pakistan and sustainable development
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Sustainable PakistanOpportunities Vs Vulnerabilities
By
Saeed-ur-Rehman
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Pakistan: An Introduction
Total Area 796095
sq km Agriculture-based
economy
Population -168Million
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Demographics
60 % below age 29
45 % live in ruralareas
95 % Muslims
Conservative rural
and tribal areas Liberal metropolitan
settings
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Poverty and Vulnerability
Economic vulnerability -Material deprivation (income& consumption)
Social vulnerability- Low education and healthopportunities
Political vulnerability- Feudal system, powerlessness Ecological Vulnerability- environmental hazards Marginalized groups are more vulnerable (i.e.
women and children)
World Bank (2001)
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Economic Vulnerability
Per capita income -652US $
66 % population liveunder US $ 2 / day
Lack ofproductiveassets (technical,infrastructural andhuman)
Lack ofaccess toinformation ,technologyand markets
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Economic Vulnerability
Low agriculturalproductivity (80 % of landis arid / semi-arid)
Low-wage labour ( evenbelow1 US $ / day)
Unequal distribution ofwealth
Growing urban population(30 % (1980)- 57 % (2008)
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Political Vulnerability
Feudalistic , conservative
society Spiritual clans
Inhuman customarypractices
Fragile democratic system 37 / 63 years of
Dictatorship (70 % ofGDPgoes to military budget)
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Social Vulnerability
Literacy rate 45.7 %
TFR-4C
hildren /Women
Youth Demographic -97.8 Million (60 %)between the age 14-29
Gender Inequality,women at adisadvantage
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Social Vulnerability
MMR -1 woman dies
in every 20 minutes public health
budget-1.7 % ofGDP
Education budget 2% oftotal GDP
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Ecological Vulnerability
Forest area only 2.47
% of land area Rising Water and air
pollution (in majorcities , 20 % higherthan WHO S
tandards)
Salinity and Waterlogging (14 millionhac)
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Ecological Vulnerability
Lack ofbiodiversityconservation
Drought anddesertification (13 % watershortage)
Noproper mechanism for
waste management Water shortages
(5300 cub m / capita -1953
1100 cub m/ capita- 2007
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Opportunities
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Pakistan: Heaven on Earth
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Heaven on Earth
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Heaven on Earth
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Rich in Art
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World records
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World Records
Worlds highest
Polo ground atShandur, Northern
Pakistan. (12500ft)
Karakoram Highway
: EighthWonder oftheWorld
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World Records
Worlds Largest Deep Sea Port : Gwader Khewra Mines : Second Largest Salt Mine in the
World Haleji Lake : Asias largest Bird Sanctuary 5th largest army ofthe world Champion ofCricketworld cup-1992
3 times Hockey champion in Olympic games 7th Worlds nuclearpower
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World Records
Pakistan the land of
grand mountainranges, a land that
holds 4 out of 14 most
highest peaks in the
world
K2 the second highestmountain in the world
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Worlds Oldest Civilization
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Status of Young Peoples Human
Rights
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Recommendations
Building institutional capacity Trained community-based human resource for
sustainable development Community-based managementofvulnerable
natural resources Improved and diversified incomes for vulnerable
rural and marginalized people Increased local and national conservation of
biological and cultural heritage. Greater voice, influence, social security, and
equitability forwomen.
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References
The World Bank; http://www.worldbank.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization;http://www.fao.org/
International Food Policy Research Institutehttp://www.ifpri.org/
2009 Global Hunger Index Pakistan Federal Bureau ofStatistics;
http://www.statpak.gov.pk/
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