RURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMMES APPROACH

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THE RURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMMES OF PAKISTAN
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Why Poverty ?

• The public sector makes huge investments but does
  not create a grassroots mechanism for delivery of
  services
• As a result, Government services do not reach
  the people especially the poor
• Commonly the public sector does not effectively
  involve poor communities when planning or
  delivering development

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RSP Mission

• To harness peoples potential to undertake
  development activities by investing in grassroots
  institutions of the poor for Poverty Reduction.
• .. using social mobilisation as a tool .

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Why RSPs

• Autonomous and sustainable support
  organisations (RSPs) critical to undertake
  social mobilisation of the poor
• Social mobilisation requires an institutional
  mechanism which has the credibility of the
  Government and flexibility of an NGO
• Participatory, grassroots organisations of the
  poor are a proven, powerful tool for poverty
  alleviation and social protection
• Poverty targeting is KEY to identify the poorest
• Grassroots social mobilisation organisations can
  make public service delivery more efficient and
  accountable

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What are RSPs ?

• Registered under Companies Ordinance, Section 42
• Four RSPs set up with Provincial and Federal
  Government seed funds (NRSP, GBTI, PRSP, SRSO)
• High level Federal Provincial ownership with
  Government officials on RSP Boards
• Also other development professionals on Boards

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RSPs in Pakistan-94/125 districts and 2/13 FATA
Agencies/Areas
AKRSP
SRSP
FATA
RSP Network
GBTI
NRSP
PRSP
BRSP
SRSO
TRDP
SGA
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Social Mobilisation Process

• Series of Dialogues to assess peoples
  willingness to form Community Organisations (COs)
  to undertake development work
• Poverty ranking of all HH in village to ensure
  inclusion of poor in COs
• CO forms and selects activists, start regular
  meetings and savings programme

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The Process.. contd.

• CO prepares Micro-Investment Plan
• Accordingly the RSP provides technical,
  financial support and ..
• Facilitates linkages with line agencies other
  service providers (eg Banks, NGOs, etc)

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Three-Tiered Social Mobilisation
LSO
VO
CO
CO
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Membership 2.48 million (32 women) 2.2 million
hholds
Rs 2.04 billion Saved (Rs 439 million womens)
Health Workers Trained 15,250 (12,908 TBAs)

• Skills Training
• Vocational Technical
• -leadership management
• 1.09 million
• (398,314 women)

Micro Health Insurance 1.34 million (326,617
women)
142318 COs (42040 WCOs ie 32)
Education Community Schools 1475 with 57,134
students
Credit Disbursed cumulative Rs 40.84 billion (Rs
12.2bill women)
Community Infrastructure Schemes 79,726 Rs
9.194 billion cost (2.7 million h.holds
benefiting)
Credit Beneficiaries 2.4 million ( 0.721 million
women)
As of Dec 2008
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The RSP Network (RSPN)

• A national level Network of 9 RSPs registered in
  2001 as a non-profit company
• RSPN Board RSP Chairpersons RSP Chief Executive
  Officers other development professionals,
  private sector representatives academics
• Provides strategy support to RSPs eg in social
  mobilisation, womens programmes, impact studies,
  etc
• Does national level coordination between RSPs
• Policy work with government on poverty strategies
• Documents and disseminates community development
  best practice
• Donor coordination and fund management for RSPs

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GOVERNMENT-RSP PROJECT PARTNERSHIPS

• Social Mobilisation HRD all projects, PPAF
• Infrastructure Khushhal Pakistan Programme,
  Khushhal Pakistan Fund, PPAF, National Water
  Course Lining (govt.)
• Vocational Technical Training
• Health Basic Health Units managed by RSPs under
  Chief Ministers and Peoples Primary Healthcare
  Initiatives (PRSP in Punjab and SRSO, AKF, SRSP)
• Education PESRP Punjab, Dir, SMC formation,
  Community Schools
• Agriculture Crop Maximisation, Area Devt.
  Projects, Integrated Pest Management (PRSP)
• Livestock PM Livestock Project, Area Devt
  Projects
• Micro-Finance Habib Bank, PPAF, State Bank
• Disaster and Rehabilitation earthquake, floods
• Governance CCBs Councilors Training

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RSP Impact studies

• Northern Areas economy experienced growth in per
  capita incomes of 84 from 1991 to 2001 (Source
  Govt of Pakistan, FBS AKRSP, Farm Household
  Income Expenditure survey)
• Incomes of CO members 15-20 percent higher than
  those of non members in Northern Areas. (Source
  Reducing Poverty sustaining growth, 2004)
• NRSP, membership in COs resulted in 8 percent
  higher incomes annually. (Source Khan 2002,
  Partnership with communities for IWRM)
• 68 NRSP respondents ate better than before, 50
  felt improvements in health and 82 experienced
  sustained increase in incomes after accessing
  credit. (Source UNDP supported, Pakistan
  National HDR 2003)

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thank you
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Micro-Investment Plans
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Grameen Foundation Poverty Score Card

• A simple scorecard designed by Mark Schreiner
• A single all-Pakistan scorecard
• Estimates poverty likelihood (not expenditure)
• Designed to make sense to non-specialists and to
  be quick and low-cost, allowing scoring in the
  field
• Consists of
• 10 indicators (none derived from census data)
• All weights are zero or positive integers
• Scores range from 0 (most likely poor) to 100
  (least likely poor)
• Scores converted to estimated poverty
  likelihoods via a look-up table

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The Poverty Score Card (Mark Schreiner)
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Results of Poverty Score Card (5 RSPs)