Framework for Economic Growth, Pakistan - Planning Commission

International conference on “Framework for Economic Growth, Pakistan”- Developing vibrant cities by developing an enabling environment which will be thehotspot for promoting entrepreneurship and innovation, assuring better returnsthrough improved productivity on investments for all investors,- Inclusiveness of rural infrastructure and markets for growth and poverty reduction,- Recognition of informal sector,- Development of financial markets and institutions and mandi system,RECOMMENDATIOSNS:Following are some of the recommendations to effectively implement FEG:- Unless we have political consensus and support behind which should cut across allthe political lines, we can’t deliver the result,- To make this strategy become a part of all government policies and thinking to makeit work,- One of the important challenges for the FEG is to sell the idea to all the stakeholdersin public and private sector. We need to put a mechanism for implementation and buysupport from the society, Civil Servants, and most importantly from the topleadership in the country,- To equip youth with appropriate skills, capacities and knowledge to effectively dealwith the present day development challenges. Investing in youth which can acceleratethe fight against poverty, socio-economic disparity and gender discrimination,- There should be a synergy of support from various sections of the community likebusinessmen, political leadership, administrators and general public to make a veryattractive business environment in the country,- Sequencing of the do-ables would be needed. Some low hanging fruits would beneeded to get started quickly.- Recognition by federal, provincial and local governments to put the cities at thecenter of growth initiatives.- New Growth Centre should take benefit of the global knowledge and identify clustersacross the country.- To bring informal part of the city into the overall growth framework and make poorpeople participate in overall growth effort,- Greater accountability and better fiscal management are needed to achieve moreinclusive growth in developing,- Results Based Management system focusing on public service delivery should beintroduced at planning, budgeting and monitoring stages.- Development of KPIs for each of the policy initiative for federal, provincial and localgovernments, and approval from the cabinet to make it a part of monitoring andevaluation mechanism.- Development of a Performance Delivery Unit (same like as President’s Delivery Unitfor Development Monitoring and Oversight Indonesia)***129