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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