Rural Development
Northern Areas, Conversations
NORAD Funded Education Programme of the AKDN in the Northern Areas Selected Parts of Consultancy Field Notes Download the report: Northern Areas, Conversations [PDF, 163 KB]
Views on Housing and Physical Planning Section of 9th Five Year Plan
Over 80 per cent of all housing in Pakistan is provided by the informal sector because of the following reasons.
Human Resources Development for an Affordable and Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Programme
This report is an assessment of existing Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Schemes (RWSS) in Sindh for use of community participation in design, implementation, operation and maintenance (O & M); and preparation of pilot projects...
User Charges for Rural Water Supply in the Punjab
Fifty seven percent of Pakistan’s population lives in the Punjab; in 1988 the rural population of province was estimated to be 39.4 million. The rural growth rate in the 5 year plan documents is shown...
Environmental Repurcussions of Development in Pakistan
About the Authors Arif Hasan was born in Delhi (India), in 1943, and migrated with his parents to Karachi (Pakistan) in 1947, where he has lived since then. He studied architecture at the Oxford Polytechnic,...
Evaluation of Thar Rural Development Project
1. BACKGROUND Throughout 1987, Thar, the desert region in the south-eastern part of the Sindh province in Pakistan, was in the news (for Thar’s location see Appendix – 1: Map of Pakistan). It was reported...
Kathore Dairy Farming Project 1991
In July 1991, the Al-Hamrika Organisation, which represents over 20 villages of the Jokhio tribe in the Kathore region, applied to the Swiss Inter-cooperation Agency for assistance for purchasing rigs for tube well drilling. On...
Urban and Rural Development
Pakistan’s population increases at the rate of 3 percent per year: 4.4 percent in the urban and 2.6 percent in the rural areas. In 1985, 30.1 percent of the country’s population lived in urban areas....
Urban and Rural Development
Pakistan's population increases at the rate of 3 percent per year: 4.4 percent in the urban and 2.6 percent in the rural areas. In 1985, 30.1 percent of the country's population lived in urban areas. In 1993, 35 percent will be living in urban areas. This means that 270,000 houses will be required per year in the urban sector and 250,000 in the rural sector.
Comprehensive Assessment of Drought and Famine in Sind Arid Zones
This report is the result of a joint assessment undertaken by the Government of Sind, and UNICEF (Pakistan) and Save the Childrens Fund (SCF) UK. The assessment team consisted of Philippe Heffinck, Resident Officer, UNICEF...
