Pakistan

Description: The report highlights the challenges, implementation gaps, and opportunities regarding the implementation of the 18th Constitutional Amendment in Pakistan. The report has two major sections: i) The basis of a new vision of Federalism and ii) Provincial Progress and Perspectives. The former does a macro-level analysis of the implementation of the Amendment with a focus on the role of the Federal government and inter-governmental challenges experienced by the Federation. The latter presents the message from the provinces regarding the progress on implementation of reforms, challenges of local governance and service delivery, and role of civil society.

Description: The Study involved a random survey of 10,322 poor and vulnerable households across 31 districts in all 4 provinces and GB, as well as 92 Focus Groups with 1,120 poor and vulnerable participants, including 339 women. The research finds that the poor and vulnerable prefer to remain ‘below the radar of the state’, when it comes to the justice sector. The report serves as a policy guide for the legislators, policy makers and state institutions for identifying the gaps in justice delivery and focus areas that need their attention to strengthen justice delivery to the legally excluded and disempowered.

Description: Based on information from 8 districts, one urban and one rural from each province, the Social Audit (2011/12) is designed to measure the status of state-citizen relationship. The report presents the findings of the social audit survey capturing the level of engagement of the public with local government, their participation in local development in their communities and their feedback on adequacy and quality of service delivery.

Description: Struggling for Justice is an anthology of true stories of girls & women who have been the victims of violence. These stories, on one side, disclose the mala-fide intent of different notorious actors of the society while on the other side tells us about the courage of people who became the saviors of these victims.

Description: A Travelogue of GJP Project provides an account of the expedition which Gender Justice and Protection Project has undertaken to combat different facets of violence against women (VAW) embedded in the society.

Description: This study is an in-depth examination of the UNDP’s contributions of a related set of programmes towards achieving the outcome “Local authorities and communities in rural and urban areas enabled and involved in planning and management of development activities, including the provision of services.

Description: The social audit allows comparisons over time in citizens’ views, use and experience of public services under devolved local government. It also helps assessment of the level of engagement of the public with local government and their participation in local development in their communities.

Description: To conduct the survey in 80 districts across Pakistan, social audit methodology, developed by CIET (Community Information Empowerment and Training) has been adapted to the context of the Pakistan devolution.

Description: The study was conducted by the Sustainable Policy Development Institute and to establish service delivery benchmarks regarding law-and-order and the dispensation of justice. It reviews the establishment of the judicial institutional structure after the devolution of power plan of 2000.

Description: A glimpse at UNDP's Practice

The booklet aims to illustrate communication for development in practice across UNDP through selected case studies drawn from country and regional offices as well as headquarters.

Prepared by Elizabeth McCall under coordination from Oslo Governance Center (OGC), UNDP.

Description: This booklet discusses the role of parliament in International and Bilateral Agreements. The cross country experiences including Pakistan’s have been highlighted and recommendations made for parliamentarians.

Mazhar Arif (The Rivets Pakistan for the Study)

Description: This booklet provides a global picture of Food Security with insights into the issue of the global rise in food prices. It discusses the issues of sustainability and availability of food and suggests a way forward with short and medium term solutions Dr. Abid Q Suleri & Shakeel Ahmad Ramay

Description: The paper discusses the concepts, processes, actors of public policy and decision making in Pakistan. It also highlights the role of the parliament, public policy formulation and implementation in Pakistan and provides recommendations for parliamentarians. SDPD UNDP Pakistan

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This is an orientation booklet which provides research-based information, technical input and reference material to parliamentarians on the economic crisis by bringing together different dynamics of the issue and suggest recommendations to the parliamentarians.
Economic crises in Pakistan-Urdu Version

SDPD UNDP

Description: This year’s report, entitled Capacity Development – Empowering People and Institutions, showcases UNDP’s achievements in supporting countries to improve the lives of their citizens and strengthen national institutions. The publication presents results in UNDP’s four focus areas of poverty reduction and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, democratic governance, crisis prevention and recovery and environment and sustainable development

Description: This is a comparative study about the Parliamentary system framework and a need to make rules, regarding, Public and Media access to committees and points towards the need of guidelines to help committees, legislator and committee staff to hold public hearings


UNDP Pakistan – Strengthening Democracy through parliamentary Development (SDPD)

Description: This publication is part of a briefing paper series that highlights the role of Parliament in democratic polity and its position vis-a vis its executive and judicial branches across the political system, keeping in view the principles of separation of powers. The paper discusses the role of head of state and government and cabinet in the parliamentary form of government.


UNDP Pakistan – Strengthening Democracy through parliamentary Development (SDPD)

Description: This is a capacity assessment report of Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD), Alternate Energy Development Board (AEDB) and the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) and includes concrete recommendations for the improvement of the wind energy promotion framework in Pakistan.

Description: This evaluation is largely based on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) I since PRSP II has not been finalized yet (the draft was consulted where relevant). It provides an analysis of the premises underlying the PRSPs, and of the performance of the government on the basis of the commitments made the PRSPs. SDPD UNDP

Description: This report provides a situation analysis of the main issues in the area of legal empowerment of the poor, documenting successful on ground initiatives and proposes a way forward for the UN system as well as UNDP in particular.


Dr. Iffat Idris