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McNamara, Paul E. Gilot, Anne Catherine 2015-09-29T21:08:06Z 2015-09-29T21:08:06Z 2017-09-30T09:15:35Z 2015-08 2015-07-16 This paper analyses the response of agricultural extension workers to incentives generated by a Grameen Foundation-sponsored extension program. The effectiveness of extension services in agricultural development has been a subject of debates over a considerable period. However, it is acknowledged that access and transfer of agricultural knowledge and technology are critical in developing agriculture and improving food security, especially in rural areas of developing countries. This is the area in which extension workers play a role: they are the main actors in the delivery of agricultural services to rural and remote communities. Using data from an extension project in Uganda, this study examines the performance of 440 Community Knowledge Workers (CKWs) based on the incentive structure established by the Grameen Foundation. It was found that after inflation adjustments, an average increase of 47% of the original salary pay resulted in an average increase of approximately 9% in the productivity level of CKWs and it reduced the presence of poor performers. The poor performance of public civil servants has raised some concerns in the past and some argue that the lack of effective incentives and low levels of job satisfaction in government outreach and extension programs could be a factor. This study was conducted to provide quantitative evidence on incentive effects and its results enable a better understanding of how CKWs can be adequately incentivized. A discussion of the appropriate investments and design that could be adapted in agricultural extension programs in the sub-Saharan African setting is also incorporated in this analysis. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2017-08-01 The student, Anne Gilot, accepted the attached license on 2015-07-14 at 19:20. The student, Anne Gilot, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2015-07-14 at 19:39. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2015-07-16 at 11:25. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #8466 on 2015-09-29 at 15:06:12 Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-29T21:08:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 GILOT-THESIS-2015.pdf: 562935 bytes, checksum: f0df0975db843bdd21f67a864bfca454 (MD5) Master_s_Thesis.docx: 283505 bytes, checksum: cf41ee3577869356f536e87329653a0c (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4207 bytes, checksum: bfa2cd98ce1b078e85acde82ae7808b3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-16 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 89568 Lift date: 2017-09-29T21:08:35Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Limited Restriction Lifted for Item 89568 on 2017-09-30T09:15:35Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/88287 en Copyright 2015 Anne Gilot Agricultural Extension Services Community Knowledge Workers Performance-Based Incentives Labor Supply Uganda Bunching How do CKWs respond to performance – based incentives? The case of Ugandan Community Knowledge Workers text text 2015-8 Agricultural & Consumer Economics Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S.