Policies for economic development

of Pakistan

(National, regional and Local level)

Development Economics

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMS AND POLICIES

SUBMISSION DATE:

23-APRIL-2015

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

MA’AM.SANA ARZ REBAM ASLAM

SALEHA ARIF

SAHER ASLAM

HAYYAN ALEEM

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

“In its broadest ecological context, economicdevelopment is the development of moreintensive ways of exploiting the naturalenvironment’’

-RICHARD WILKINSON-

INTRODUCTION

• Pakistan is sixth most populated country in theworld (796095 km2)

• 36th largest country in terms of area.

• Major sectors of Pakistan are agriculture,health care, industrial and education.

• Other sectors include services sector, defense,mining, textile, finance, housing, chemical andpharmaceutical, foreign trade etc.

INTRODUCTION

• Pakistan is the 27th largest economy in theworld that is agricultural economy

• Pakistan has large reserve of naturalresources, which include oil, coal, iron, andore, copper, salt and gold.

• Pakistan has the 2nd largest salt mine, 2ndlargest coal reservoirs and 5th largest goalmine in the world.

• Although Pakistan is an agricultural countrythere are a number of sectors in Pakistan.

Introduction• Pakistan's principal natural resources are

arable land and water

• In Pakistan, the most agricultural province is

Punjab where wheat and cotton are the most

grown.

• Mango orchards are mostly found in Sindh and

Punjab

• Pakistan's largest food crop is wheat.

Problems of Agricultural Sector

• Limited cultivable land

• Water logging and salinity

• Low per hectare yield

• Uneconomic land holdings

• Old method of production

• Lack of irrigation facilities

• Inadequate agricultural research

• Improper crop rotation

• Natural calamities

Agricultural development projects of

Pakistan

• Punjab government allocated Rs. Two

billion for improving agriculture products.

• USAID launches agriculture support

projects for Pakistan

• Empowering rural women through the

dairy sector

• USAID’s Small Grants Program Projects

• Biogas supplement agriculture tube wells

Suggested Policies for

Agricultural Sector of Pakistan

Policies on national level

• Tube well

• Flood dams

• Biogas

• Land policies

Policies on regional level

• Get more crops

• Better cultivated land

Policies on local level

• Training to the farmers

• Universities

• Micro Finance

• Protect live-stock

Education Sector

Introduction• Education in Pakistan is overseen by the

Ministry of Education of the Government of

Pakistan.

• Education in Pakistan suffers

from a unending lack.

• The more alarming issue is the

inefficient use of allocated funds.

• The ones that make it to school suffer from

the incapacity of the government.

Problems Of Education Sector

• Education System is based on Unequal

Lines.

• Regional Disparity.

• Ratio of Gender Discrimination.

• Lack of Technical Education.

• Untrained Teachers.

• Poverty

• Funds

Education Promoting

Projects• UNICEF Project:

Main objective is to provide relief and

rehabilitation to 120 schools.

• Pakistan Education and Development

Foundation (PEAD):

The Foundation has implemented several

projects in the areas of peace education.

• Education Financing Project.

Activities In Pakistan For

Education

• Non-Formal Education Promotion Project.

• Strengthening Teacher

• Education in Pakistan.

• The United States funds comprehensive education programs.

• Challenging Young Minds.

• Higher Education: From Dreams to Reality.

• Partnerships between Universities.

Pakistan Reading Project• To improve the quality of reading in public

and private schools.

• at least 2.5 million additional

primary school students to read.

• Creating a culture of reading across all the

provinces and areas of Pakistan.

Suggested Policies for

Agricultural Sector of Pakistan

Policies On National Level

• System of board must be equalize throughout

the country.

• Curriculum should be revised every year.

• Promote online education at every corner of

the country.

Policies On Regional Level

• To update teacher methodology in every

province.

• Teach students conceptualize, wrote learning

must be replace.

• The infra-structure of schools must be secure.

Policies on Local Level

• At local level increase practical knowledge of

children, by persuade them.

• To educate children working in factories.

• Student exchange programs with different

universities.