3 DFID's work in Pakistan
42. In 2000-01 UK Official Development
Assistance was £15 million; it increased to over £66
million in 2003-04, decreased to £31 million in 2004-05 and
increased again to over £97 million in 2005-06.[59]
DFID explained the volatility in its assistance to Pakistan over
the last decade was due to a number of reasons. UK Official Development
Assistance declined following the nuclear tests in 1998 and concerns
arising from the 1999 coup d'etat. By 2003, the situation in Afghanistan
was creating a huge burden in Pakistan due to refugee flows and
other pressures. Pakistan's Government had demonstrated itself
to be more reform-minded, and a decision had been taken to scale
up assistance, largely through short-term, carefully targeted
projects. In 2005 DFID devolved responsibility for programming
and policy for Pakistan from London to the DFID office in Islamabad.
DFID expenditure in Pakistan fell in 2004-05 during this transition
while a new Country Assistance Programme was prepared. Soon after
this the 2005 Kashmir earthquake triggered another significant
increase in UK ODA, mostly linked to emergency and humanitarian
support.[60]
Table 3
| Year 2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
| Total DFID Bilateral Programme £m
15,038
43,198
38,314
66,240
31,377
97,413
101,118
|
2007 Statistics in International
Development
43. While final decisions have yet to
be made, it is intended that DFID's funding will be split approximately
as follows: national programmes (30%); programmes in DFID's two
focal provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (55%); and other
Provinces (15%). DFID focuses on Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
provinces as together they account for over 70% of Pakistan's
population and the largest absolute numbers of poor people.[61]
44. DFID has an operational plan for
Pakistan running from 2011 to 2015 which is refreshed annually.[62]
It states DFID's aim is for a stable and prosperous Pakistan at
peace with its neighbours. It hopes to do this by: building peace
and stability; making democracy work so that Pakistan can escape
the cycle of poor governance and military intervention; promoting
macroeconomic stability, growth and jobs as Pakistan has a rapidly
growing young population in need of work; and helping to deliver
effective public services so the Government of Pakistan can respond
to its people's needs.[63]
45. Education will be DFID's largest
programme in future. Its other key areas are governance and security
and maternal health, with other smaller programmes on humanitarian
assistance, wealth creation and poverty hunger and vulnerability.
Figure 1
Sectoral composition of planned expenditure
in Pakistan 2012-13 to 2014-15, ICAI Report, Evaluation of DFID's
Bilateral Aid to Pakistan
This Report concentrates on the three
larger programmes which are covered in the next few chapters.
Each of the programmes have a set of indicators and expected results
set out in the Operational Plan which we consider in this report
as well as some of the separate projects within the programme
headings.
59 Q33 Back
60
DFID Evaluation Report Ev687, Evaluation of DFID Country Programmes,
Country Study: Pakistan, April 2008 Back
61
Ev 55 Back
62
DFID Pakistan, Operational Plan 2011-15 Back
63
DFID Pakistan, Operational Plan 2011-15, Vision p 3 Back
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