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Pakistan will get $500m for poverty reduction
 The Department for International Devolvement (DFID), the organ of British government responsible for promoting development and reducing poverty across the world, will give Pakistan $500 million in three years for poverty reduction projects.
| That's approximately $3.85 per person in Pakland, assuming a population of 130 million. That oughta take care of the problem... |
DFID chief in Pakistan Yusaf Samiullah disclosed this at the launch of communication strategy with regard to Pakistan Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PSRP) on Monday. Samiullah said that all Pakistani parliamentarians, government officials, businessmen and other stakeholders will get a cut should be briefed on the PRSP so that they could play a pivotal role in reducing poverty. He said that there was an information gap among the stakeholder over the PRSP which needed to be filled.
Posted by: Fred 2005-06-14 |
