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Pakistan
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PPTA: PAK32264-01
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Punjab Devolved Social Services Sector Development Program
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Location
Nationwide.
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Sector
Multisector /Multisector
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Initial Listing
9 April 2003
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Most Recent Update
11 November 2005
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Executing Agency(ies)
Planning and Development Department
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TA Fact-Finding Mission Undertaken/Scheduled: 24-30 May 2003
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TA Approval Date
26 September 2003
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Estimated Completion Date
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- Cost and Financing Plan (in US$)
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TASF |
300,000.00 |
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300,000.00 |
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- Description
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PRSPs and sector programs will serve as the basis for achieving the social sector targets for poverty reduction, human development and gender parity in the coming years. ADB's poverty reduction strategy also supports social development along with governance and pro-poor economic growth. Before and during SAP, provincial governments have expanded the network of public schools, clinics and schemes. However, social indicators are still dismall, and many services are not working satisfactorily or are even closed, due to problems of governance, access, and quality of services. The devolution of social services to local governments offers new opportunities for social sector development in terms of ownership, adoption to local needs, transparency, and community involvement.
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- Thematic Classification
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- Poverty Classification
- Poverty Intervention
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- Objectives and Scope
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The objective of the TA is to prepare a sector development program (SDP) to make Devolved Social Services (DSS) more efficient, equitable, and sustainable so that major impacts result for the poor in health, education, and water supply and sanitation. Consequently, the TA will strengthen devolution during its early stages because social service delivery at the local level is the best way to achieve results that impact people. A local government ordinance (2001) already devolves authority and funding to districts while ongoing and proposed ADB SDP support will provide financial sustainability to the province and districts. Outputs will be divided into policy and activities. First, TA consultants will discuss with stakeholders and recommend social sector policies that support local government capacity to improve efficiency in the delivery of social services. These include human resources management, horizontal coordination, and community participation for accountability all are needed for effective delivery of services. Second, consultants will design DSS activities to help local governments (i) improve the quality of expanded social services; (ii) build local capacity for DSS delivery; and (iii) support improvements to make the social sector more efficient, equitable, and sustainable. Sector-specific priorities will mirror millennium development goals and extend universal basic education, reduce dropout rates, improve gender balance, reduce maternal and child mortality, reduce fertility, and increase access to safe drinking water supply and sanitation. Broadening social platform, community participation, capacity building, and reforms will strengthen social services.
- Policy Dialogue
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None.
- Environment Category:
C
- Environment Impact and Mitigation
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- Social Aspects and Remedies
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To be determined.
- Benefits and Beneficiaries
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To be determined.
- Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
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To be determined.
- Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
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To be determined.
- Consulting Services
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The TA will use the services of one international (5 person-months) and five domestic specialits (18 person-months). The international expert will be an economic and finance specialist and the team leader. The five domestic specialists will include water supply and sanitation (4 person-months); gender and social participation (3 person-months); education (3 person-months); health (3 person-months); and governance (5 person-months). ADB will engage individual specialists in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB for engaging domestic consultants. Local consultants may be engaged individually or through local firms.
- Procurement
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Rehabilitation
Procurement for education, health, water supply (furniture/equipment, medicines, pumps)
- Contacts
- Bank
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Leah C. Gutierrez
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Principal Evaluation Specialist
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OED1
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Tel. No.:
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(632) 632-4113
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E-mail:
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lcgutierrez@adb.org
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- Executing Agency
- Planning and Development Department
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Contact Person
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Mr. Sohail Ahmad, Secretary
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Tel. No.
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(9242) 921-0109
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Fax. No.
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(9242) 921-0477
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- Remarks
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