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SIG 2015 Workshop
Integrating Multi-level Governance into the Post-2015 Development Agenda:
Opportunities, Trade-offs, and Implications
Overview:
The proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are one of the main instruments for the
Post-2015 Development Agenda, explicitly includes an emphasis on improved governance via promoting
peaceful societies and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions. Yet, what exactly are the
mechanisms by which improved governance impacts other key development objectives central to the
SDGs, including poverty reduction, food security, education, and health? What are the incentive
structures and trade-offs among disparate actors, ranging from civil society, the private sector, national
administrations, and the international community, for pursuing improved governance in specific sectors?
How scalable are promising policy interventions across different levels of governance and diverse
institutional configurations? And how does polycentricity, which refers to multiple decision actors that
are functionally independent of each other, influence the adoption and implementation of food security
policies?
This workshop focuses on ongoing analyses of these questions by IFPRI researchers and those in the
broader academic and policy communities. By spanning multiple disciplines and providing exposure to
innovative research methodologies, the workshop aims to create the foundations for a broader community
of practice around institutions and governance research relevant to IFPRI’s mandate and to elucidate
priority issues for feasibly implementing the SDG agenda on governance.
DATE AND LOCATION:
IFPRI, Room 7AB, November 9-10th, 2015
NOVEMBER 9:
8:30-9:00am Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:15am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Danielle Resnick
9:15-10:00am Donor Perspectives on Governance and the SDGs
Neil Levine, USAID Center for Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and
Governance
10:00-10:30am Governance and the Rule of Law in the 2017 World Development Report
Luís Felipe López-Calva, Office of the Chief Economist, World Bank
10:30-11:00am The Concept, Utility, and Implications of “Polycentricity”
William Blomquist, Indiana University
11:00-11:30am Questions and Discussion
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11:30-11:45am Coffee Break
11:45-1:15pm Political Economy of Food Security Policy Processes
Lauren Philips (IFAD): Multi-level governance and bottom up policy processes for
sustainable development
Jody Harris (IFPRI): Alive and Thrive- a comparison of nutrition policy processes
in three countries
David Orden (IFPRI): The Imperfect Evolution of US Farm Support Policies
1:15-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-3:30pm Information, Accountability, and Responsiveness
Guy Grossman (University of Pennsylvania): Government Fragmentation and
Public Goods Provision
Adam Auerbach (American University): Co-Ethnicity, Capacity, Connectivity: The
Origins of Authority and Informal Hierarchy in India's Urban Slums
Katrina Kosec (IFPRI): If You Give it, Trust Will Come: The Impacts of Community
Managed Cash Transfers
3:30-3:45pm Coffee Break
3:45-5:30pm Land Tenure and Resource Management
Kathleen Klaus (Northwestern University): Land Security and the Micro-
Foundations of Electoral Violence: Evidence from Kenya’s Rift Valley Region
Hosaena Ghebru-Hagos (IFPRI): Drivers of tenure insecurity and the fate of
customary tenure system in Africa: empirical evidence from selected African
countries
Ruth Meinzen-Dick (IFPRI): Securing the Commons: Polycentric Approaches in
India
Mark Robinson (World Resources Institute): Measuring, Mapping, and
Strengthening Rights: The Environmental Democracy Index
5:30-7:00pm Reception – Drinks and Hors d’Oeuvres in Room 4BC on 4th Floor
NOVEMBER 10
8:30-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-10:30am Origins and Impacts of Farmer Based Organizations
Fleur Wouterse (IFPRI): The Health of Farmer-Based Organizations in Ghana:
Organizational Diagnostics and Governance Implications
Maria Recalde (IFPRI): Leadership in Risk Taking: Field Evidence from Malawi
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Catherine Ragasa (IFPRI): Effectiveness and Challenges of Participatory
Governance: The Case of Agricultural and Rural Management Councils in the
western DRC
10:30-10:45am Coffee Break
10:45-12:15pm Public Administration Reforms for Pro-Poor Outcomes
Naureen Karachiwalla (IFPRI): Promotion Incentives in the Public Sector:
Evidence from Chinese Schools
Danielle Resnick (IFPRI): Are there Dividends from District Proliferation?: The
Case of Ghana
Jordan Kyle (IFPRI): Contracting out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized
Food Distribution in Indonesian Villages
12:15-1:00pm Concluding Roundtable: New Frontiers for SIG Research at IFPRI
Facilitated by Ruth Meinzen-Dick
1:00-2:00pm Closing Lunch