The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approve a Technical Assistance (TA) of $0.45 million for preparation of 'north-west Frontier Province Devolved Social Services Programme', aimed at transforming the services delivery into more effective, equitable and sustainable mechanism, it is learnt.
Source told Business Recorder here that through the approved TA, the Bank would assist NWFP government in preparing program of reforms to make devolved social services delivery as per felt need of the community.
The expected beneficiaries at grass-roots level would have better access to education, health services, water supply and sanitation. It would contribute to the efforts being made for reducing incidence of poverty among the rural population by raising their standard of living, they added.
The ADB assistance would help in designing mechanism for devolved social services that will support local governments and communities in making these services more effective through regular monitoring and evaluation, source said.
The executing agency would be the Planning & Development Department of the province.