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Pakistan
>> Regional Overview >> Pakistan Overview ACTIVITY DATA SHEET
PROGRAM: Pakistan
TITLE AND NUMBER: Pakistan Democracy and Governance, 391-YYY
STATUS: New
PLANNED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $0*
PROPOSED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,000,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2001 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2003Summary: At the Pakistan Development Forum in March 2001, the U.S. Government and other donors urged the Government of Pakistan to adhere to its October 2002 deadline for returning democracy to Pakistan. However, the return to democratic rule will be short-lived if opportunities are not seized now to support the strengthening of basic institutions of democracy, including civil society organization, the media, and political parties.
USAID proposes a democracy program that will work with civil society organizations and political parties and will focus on activities that will result in a government that is more responsive to citizen needs. Activities will foster the emergence of new leadership within issue-based civil society organizations and political parties; foster the creation of new fora in which civil society, political leaders and local civil administration authorities can discuss and reach consensus on priority development issues; and improve the capacity to carry out research and analyses designed to inform decision makers, lawmakers, and civil society leaders on the state of political change in Pakistan. USAID intends to provide this assistance under the authority of Section 133 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-195), which authorizes the President to "establish programs that combat corruption, improve transparency and accountability, and promote other forms of good governance….notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries." The program will not provide assistance directly to the Government of Pakistan.
Civil society: USAID proposes to improve and to sharpen the analysis by civil society organizations of the political economy of Pakistan, and to use that sharpened analysis to promote a dialog on political issues among primary civil society actors, including NGOs, civic organizations, think tanks, polling companies, universities, and the press.
Political parties: If the present de-legitimatization of Pakistan's political institutions continues unabated, there could be little left to salvage once the civil society program begins to produce results. The present schedule calls for completion of local body elections by August 2001. However, provincial and national elections contested by the main political parties will not be completed until October 2002. At that point, provincial and national governments-widely expected to be dominated by the old political parties-will exist above party-less local bodies. USAID plans to identify mid-level party "officials" who oppose the prevailing organization, direction, and policies of their respective parties. Assuming that such potential reformers exist, USAID will provide assistance aimed at re-shaping the parties to make them, and the governments they form, more accountable, working directly with them on party organization, message development, and constituency building. Assistance would be available to all parties and to all members of parties, but the program would encourage particularly those who want to reform.
Key Results: Expected results have not yet been developed.
Performance and Prospects: The program is under development.
Possible Adjustments to Plans: None.
Other Donor Programs: The program will be coordinated with other major donors, such as the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, Canada, and the European Union.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: To be determined.
Selected Performance Measures: To be developed under the new planning framework.
* In FY 2001, $1,000,000 in FY 2000 ESF carryover and $1,000,000 in FY 2001 ESF will be allocated from the Improve South Asia Regional Stability activity (498-037) to fund the Pakistan Democracy and Governance Program.
U.S. Financing
(In thousands of dollars)
Obligations Expenditures Unliquidated Through September 30, 1999 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Fiscal Year 2000 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA Through September 30, 2000 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Prior Year Unobligated Funds 0 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Planned Fiscal Year 2001 NOA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Total Planned Fiscal Year 2001 0 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Future Obligations Est. Total Cost Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 NOA 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 2,000 ESF 0 ESF 2,000 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA
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