UNDP's support to the Government on reviewing and analysing public spending and allocations in pro-poor sectors through a gender lens will go a long way in understanding the needs of men and women and addressing them in a gender-sensitive manner.
This was stated by Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Sectors at the launching ceremony of the UNDP-Supported Strengthening Poverty Reduction Strategy Monitoring (SPRSM) project by the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
Finance Secretary Farrukh Qayyum and Resident Representative UNDP Fikret Akcura were also present on the occasion, says a press release. The five-year project constitutes United Nation Development Programmes (UNDP)'s support to Meta-object facility (MoF) under its MDG - Driven Pro-poor Policy Package (MP-3) for instituting a comprehensive mechanism for monitoring the targets set out in the PRSP-II framework, it said.
The project is being implemented under a cost-sharing agreement with the MoF with the latter contributing US $0.641 million to the total budget of US $6.487 million. UNDP's contribution stands at US $0.750. The resource gap stands at US $5 million.-PR