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Punjab Education Development Policy Credit - III

This purpose of this proposed third development policy credit is to support the Punjab Province's three year Education Sector Reform Program (PESRP). This proposed credit will complete the series of annual programmatic development policy credits (DPC) in support of PESRP. Phase II of PESRP is being prepared by the Punjab Government, and the Bank has been requested to support it through a new series of annual DPCs. Key pillars of the PESRP are: (A) public finance reforms to increase public spending for education (and other pro-poor services) and to ensure fiscal sustainability; (B) reforms that strengthen devolution and improve the fiduciary environment and governance; and (C) education sector reforms to improve quality, access, and sector governance. There has been steady progress during the past two years, and the Program is showing improvements in enrolment and in reducing the gender gap at the primary and middle school levels. The proposed third credit will assist the Government in completing the agreed reform framework.**

Last Updated September 09 2010

Basic Information
Project Status	Closed
Region	South Asia
Country/Area	Pakistan
Major Sector (Sector) (%)	Education (General education sector) (60%)
	Public Administration, Law, and Justice (Sub-national government administration) (40%)
Old Major Sector	N/A
Old Sector	N/A
Env Category	N/A
Project ID	P097636
Bank Team Lead (Last Name, First)	Khan, Tahseen Sayed
Approval Date	01-JUN-2006
Closing Date	30-JUN-2007
Borrower	GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
Implementing Agency	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

Financial
Main Loan/Credit #	41760
IBRD Commitment *	0
IDA Commitment *	100
IBRD + IDA Commitment *	100
Grant Amount *	0
Total Project Cost *	850
Product Line	IBRD/IDA
Lending Instrument	Development Policy Lending

Development Outcomes And Goals
*Targeted Thematic Outcomes...*	Supporting this Broader Dev't Goal
Education for all	Achieve universal primary education (MDG); Education (CAP)
Gender	Promote gender equality & empower women (MDG); Empowerment, security & social inclusion (CAP)
Participation and civic engagement	Empowerment, security & social inclusion (CAP)
Decentralization	Public sector governance (CAP)
Public expenditure, financial management and procurement	Public sector governance (CAP); N/A (GPG)

Available Project Documents***
For a short project overview, please consult the Project Information Document if available.

	Agreement (), Vol. -05-JUN-2006
	Program Document (PGD), Vol.1 -28-APR-2006
	Project Information Document (PID), Vol.1 -12-APR-2006
	Project Information Document (PID), Vol.1 -28-SEP-2005

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