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DFID PAKISTAN
The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s global efforts to end extreme
poverty, deliver the Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) and tackle a wide range of global
development challenges. The UK’s focus and international leadership on economic development is a
vital part of Global Britain - harnessing the potential of new trade relationships, creating jobs and
channelling investment to the world’s poorest countries. Throughout history, sustained, job-creating
growth has played the greatest role in lifting huge numbers of people out of grinding poverty. This is
what developing countries want and is what the international system needs to help deliver. Whilst there
is an urgent need for traditional aid in many parts of the world, ultimately economic development is how
we will achieve the Global Goals and help countries move beyond the need for aid.
Planned budget for 2018/19 £325m
Planned budget for 2019/20 £302m
Sector breakdown of 2018/19 bilateral spend Top 3 spending programmes in 2018/19 (as
at 9th May 2018)
Punjab Education Support £67.2m

Programme II
Pakistan Economic Corridors £56.3m
Programme
Khyber Pukhtunkhwa £41m
Education Sector Programme
Contribution to the Global Goals and other government commitments (achieved as at March 2018)*
1.5 million children supported to gain a decent education
938 thousand people with sustainable access to clean water and/or sanitation
486 thousand additional women and girls using modern methods of family planning
Headline deliverables
 Ending extreme poverty and providing humanitarian assistance: Since 2011, UK aid has
delivered: primary education for more than 9 million children (of which 4.6m are girls); skills training for
over 256,000 people (47% women); access to small loans for 5.8 million people (53% women); more
than 1 million safer births; contributed to cash supplements for 5.2 million of the poorest women and
their families; and humanitarian assistance for over 7.6 million people following natural disasters and
conflict.
 Economic development: The UK was integral to Pakistan’s completion of a three year International
Monetary Fund programme in September 2016, averting a financial crisis in 2013. Between 2013 and
2016, economic growth rose from 3.7% to 4.7%. The tax take has increased from 10% of GDP in
2013 to 12.5% in 2017.
 Building institutions: The UK works at federal and provincial level to build capacity, improve public
sector institutions and delivery, and tackle corruption. With UK support; citizens’ budgets have been
published in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; £160 million of bank loans have been facilitated for
30,000 small and medium enterprises; and 17 million poor people have access to digital banking.
Pakistan joined the Open Government Partnership in 2016 demonstrating a commitment to greater
government accountability and transparency.
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Why DFID is investing in Pakistan
Helping to ensure a prosperous and stable Pakistan is critical for the future of millions of poor Pakistanis,
and the stability and security of both the region and the UK. Almost a third of Pakistan’s population lives in
poverty (over 60 million people), with women most seriously affected. 22.6 million children do not go to
school and half of the population, including two thirds of women, cannot read or write. One in eleven
children die before their fifth birthday, every year 9,700 women die in childbirth and 44% of children under
five are stunted. Pakistan’s population is set to grow by 40 million people in the next 15 years and the
economy needs to grow by more than 7% a year to create jobs for this growing young population. There is
major inequality based on geography, gender, ethnicity, disability and faith and a significant modern
slavery problem amongst the poor, minorities, women and children. Pakistan carries a high risk of natural
disasters; it has the second highest number of refugees in the world and continues to suffer from
extremism and militancy. Consolidating the growing democracy and capacity of government institutions
remains essential.
How will the UK respond to opportunities and challenges?

In addition to our funding (which represents a small contribution to Pakistan’s economy), it is our focus and
strong relationships that mean we can help strengthen institutions, develop markets and build systems for
a self-sufficient and better governed country. The UK will continue to help Pakistan improve its basic
services, reduce poverty, and promote equality as it transitions to a prosperous and stable country. We will
help to improve the investment climate in Pakistan, supporting the economy to grow, and creating better
conditions for UK companies to invest and trade. We will also help to improve the democratic process and
support free and fair elections, due in 2018. Over the next five years our assistance will target the poorest
and most vulnerable more closely and build government systems and expertise to continue this work on a
sustainable basis in the future.
What is being achieved for the UK?

The UK is well-positioned to provide support based on our strong political and historical ties with Pakistan.
We focus both on immediate results and building the systems for a future when Pakistan no longer needs
aid. DFID’s work in Pakistan is firmly in our national interest. A more prosperous and inclusive country will
help millions of poor people to have a better future (including children and marginalised groups currently
locked into bonded labour) and improve stability and security in Pakistan. DFID’s work supports wider UK
objectives by helping to reduce threats to the UK which may emanate from Pakistan linked to extremism,
illegal migration and foreign national offenders in the UK of Pakistan origin.
Partners
 DFID works with nine other UK government departments and the British Council to achieve the UK’s
objectives in Pakistan. In addition, there are multi-country programmes managed by DFID
headquarters that complement our country office resources on issues ranging from polio eradication
to regional water management.
 We work with partners who can manage risks effectively and achieve the best value for money in
results for UK investment. This means that DFID works closely with the government of Pakistan,
private sector organisations, multilateral organisations and international/local non-governmental
organisations.
 DFID works with the World Bank Group and Asian Development Bank to support the government of
Pakistan’s economic reform programmes and areas for economic opportunity. We work with United
Nations agencies to provide humanitarian assistance in response to crises, and to support the return
and reintegration of displaced people in the tribal areas of the country.
 Most of our contracts with commercial partners and with government are based on payment by
results, and financial aid linked to specific projects. Funds are withheld if results are not delivered.

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