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Pakistan is ranked 133 in the world in per capita GDP, while it stands at 147 as per Human Development Index (HDI), which indicates that the country does not do as well in human development as it does in overall national income.
According to a report issued by Institute for Policy Reforms (IPR) on Friday, which has estimated province wise HDI for Pakistan, showed that Sindh is still in the lead in HDI.The provincial HDI estimates show that Sindh is in the lead followed by Punjab, Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan, while Pakistan, as a whole, falls in the category of countries with a low level of human development.
The disaggregation at the provincial level reveals that Sindh is at the medium level of development, while the three other provinces are at low levels of development.The trend shows that among all provinces, Sindh has had the slowest rate of HDI growth for the period 2001-2014. Balochistan and KPK were the fastest growing provinces at 1.78% each. Punjab grew at an average annual rate of 1.45%, while Sindh trailed at 1.11%.
Sindh was especially tardy during the period 2008 to 2014 when its HDI grew by 0.85% annually. KP’s HDI grew by 2.39% annually between 2001 and 2008, but by a much lower 1.19% since then.The report attributes Sindh’s slow HDI growth to poor law and order, weak governance in the province, and skewed priorities.The report shows that the national and provincial HDI growth rates were higher during 2001-2008 as compared with the period 2008-2014 which saw the country under a democratic dispensation, but also coincided with global economic recession.
Provinces also had more administrative authority under the 18th amendment to the constitution, so they also had greater financial resources than before under the last National Finance Commission award, which should have resulted in improved HDI growth rates than those actually seen, the report reveals.The HDI level is one of the criteria used by the National Finance Commission to allocate resources.
With additional resources after the last NFC award and full autonomy for human development since the 18th amendment, it is critical now to estimate provincial HDI, which many experts consider a more important measure of development. The three equal components of HDI are health, education, and income.
The Institute for Policy Reforms is an independent and non-partisan think tank established under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance. IPR places premium on practical solutions and its mission is to work for stability and prosperity of Pakistan and for global peace and security. IPR operations are supported by guarantees from the corporate sector.
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