Asian Development Bank (ADB) is considering a proposal to provide $225 million for "Effective Implementation of Punjab Government Efficiency Improvement Programme" to improve allocation of public resources by introducing greater performance-orientation in planning and budgeting.
According to sources of Planning and Development Department of Punjab, under this proposed project, a financially sustainable and adequate pension system will be develop in the province, while an efficient and effective civil services programme will be launched.
This programme will develop a dynamic private sector in the province, while all the benefits will contribute to broad based economic growth, employment creation, poverty reduction, and social development, which will significantly raise the living standards in Punjab.
The PGEIP will also support the GoPb in realising its long term vision as articulated in the Punjab Vision 2020 which commits to significantly improving the standards of living for the people of Punjab, especially the poor and the vulnerable. The impact of the proposed PGEIP is to improve the overall functioning of the government machinery at the provincial, district and municipal levels, and thereby improve the quality of public services. Its impact will be in the form of (i) greater performance-orientation in planning and budgeting; (ii) higher efficiency of the civil service apparatus, with sound incentives and merit-based appointment and career-progression; (iii) a fully funded and well-managed pension system that increases the confidence of civil servants and the public, and generates fiscal space for high priority social sector investments; and (iv) a redefined role for the State, and greater private sector participation.
According to official sources, the Punjab government has laid down an ambitious Vision 2020 which aims to double per capita income over the next decade. They has also implemented service delivery reforms through ADB-supported Punjab Devolved Social Services Program (PDSSP) and judicial reforms through the federal level Access to Justice Program. GoPb requested ADB to undertake the second generation reforms to continue the PRMP.
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