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1 7 . 4<br />

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS<br />

& AVAILABILITY<br />

The outline of an action plan, with priorities<br />

assigned, and suggesting resource requirements and<br />

implementation responsibility, appears at the end of<br />

this chapter. A summary of the resource requirement<br />

is given in Table 17.3. The total requirement is estimated<br />

as Rs. 65.578 billion, of which Rs. 14.787<br />

billion would be needed in the short-term. Against<br />

this estimate, Rs. 11.230 billion is more likely to be<br />

available (see Table 17.4). This is based on the cost<br />

estimates indicated in the Action Plan in section 17.6<br />

1 7 . 4 . 1<br />

The ADP of the Government of NWFP<br />

In the 1970s, more than half of the NWFP’s receipts<br />

were available for development financing. Today,<br />

less than one-third is available. The remainder is committed<br />

to financing recurrent costs. Whereas the<br />

Government’s size has increased severalfold, its<br />

resource base has largely remained unexpanded.<br />

Despite this, the Government of NWFP is already<br />

allocating significantly large amounts to environmentrelated<br />

programmes. Therefore, it is unlikely it will<br />

substantially increase allocations for environmental<br />

programmes out of its own resources. The prospects<br />

of financing the non-SAP component of the ADP<br />

greatly depend on the Government’s ability to<br />

increase its tax receipts or gain greater support from<br />

donors, and these are uncertain propositions.<br />

The Government will continue to fund SPCS implementation<br />

in its Annual Development Programme.<br />

Based on the analysis in Sections 17.1 and 17.3, a<br />

doubling of the annual Government allocation for the<br />

environmental programme is anticipated. This will<br />

provide about Rs. 678 million for the SPCS in 1995-<br />

98. The local fund will primarily be used for counterpart<br />

funds for donor projects and for institution-building<br />

and policy development activities that must be<br />

implemented regardless of external support. The<br />

Government will also be allocating about Rs. 2.966<br />

billion to the complementary ongoing and pipeline<br />

programmes of the SAP, the Second Urban<br />

Development Project (SUDP), the Community<br />

Infrastructure Project (CIP), and others. Thus the total<br />

input of the Government of NWFP into the SPCS<br />

through the ADP would be Rs. 3.644 billion.<br />

1 7 . 4 . 2<br />

D o n o r s<br />

F I N A N C I N G 17<br />

Donor interest is expected to continue to grow.<br />

Indications are that bilateral cooperation with<br />

Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands will<br />

expand. In fact, some projects are already in the<br />

pipeline. The support from multilaterals such as the<br />

Asian Development Bank (for Kabul River cleanup)<br />

and the European Union is also likely to increase.<br />

Canadian International Development Agency interest<br />

in cooperating with SPCS implementation has<br />

increased recently. Others may also provide substantial<br />

support. Given the present trends, donor funds for<br />

non-SAP environmental programmes can be expected<br />

to increase by an equivalent amount (Rs. 1.5 billion)<br />

over the next three years. The donor contribution to<br />

the SAP, the SUDP, the CIP, and other similar programmes<br />

over the same period is anticipated at Rs.<br />

5.856 billion.<br />

The NWFP can also benefit from the United<br />

Nations Development Programme’s small-grants programme,<br />

the Swiss NGO Programme, and the Dutch<br />

small-grants programme, as well as from the second<br />

phase of the Global Environment Facility in a major<br />

way, provided the Government’s capacity to prepare<br />

good projects is increased and NGOs are nurtured<br />

and facilitated to prepare better projects for the different<br />

sources and to effectively use the funds.<br />

Therefore, partnering with NGOs for sustainable<br />

development becomes of added importance. The<br />

social aspects of the SPCS, such as drinking water,<br />

sanitation, primary education and health, community<br />

forestry, and population control, can be best<br />

addressed through NGOs. In the short-term a total of<br />

Rs. 10 million is estimated to be available for SPCS<br />

implementation through such small grants to NGOs<br />

and communities.<br />

Consequently, donors may contribute a total of<br />

Rs. 7.366 billion for SPCS implementation during<br />

1995-98.<br />

SARHAD PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY 201

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