A Strategic Approach to Social Accountability in Pakistan

This paper explores the progress of the Empowerment, Voice and Accountability for Better Health and Nutrition project

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 October 2017
Country:
Pakistan
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Food and Nutrition, Governance and Conflict and Health
Authors:
Kirk, T

Abstract

This paper explores the progress of the Empowerment, Voice and Accountability for Better Health and Nutrition (EVA) project implemented by Palladium in partnership with the Centre for Communications Programmes Pakistan. EVA aims to empower, organise and facilitate Pakistan鈥檚 citizens to hold the provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to account for the delivery of quality reproductive, maternal, new-born, child health and nutrition services (RMNCH-N). The paper situates the project within contemporary understandings of social accountability programming, and examines its approach to operationalising an adaptive, politically savvy and locally led way of working in a challenging context. It also comments upon the foundations of EVA鈥檚 early successes and its potential future directions as a way of offering guidance for similar projects. EVA is a five-year project (2014鈥�19) funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Pakistan. The project is a component of DFID Pakistan鈥檚 flagship maternal and child health project 鈥楾he Provincial Health & Nutrition Programme鈥�.

This work is part of the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) programme

Citation

Kirk, T. (2017) A Strategic Approach to Social Accountability in Pakistan, IDS Working Paper 497, Brighton: IDS

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