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Pro-poor participative practices in Pakistan: an analysis of typology of community participation in social action program (1992-2001) (public submission)
International Conference on Engaging Communities, 2005Why did Pakistan’s Social Action Program (SAP) not achieve its desired outcome? This paper analyses the structural features and nature of community participation in both phases of the SAP at the levels of programme planning and implementation. For this purpose, secondary literature has been used.DocumentPublic hospital autonomy: lessons from Pakistan
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007For many years health policy in developing countries concentrated on primary health care. State hospitals were seen as expensive and somewhat irrelevant. Health system reforms have led to public sector hospitals increasingly being granted autonomy as a solution to their problems. What lessons can be learned from two such initiatives in Pakistan?DocumentThe dark side of healthcare: a report about Swedish county councils’ procurement of goods from India and Pakistan
SwedWatch, 2007This report discusses Swedish county councils’ procurement of goods from India and Pakistan. The report reveals that simple surgical instruments, as well as patient wear, are produced for Swedish county councils in unacceptable working conditions that also lead to environmental destruction.OrganisationGender Mainstreaming Project in Planning and Development Division, Government of Pakistant
This 3-year project, involved in building capacity for gender mainstreaming, has the following objectives:DocumentRetaining Legitimacy in Fragile States
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Globalisation, liberalisation, and the withdrawal of external support from Cold War alliances have placed enormous strains on some developing countries - best described as 'fragile states'. These are states with high levels of poverty and inequality and low levels of state capacity.DocumentUnderstanding bonded child labour in Asia: an introduction to the nature of the problem and how to address it
Child Workers in Asia, 2007This document presents an overview of bonded child labour in South and Southeast Asia, and provides information on legal instruments and approaches that organisations might use to fight it.DocumentGender Equality & United Nations Reform: A Resource Packet
2007How did women's organisations and networks respond to the new gender equality architecture proposed by the United Nations (UN) High-Level Panel on UN System-Wide Coherence? What actions are women's groups taking? This resource pack outlines the UN's recommendations, gives information on the UN processes and provides statements of response from women's groups in South Asia, Africa and elsewhere.DocumentTeacher labor markets in developing countries
Future of Children, 2007Can the US learn from the experience of developing countries’ efforts to staff under-funded schools with quality teachers? This article summarises research into strategies used by developing countries to improve teaching and thereby improve student outcomes in schools serving poor populations.DocumentMigration, school attainment and child labor: evidence from rural Pakistan
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006Does temporary economic migration increase investment in education by the poor, reduce child labour and improve girls’ access to education?