Search Results - Provincial governments of Pakistan

Hydro politics and interprovincial relations in Pakistan : a case study of the Kalabagh Dam controversy by Muhammad, Usman

Climate-Smart Agriculture profiles implemented across Pakistan are being used by Provincial governments and their partners to design new programming and capacity development initiatives at district and local levels by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Strengthening groundwater governance in Pakistan by Rana, Abdul Wajid, Gill, Sitara, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., ElDidi, Hagar

“…Interviews with key informants at federal, provincial, and district level were also conducted to capture insights from additional decisionmakers affecting groundwater management and governance. …”
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Aligning local governance with SDGs: a study of local government systems in Pakistan by Cheema, Abdur Rehman, Ahmad, I., Mehmood, A.

“…This study examines the experiences of local government councilors between 2013–2020 in four provinces of Pakistan. …”
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Creating fiscal space for enhancing public investment in Sindh agriculture sector: A qualitative study of provincial spending in Pakistan by Rana, Abdul Wajid

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Gendered exclusion in agricultural water governance: A case study in district Okara, Pakistan by Waqar, Kanwal, Hafeez, Mohsin

“…Background: Gender disparities in agricultural water management persist globally, yet context-specific evidence from Pakistan remains limited. This study investigates the systemic barriers to gender equity in water governance in District Okara, Punjab, which is a critical agricultural region due to its highly fertile land, extensive canal irrigation system, and significant production of key crops and livestock. …”
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The effects of political competition on rural land: Evidence from Pakistan by Kosec, Katrina, Haider, Hamza S., Spielman, David J., Zaidi, Fatima

“…Exploiting exogenous variation in the national popularity of Pakistan’s political parties during the 2008 elections, we show that provincial assembly constituencies with greater competition between political parties had significantly higher land values and more active land rental markets four years later. …”
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Enhancing Sustainable Groundwater Governance through the Groundwater Management Information System (GMIS): A Case Study of Punjab, Pakistan by Ullah, Muhammad Kaleem, Hafeez, Mohsin, Iqbal, Naveed, Cheema, Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud, Siddiqui, Salman, Aeman, Hafsa, Zafar, Haseeb, Bodla, Habibullah, Ashraf, Muhammad

“…Pakistan is facing an escalating water crisis, intensified by climate change impacts over the past two decades. …”
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Bridging global goals with local realities: university engagement with the SDGs in Pakistan by Cheema, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed, N., Hassan, H., Kemal, M. A.

“…This study examines how Pakistan’s higher education sector is aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across four domains—learning and teaching, research, governance and external leadership—based on responses from 41 of 247 universities. …”
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Institutions and governance by Shah, Muhammad Azeem Ali, Nabeel, F.

“…Drawing on a careful document analysis as well as expert interviews, the chapter analyses the national laws and institutions in Afghanistan, as well as the legal and institutional provisions for water governance at the federal, provincial and local levels in Pakistan. …”
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Managing salinity in the Indus Basin of Pakistan by Qureshi, Asad Sarwar, Sarwar, A.

“…Over the last 40 years, the Government of Pakistan has adopted engineering, reclamation, and biological measures to address these problems. …”
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Managing salinity and waterlogging in the Indus Basin of Pakistan by Qureshi, Asad Sarwar, McCornick, Peter G., Qadir, Manzoor, Aslam, Z.

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Indus Telemetry: revitalizing surface water accounting in Pakistan by Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif, Ashraf, Muhammad, Hussain, Kashif, Shah, Muhammad Azeem Ali, Nawaz, M., Yasir, M., Khattak, K., Khan, N. G., Muhammad, Z., Malik, M. A.

“…These systems revolutionize the way water is transparently monitored, accounted for, and governed. Indus Telemetry began in 2017 as a national research‑for‑development initiative led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), in partnership with Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) and provincial irrigation departments. …”
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Chapter 6: Climate Impacts on Agricultural Production, Food Supply and Food Availability in Five Livelihood Zones of Pakistan by Savelli, Adam, Schiek, Benjamin, Ghosh, Aniruddha, Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Esquivel, Alejandra, Saavedra, Cesar, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Grosjean, Godefroy, Abbas, Iftikhar, Maqbool, Shama, Jadoon, Arshad, Bidault, Nicolas, Singhkumar, Anusara

“…To safeguard food security, provincial and sub-provincial governments should be supported in implementing national climate change policies at the local level; Pakistan’s social protection schemes should be expanded to cover climate vulnerable beneficiaries; anticipatory action must be prioritised to support communities before a hazard occurs; participatory interventions and the development of community assets are needed to safeguard agricultural livelihoods; and sustainable finance is required to facilitate long-term adaptation initiatives.…”
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Digital ecosystems and migration responses to climate extremes: case study from Rahim Yar Khan District, Punjab in Pakistan by Waqar, Kanwal, Hafeez, Mohsin, Rehman, Maryam, Aeman, Hafsa

“…However, there are challenges, such as limited access to technology, the Gender Digital Divide, and inadequate government support for displaced populations. The study also emphasizes the importance of strengthening institutional capacities at both local and provincial levels to effectively manage climate-induced migrations. …”
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Legal environment affecting the foodgrain trade by Rahman, Shamsur

“…Provincial governments also instituted measures establishing controls on foodgrain supply, including direct government procurement and distribution.…”
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Assessing the economic cost of depleting groundwater in Balochistan: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach by Rizwan, Noormah, Shikoh, Sania Haider, Davies, Stephen, Moeen, Muhammad Saad, Rana, Abdul Wajid, Haider, Zeeshan

“…Prolonged droughts and depleting groundwater resources have been a serious challenge to the economy of province of Balochistan, Pakistan. Proliferation of tube-wells incentivized by government interventions and continued subsidy for electric tube-wells for agriculture and choice for high-water consumption crops have led to steep decline in water tables. …”
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Capacity Building for gender equality and social inclusion in Integrated Water Resources Management through Gender Transformative Approaches by Waqar, Kanwal

“…Under this scenario, one of the International Water Management Institute initiatives i.e., the Water Resource Accountability in Pakistan Program Component 1: Climate-Resilient Solutions for Improving Water Governance (CRS-IWaG) funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is working to strengthen the capacity of federal, provincial and district level water managers. …”
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Diagnostic study of DG Food: An assessment of DG Food’s current mandates, performance, and capacity gaps, and a remedial program to strengthen the agency by Mustafa, Shoumi, Ali, A. M. M. Shawkat, Islam, Kazi Nurul, Dorosh, Paul A., Rashid, Shahidur, Shaima, Nabila Afrin

“…Formed originally as the Supply Department in undivided Bengal under British rule in the early 1940s, the organization was named the Directorate General of Food by the provincial government of East Pakistan in 1956. Upon the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, DG Food became a part of the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies and was later renamed as the Directorate General of Food in 1975. …”
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