Development Planning Administration MPA 403 Lecture3 FACILITATOR Prof

Development Planning & Administration MPA – 403 Lecture-3 FACILITATOR Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood Bagram 0333 -5188677, majidbagram@yahoo. com

Reflections Objectives of the Course Significance Planning – Key issues and solutions

issues & measures

“If you think you can, if you think you can’t, you can’t. ”

LETS WALK BAREFOOT THROUGH THE WORLD OF POVERTY

“It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them. ” ~Bill Vaughan

"The upper hand is better than the lower hand (i. e. he who gives in charity is better than him who takes it)…. "

WIKIPEDIA SAYS: POVERTY IS OF 2 TYPES: ABSOLUTE POVERTY RELATIVE POVERTY • LACK OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS , LIKE CLEAN WATER, NUTRITION, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, CLOTHING AND SHELTER. • THE CONDITION OF HAVING FEWER RESOURCES OR LESSER INCOME AS COMPARED TO OTHERS, WITHIN A SOCIETY OR A COUNTRY, OR AS COMPARED TO WORLDWIDE AVERAGES.

Poverty includes low levels of health and education, poor access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate physical security, lack of voice, and insufficient capacity and opportunity to better one’s life. World Bank

q. Poverty in Pakistan is a growing concern. q 17. 2% of the total population lives below the poverty line, which is the lowest figure in the history of Pakistan. q. Criterion of Poor: less than US $2. 00 per day.

l Inadequate access to insurance opportunities l Landlessness: Over 50% of the rural population in Pakistan is landless, over 40% of them are poor l Lack of education: l Poor access to health care and basic infrastructure: The poor are less likely to access health facilities. l Social groupings such as caste, biradris etc determine access to services and economic opportunities

POVERTY AND GENDER

CAUSES OF POVERTY IN PAKISTAN POPULATION PRESSURE SHORTAGE OF CAPITAL LOW LITERACY RATE UNEMPLOYMENT LARGE SCALE IMPORT MATERIALISM

EFFECTS OF POVERTY

MURDER

THEFT

DRUG ABUSE

illiteracy

Poverty will never end unless there are real solutions to end it: q The full equality between men and women in public as well as private areas of life q End of child labor under the age of 16 with the creation of a subsidy for scholarship. q The guarantee of shelter, healthcare, education, food and drinking water as basic human rights that must be provided to all.

q A total redistribution of idle lands to landless farmers. q Farm to market roads Water availability through better management of irrigation systems; q q Credit to farmers by formal banking system;

q. Development of new & upgrading of existing industrial estates q. Creating productive opportunities q. Empowering q. Improving q. Reaching the poor public sector governance the ultra-poor

Revise Constitution to give provinces control over resources Revise NFC Award (National Finance Commission Award, is the distribution of financial resources among the provinces of Pakistan by the Federal Government on annual basis) as per backwardness, revenue collection Fiscal & administrative decentralization Focused education, technical training & development programs

Thank you for your kind attention! FACILITATOR Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood Bagram 0333 -5188677, majidbagram@yahoo. com