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Afghanistan/South Asia
Pakistan will get $500m for poverty reduction
2005-06-14
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

#10  Where's Retief of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne when we need him?
Posted by: mom   2005-06-14 22:55  

#9  Terrorism is damn good business. Instead of hitting Pakistan with a punitive expedition for creating, sponsoring and directing the Taliban rulers and sheltering and using bin Laden and AQ to attack the Pakistani governments internal and external enemies, the US rewarded Pakistan. US aid to Pakistan after the Sept. 11 attacks have been running over a billion dollars per year and will do so for at least the next five years. The Bush admin has also forgiven at least $1.5 billion in Pakistani debt. Pakistani economic growth has now gone from negative to 5% annual growth.

Instead of invading, kicking the Saudis out and seizing all their assets, oil revenues to the terror sponsoring nations have doubled. The Saudis and Iranians are now flush with cash to buy and develop any weapons they wish. Stagnant economies are now growing at 10% a year due to massive growth of oil revenues and economic aid. Afghanistan and Iraq are getting tens of billions of development each year and are now growing 40-50% a year. If any of the muslim countries could have predicted the US reaction, they would have happily attacked us years ago.
Posted by: ed   2005-06-14 22:01  

#8  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.

Fine by me. Let the Poms drop their pounds into a black hole for once.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-06-14 20:42  

#7  Youth can be trained to do useful jobs.
Posted by: gromgorru   2005-06-14 11:13  

#6  thern a pree view?
Posted by: Shipman   2005-06-14 09:35  

#5  Probably their own.

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Posted by: tu3031   2005-06-14 09:27  

#4  Samiullah said that all Pakistani parliamentarians, government officials, businessmen and other stakeholders should be briefed on the PRSP so that they could play a pivotal role in reducing poverty.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-06-14 09:24  

#3  You could probably hand the money over in cash to the first 50 damaged homeless wheeley bin pushing shamblers in London and get exactly the same effect on poverty in pakiland.
Posted by: Tkat   2005-06-14 09:08  

#2  That's right Muc. Along with lots of camps, guns, and full-funding for the "bribes to tribes" program!
Posted by: Spot   2005-06-14 09:06  

#1  wow! thatn build lotter madrasas
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-06-14 00:31  

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