Pakistan: TA 6385: Scoping Study on Capacity Development for Service Delivery in Pakistan
Recent decentralization and devolution initiatives in Pakistan aim to improve governance, management, and service delivery in key sectors. These policy changes have resulted in sweeping structural reforms, which have raised concerns about the state and sustainability of local capacities for service delivery. In response, the Government of Pakistan requested that ADB conduct a study on capacity development (CD) for service delivery in Pakistan.
Aims
The aims of the study are to enhance understanding of capacity development processes employed in delivery of social services in Pakistan; generate recommendations to enhance effectiveness of capacity development and service delivery. These findings are to be fed into government policy and donor strategies.
| Time Frame |
Activities |
Expected Outputs |
Phase I
(August-Sept 2007) |
Scoping Study by Consultants David Watson and Adnan Qadir Khan. Identification of capacity issues and experience in literature and Pakistan, including definitions, concepts, successful capacity development ‘candidate' case studies.
Joint Government / Donor Workshop 3rd September 2007: Discussion of issues; identification of 12 priority cases for further research (see attached listing). |
Capacity Development Intervention Map of Pakistan's key service delivery sectors
Criteria and list of potential case studies for Phase II |
Phase II
from
(October 2007 - April 2008) |
Conduct field visits and prepare case studies
Conduct “write-shops” in case study provinces |
8-10 Case Studies on a range of CD approaches employed in various sectors and provinces throughout Pakistan
|
Phase III
from
(May - July 2008) |
Present study findings at final conference |
Final Study Report containing key recommendations to improve CD intervention approaches in Pakistan |
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