rural areas

Community Led Total Sanitation in Pakistan 2008

Development projects in rural areas have lagged behind their urban equivalents in post-decentralisation Pakistan. What little investment is going into sanitation projects from various line departments and municipal administrations is output oriented. The projects are implemented using traditional approaches with heavy focus on the creation of ...

Re-Assessment of Water Resource Availability and use for Major River Basins of Balochistan, Study Findings, Policy Issues and Reforms 2008

Need assessment in most of the participatory development projects carried out in the province ranked water as the critical element for economic development. Poverty is strongly correlated with natural resource endowments essential for survival of civil society. Rural areas where resource base is poor are more in the grip of abject poverty compared to areas where natural resources are ...