forest Resources
• The Contested Role of Heterogeneity in Collective Action: Some Evidence from Community Forestry in Nepal

Rural & Social Development in Bank Operations

• Agriculture PSIA
• Collective Action & Property Rights
• Gender & Collective Action
• Gender & Collective Action - Two
• Collective Action & Market Access
• CDD & Agricultural Income

Relevant websites

• Social Development Department (World Bank)
• Agriculture and Rural Development Web site (World Bank, ARD)
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Web site (CGIAR)
• Community-driven Development Web site (World Bank, CDD)
• Natural Resources Institute (NRI)
• Private Sector Development (World Bank)
• Rural Transport Web site (World Bank)
• ACCION International Web site (ACCION)
• Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) 
• Community Development Carbon Fund Web Site (Prototype Carbon Fund)
• Consultative Group to Assist the Poor Web site (CGAP)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Web site (FAO)
• Forest and Forestry (World Bank)
• Groupe de Recherche et d'échanges Technologiques (GRET) 
• Institute of Development Studies Web site (IDS)
• International Development Research Center Web site (IDRC)
• International Federation of Agricultural Producers Web site (IFAP)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development Web site (IFAD)
• Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) 
• Khanya Managing Rural Change (Khanya)
• Overseas Development Institute Web site (ODI)
• Participation and Civic Engagement Web site (World Bank, SDV)
• Register of Best Practices on Indigenous Knowledge (UNESCO)
• Safeguard Policies Web site (World Bank, ESSD)
• Sustainable Livelihoods Keysheets (DFID, ODI, Netherlands)
• United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) 
• United Nations Development Program Web site (UNDP)