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Finnish Aid in a PRSP context

Helsinki workshop19th – 21st May 2003

Day 3: Consultants & Researchers

Case study:Supporting poverty monitoring

in Pakistan (DFID/OPM)

1. Strengthening capacity at FBS for Pakistan Integrated Household survey

2. Supporting participation in poverty analysis through the PPA

1. Supporting Federal Bureau of Statistics with household surveys

• Strengthening capacity at FBS for Pakistan Integrated Household Survey

• Instrument designed to track outcomes in sectoral programmes (SAP) and later PRSP

• Used for monitoring poverty levels and trends in main human development indicators

Types of support given to Pakistan FBS

• Questionnaire design, pilot testing, fieldworker training

• Data entry and cleaning, analysis and report writing

• Dissemination

PIHS main findings

• Social Action Programme not enhancing outcomes in the social sectors

• Improvements in living standards in the 1980s not carried over to the 1990s

• Findings controversial and contested

2. Supporting poverty analysis through PPA

• OPM supported DFID funded PPA

• PPA is “an instrument for including poor people’s views in the analysis of poverty and the formulation of strategies to reduce it through public policy”

• Largest PPA undertaken – fieldwork in 54 sites

Objectives of PPA:

• Better Understanding of poverty

• New constituencies for anti-poverty action

• Enhanced accountability for poor people

• More effective policies and action

PPA & PRSP

• One of the consultative instruments used by government to inform the PRSP

• Feeds in the views of the poor to the policy making process

• Can go back to the PPA communities over the lifetime of the PRSP

Support given to PPA:

• Design of fieldwork guide, fieldworkers training and pilot testing

• Quality control in the field

• Editing of reports

• Support for presentation of findings and dissemination

PPA main findings:

• The poor want greater access to land and water and protection of the natural resource base

• The poor are extremely vulnerable and safety nets are weak

• Basic services, especially health care, are a priority for the poor

• The poor need jobs, and not just in urban areas• Women are much worse off• The poor lack access to political power and justice