Pakistan

Saving lives

Results to 30 June 2012

• Trained 8,966 community midwives in rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 2008. Almost 3,000 of these women have been deployed to serve the community.
• More than 10,000 patients screened at diabetic retinopathy clinics in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar.
• Over 22,000 cataract surgeries performed in 2011.
• More than 247,000 patients screened for eye diseases.

Commitments 2012–13

• Improve the coverage and quality of maternal, newborn and child health care services by training up to 200 Lady Health Workers in Balochistan in clean childbirth delivery practices.
• Continue activities to reduce the incidence of avoidable blindness by performing 5,000 cataract surgeries across 25 districts.
• Help screen up to 200,000 children for malnutrition and provide nutrition support for up to 180,000 women.

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Promoting opportunities for all

Results to 30 June 2012

• Provided free textbooks for 1.56 million children and stipends for 146,560 girls in middle and high school.
• Over 630 teachers were trained in disability awareness and inclusive education, 556 teachers were trained in education leadership, and 440 school children were enrolled in schools (189 girls) in remote communities of Gilgit-Baltistan.
• 50 scholarships awarded to Pakistani students in 2011 to undertake Masters level study at Australian universities.

Commitments 2012–13

• 55 Masters level awards offered in 2013 (25 women and 30 men)
• Help improve the quality of education in over 500 schools in Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, aiming to reach more than 145,000 children.

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Sustainable economic development

Results to 30 June 2012

• 465 people (including 440 women) trained in income generation schemes related to quail farming, kitchen gardening and food processing.
• Restored the livelihoods of those affected by the 2010 and 2011 floods by completing 655 small scale projects and 445 community physical infrastructure projects including cleaning of drains and wells, fixing irrigation channels, drinking water and sanitation, roads and bridges.
• Trials have demonstrated water usage by mango growers was reduced by 66 per cent by adopting improved irrigation methods. Trial results were disseminated through field training to 576 growers.
  

Commitments 2012–13

• Will rebuild and improve rural infrastructure, help farmers access markets and develop new skills.
• In 2013, eight Masters students will commence study under the Australia-Pakistan Agricultural Scholarships program and 25 students will commence short-course awards.
• Provide basic work skills training for more than 1,600 people and support 150 new community organisations to implement community infrastructure projects.

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Effective governance

Results to 30 June 2012

• Helped establish 444 social services committees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The committees ensure the communities’ involvement in managing education, health and water services. They have resulted in a 50 per cent increase in student enrolment and a 148 per cent increase in patients consulting health facilities in target districts.
• Australia continued to support programs which contributed to the issuing of national identity cards to 13,000 women, enabling them to access a range of essential government services.

Commitments 2012–13

• Support local communities and local governments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to improve the delivery of education, health and water services by training over 511 community based organisations.

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Humanitarian and disaster response

Results to 30 June 2012

• In the 2011 floods, Australia funded health, water and sanitation assistance to more than 188,000 people.
  

Commitments 2012–13

• Continue to provide post-disaster assistance as required, and will support disaster risk reduction activities across Pakistan.

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Australian official development assistance to Pakistan, 2002–03 to 2012–13

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The graph above shows the Australian official development assistance (ODA) to Pakistan, including AusAID funding and funding by other government departments.

The exact values are as follows:

• 2001–02: AusAID $3,531,775, OGD $220,974
• 2002–03: AusAID $5,647,951, OGD $614,741
• 2003–04: AusAID $5,491,153, OGD $1,417,506
• 2004–05: AusAID $2,935,608, OGD $1,246,347
• 2005–06: AusAID $47,227,575, OGD $1,711,426
• 2006–07: AusAID $17,124,032, OGD $1,036,845
• 2007–08: AusAID $29,937,238, OGD $1,842,828
• 2008–09: AusAID $55,848,656, OGD $2,070,026
• 2009–10: AusAID $94,757,627, OGD $2,979,116
• 2010–11: AusAID $110,587,799, OGD $5,787,319
• 2011–12: AusAID $87,362,900, OGD $6,831,000
• 2012–13: AusAID $82,730,477, OGD $5,178,918

Australian ODA to Pakistan by strategic goal, 2009–10 to 2012–13 (%)

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The graph above shows Australian ODA to Pakistan by strategic goal.

The exact values are as follows (%):

• 2012–13
  Saving lives: 20
  Promoting opportunities for all: 40
  Sustainable economic development: 11
  Effective governance: 12
  Humanitarian and disaster response: 18
  Cross cutting: 1
• 2011–12
  Saving lives: 21
  Promoting opportunities for all: 34
  Sustainable economic development: 4
  Effective governance: 10
  Humanitarian and disaster response: 31
  Cross cutting: 0
• 2010–11
  Saving lives: 18
  Promoting opportunities for all: 28
  Sustainable economic development: 14
  Effective governance: 5
  Humanitarian and disaster response: 35
  Cross cutting: 1
• 2009–10
  Saving lives: 24
  Promoting opportunities for all: 30
  Sustainable economic development: 2
  Effective governance: 3
  Humanitarian and disaster response: 39
  Cross cutting: 1

Other Australian Government funding contribution for 2010–11 to 2011–2012

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The graph above shows the Australian official development assistance to Pakistan by other government departments.

The exact values are as follows:

• Attorney-General's Department—Australian Federal Police
  2010–11: $1,709,200. 2011–12: $3,480,300.
• Attorney-General's Department—Customs and Border Protection
  2010–11: $23,600. 2011–12: -.
• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
  2010–11: $239,300. 2011–12: $199,100.
• Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
  2010–11: $2,782,500. 2011–12: $1,421,000.
• Foreign Affairs and Trade
  2010–11: $302,900. 2011–12: $45,300.
• Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
  2010–11: $0. 2011–12: $1,621,900.
• Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
  2010–11: $29,900. 2011–12: $63,400.
• States and Territories
  2010–11: $700,000. 2011–12: $0.

Research overview

Research funded by AusAID’s Pakistan country program specifically targets Pakistan’s development challenges. Some of the recent highlights of this AusAID-funded research are listed below.

Australia Pakistan Agriculture Sector Linkages Program (Phase II)

Australia’s assistance helps Pakistani fruit growers improve their livelihoods. Photo: Christian Roth

Australia promotes sustainable economic development in Pakistan by increasing agricultural productivity and improving rural livelihoods. Both countries share similar agro-climatic and resource management challenges. This uniquely places Australia to provide specialist expertise to further Pakistan’s development in this area. This assistance is delivered primarily through the Australia Pakistan Agriculture Sector Linkages Program (ASLP) implemented by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).

Phase I of ASLP was highly regarded by the Government of Pakistan and key stakeholders. In response to requests from Pakistani counterparts, AusAID and ACIAR embarked on the second phase of ASLP in early 2011, to improve access for small-hold and marginalised farmers. Activities are helping farmers increase market and employment opportunities, enhance academic links through long and short-term scholarships, and develop partnerships to improve Pakistani approaches to natural resource management.

Key outputs of ASLP to date include research on key topics relevant to mango production by three female students at the National University of Agricultural Sciences in Islamabad, and delivery of a mango production workshop seminar held in Punjab for district and agricultural officers.

Research and Advocacy Fund

Australia works in partnership with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID) to support the Government of Pakistan to implement its National Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) program. Through this partnership, the Research and Advocacy Fund (RAF) was established to promote quality, non-clinical research and effective advocacy to improve maternal and newborn health policies and practice in Pakistan.

The RAF generates original research-based evidence to contribute to effective MCNH policy development. In 2011 it allocated more than $12.6 million to 16 projects in 56 districts in-country. The grants enabled research and advocacy on key maternal, newborn and child issues, such as barriers to health services for women and children, and improved birth preparedness for poor women.

Through this successful partnership with DfID, Australia is assisting Pakistan’s progress towards meeting its Millennium Development Goal 4: Reducing child mortality and Millennium Goal 5: Improving maternal health.

Where is Pakistan?

Demographic and development statistics for Pakistan