Loan 2645- PAK

Sindh Growth and Rural Revitalization

Program (Subprogram 2)

Yeşim Elhan Kayalar

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Gender Specialists’
S Annual Consultation
C Workshop
26 October 2010

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 Program Cluster
„ Issue: Sindh faces unbalanced and slow growth

„ Response: Sindh Growth & Revitalization Program Cluster (2007-2011)

supports private-sector driven growth, improved service delivery, fiscal
space creation in Sindh

„ Timeframe:
ƒ Subprogram 1 during Apr 2007-Dec 2008; $100 million on 11 Dec 2008
ƒ Subprogram 2 during Jan 2009
2009-June
June 2010; $120 million in June 2010
ƒ Subprogram 3 during July 2010-Dec 2011; $120 million in Dec 2011(planned)

„ Subprogram
g 2 builds on reforms initiated under SP1 of the Cluster;
promotes broad-based growth and improved service delivery with
ƒ Greater private sector participation,
ƒ Institutionalized gender mainstreaming,
ƒ Better managed public expenditures and adequately provisioned employee
benefits

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Subprogram 2 Outputs/Reforms
„ Increase p
private sector p
participation
p
ƒ Public private partnerships (PPPs)
ƒ Institutions, legal and regulatory frameworks
ƒ Project
j p
pipeline
p
ƒ Computerization of land records
ƒ Agricultural Produce Markets
ƒ Industrial estates

„ Improve public expenditure management

ƒ Transparency (Planning,
(Planning budgeting,
budgeting investments)
ƒ Accountability (M&E, procurement, internal controls)
ƒ Efficiency (Employee benefits, health service delivery, rural
investment plan)

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Subprogram 2 – Cross cutting areas

ƒ Sector
S t plans
l (rural
( l iinvestment,
t t health)
h lth)
ƒ Results based management (PFM;
health sector as pilot)*
ƒ Gender mainstreaming g
ƒ SGARRP classified as EGM

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 Gender Action Plan
„ Policy - PPP Policy with gender-equity provisions
„ Institutional - Secretary WDD permanent member of
PDWP
„ Implementation - Systematic inclusion of gender
responsiveness at project level with PC1 format
change
„ Operations - Coordination of information and efforts
among gender focal points and WDD
„ Gender-disaggregated data to inform policy decisions
and monitor results (employment, pensions, land
titles, other managed by SBOS)

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 Subprogram 2 DMF
ƒ Design and monitoring framework (DMF) has
performance targets and indicators at:
ƒ Impact level: Gender responsiveness made a
selection criteria for development projects in Sindh
from 2012
ƒ Outcome level: WDD empowered to: (i) coordinate all
gender cells in line departments; (ii) contribute to
sector policies and development expenditure, based
on gender-disaggregated data from BOR, EBAT,
SBOS and
SBOS, d PC-1
PC 1 fforms
ƒ Output level: Secretary WDD included as member of
PDWP; coordination procedure between WDD and
departmental gender cells notified
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Implementation and Sustainability

ƒ Government
ƒ SGARRP
ƒ Related ADB assistance
ƒ GRAP, Gender RETA etc.