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Background
 The
UK and Pakistan signed a
10-year Development Partnership
Arrangement and the UK announced a doubling of aid for the period 2008-2011
to £480m. Since then, DFID has begun a programme of consultation with other
government departments, civil society, academics, MPs and the general public in
the UK and Pakistan on how this new money should be spent.
Country Facts
- Around 160 million people live in Pakistan
- 24% of the population - around 40 million - were living below the
national poverty line in 2004/05
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is US$925. The average
growth rate over the past five years was 7%
- Life expectancy is 64 years for men and 66 for women
- 50% of the adult population is illiterate
- One in ten children die before their fifth birthday
- Every year at least 15,000 women die from complications of pregnancy and
childbirth
- There are an estimated 87,000 people living with HIV in Pakistan
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DFID in Pakistan
DFID published its Country Assistance Plan (CAP) (133
kb) in February 2005. Drawing on Pakistan's own poverty reduction plans, it identifies
three outcomes that will provide a focus for the UK's development relationship
with Pakistan over the next three years:
- increased incomes for the poor
- improved service delivery of education, health and population
services to the poor
- greater accountability of the state to its citizens.
Apart from assistance to federal (national) programmes, DFID is
concentrating its assistance on two provinces: Punjab and the North
West Frontier Province (NWFP). In taking this decision, we considered need
(population size and poverty levels), working relationships and the size and
scope of other donors' programmes. We will be publishing our new CAP in late
2008.
For further information read our
Pakistan Factsheet(136
kb) and see the progress towards the Millennium
Development Goals in Pakistan(128 kb)
- November 2007.
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News
Why milk matters in Pakistan
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courtesy of Pakistan Dairy Development Company
The first Middle East-Pakistan Agriculture and Dairy Forum took place on 29 November
in Lahore. At the forum, $3 billion was pledged towards Punjab’s dairy and
livestock sector by investors from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,
Turkey and European countries.
The livestock sub-sector (cattle, dairy, sheep, goats and poultry) accounts
for half of Pakistan’s agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and is the
fastest growing component of the agriculture sector in Pakistan. Milk production
also is rapidly expanding.
DFID
Pakistan and the Government of Punjab province are currently designing a £30
million programme to improve incomes in the rural districts of Punjab, and
livestock and dairy has been identified as a priority sector for this programme,
due to its potential to significantly reduce rural poverty. The aim is to
enhance productivity by developing skills, making better use of technology,
increasing access to capital, and improving infrastructure, regulation and
marketing.
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