Population Welfare Program Project

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Pakistan's population growth of about 3 percent annually - faster than any other large Asian country - undermines its efforts to relieve poverty and achieve sustainable development. High fertility is part of a web of poor social indicators in Pakistan, tied to slow progress in the social sectors as well as poverty. The best way to slow population growth will be to build demand for smaller families through improvements in education and economic opportunity, especially for women, and in children's survival prospects, while supplying better family planning information and services so that couples can more easily limit fertility. Family planning will then become a more appealing option. Pakistan's Social Action Program, which covers primary education, primary health care, population, and rural water supply, will address both "demand" and "supply" aspects of family planning. The Population Welfare Program Project will contribute mainly by strengthening supply of family planning information and services, to meet the demand that already exists. It will thus complement other Social Action (SAP) programs and projects in education and health as well as broader efforts to promote economic opportunity that will generate further demand.

FY17 - Health,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Social Protection

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Government, Education