Pro-poor Growth and Governance in South Asia—Decentralisation and Participatory Development

In: The Pakistan development review: PDR, Band 44, Heft 4II, S. 1159-1171

Abstract

The launch of the SAPNA study "Pro-poor Growth and Governance
in South Asia: Decentralisation and Participatory Development", during
the 21st Annual Conference of the Pakistan Society for Development
Economics was most fortunate. The presence of Minister Daniyal Aziz in
the Chair was not accidental. When the Prime Minister of Pakistan
visited Sri Lanka recently, he was presented with a copy. He immediately
saw in this Pro Poor Growth Strategy, the link between Pakistan's
attempt at decentralisation reforms to deepen political democratic
processes and the need for a more balanced growth path, which could also
result in greater economic democracy. He suggested that Minister Aziz
chair this session and evolve a more holistic conceptual framework to
guide his own work in the National Reconstruction Bureau.