‘Aid failed development in Pakistan’

Senior Advisor at PCP says expectation should not be made on role of aid in growth, development.


Our Correspondent September 26, 2012

ISLAMABAD:


Donors’ pursuit of strategic agenda and conditions creates conflicts, while the recipient struggles with the after-effects of the inappropriate strategy and waits for more aid to undertake expensive reforms.

This was said by Dr Nadia Tahir, Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Lahore, at a lecture on whether aid causes conflict at SDPI. She added that in case of Pakistan, aid failed to increase social sector spending and most peaks of aid were marked with inconsistent social sector allocations and low domestic savings.


At the lecture, Dr Younus Jafri, Senior Advisor at Planning Commission of Pakistan, said expectation should not be made on role of aid in growth and development.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 26th, 2012.

COMMENTS (2)

myindianfeelingshavebeenhurt | 11 years ago | Reply

aid NEVER works

Zalim Singh | 11 years ago | Reply

in other words, Pakistan is what it is due to AID.

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