The New Development Paradigm Papers on Institutions, NGOs, Gender and Local Government

by Zaidi, S. Akbar

• ISBN13: 9780195790412
• ISBN10: 0195790413
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The role of government, institutions, and society has been radically transformed in the last two decades. This book examines how the New Development Paradigm is put into practice in Pakistan and other undeveloped countries. It focuses upon the role of NGOs, institutions, and local governments play in delelopment related activity, and examines the attempts to alter the gender balance.

Author Biography

S. Akbar Zaidi was formerly Associate Professor/Senior Research Economist at the Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(15)
Urban Local Government in Pakistan: Expecting Too Much from Too Little?	16	(19)
The Role of Municipalities in Infrastructure: Some Evidence from Small and Intermediate Towns in Sindh	35	(40)
Politics, Institutions, Poverty: The Case of Karachi	75	(47)
Institutions and Policy in the Rural Water Supply Sector in Pakistan	122	(52)
NGO Capability and Community Participation in the Rural Water Supply Sector in Pakistan	174	(29)
NGO Failure and the Need to Bring Back the State	203	(23)
Planing in the Health Sector: For Whom By Whom?	226	(21)
The Health Sector in Pakistan: Issues, Constraints, Possibilities	247	(17)
Health, Well-Being, and Adjustment: The Case of Pakistan	264	(21)
Gender, Health, and Contextuality	285	(26)
Women's Health and Nutrition in the World Bank's New Agenda	311	(5)
Index	316