Governance and Policy Project for Balochistan

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The development objective of the Governance and Policy Project (GPP) for Balochistan for Pakistan is to strengthen the capacity for sales tax on services (STS) collection, and improve accountability in public financial management and public service delivery in the education and irrigation sectors in Balochistan. The project comprises of four components. The first component, increasing effectiveness for sales tax collection objective is to develop institutional capacity for increased collection of own source revenues with a focus on the administration of the STS, which is estimated to have the highest revenue potential, as also evidenced in the other three provinces. The second component, strengthening accountability in public financial management (PFM) will finance technical assistance and training for the finance department (FD) in developing and implementing a PFM reform strategy based on the findings of the ongoing public expenditure and financial accountability assessment (PEFA). The third component, improving public investment management and accountability in public services consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening public investment management; and (ii) improving efficiency and accountability in public services. The fourth component, ensuring effective support for the coordination of governance reforms and the operational management of the GPP objective is to support the government to coordinate governance reforms and implement the GPP-financed activities.