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9 November 2017
Pakistan has a vibrant telecoms sector, with over 140 million cellular phone subscribers and over 48 million broadband subscribers. It also has various digital financial services, which has garnered about $2.4 billion mobile transactions through mobile banking in 2016 to 2017. This presentation…
30 August 2017
About 29% of Pakistan's population live below the poverty line, and many of them urgently need social assistance. In 2010, the parliament created the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) as an autonomous social safety net authority that will help secure the social and economic well-being of the…
7 August 2017
A survey that identifies areas and cities in Pakistan where services are deficient and fall short of citizens’ satisfaction was designed by the Ministry of Planning Development and Reform in collaboration with UNDP Pakistan. Named as Citizen Satisfaction Index, the initiative provides periodic…
18 October 2016
Challenges to gender equality and women's rights continue to thrive in many parts of the world. In this presentation, Roshen Zafar, founder of Kash Foundation, talks about her own experiences and struggles as she fulfills her personal goals. She shares insights on how women in Pakistan can be…
18 October 2016
Challenges to gender equality and women's rights continue to thrive in many parts of the world. In this interview, Ms. Roshen Zafar, founder of Kash Foundation, talks about her own experiences and struggles as she fulfills her personal goals. She shares insights on how women in Pakistan can be…
26 September 2016
Described as financially insolvent and economically unviable, majority of public sector enterprises in Pakistan provide limited and unreliable services. Among the public enterprise reform initiatives introduced by the Government of Pakistan include creation of policies that address labor issues,…
19 September 2016
The Citizens Foundation (TCF) addresses the massive educational challenge in Pakistan by empowering children to become agents of positive change. TCF provides student-centric academic interventions and offers leadership, teacher, and pre-service training programs.
19 September 2016
By providing quality education and creating opportunities for a better future, the Citizens Foundation (TCF) aims to remove the barriers of class and privilege to turn the citizens of Pakistan into agents of positive change. TCF’s female-centric approach towards social development is perhaps the…
11 April 2016
This presentation discusses the Asian Development Bank’s project on advanced electricity metering in Uzbekistan. The gender equity and mainstreaming component of the project through the adoption of a gender action plan is highlighted.