Impact Assessment of Foreign Aid: Impact Assessment of Foreign Aid in Financial and Social Development of Pakistan-an Analysis

A STUDY ON IMPACTS OF FOREIGN AID IN PAKISTAN The impacts and significance of foreign aid in enhancement of social, financial and economic growth and development of Pakistan is evaluated in this book. A research analysis based on financial and economic indicators such as Gross Domestic Production (GDP), Total Debt and Liabilities, Consumer Price Indicators, Inflation in Pakistan and social indicators such as Poverty alleviation, Financial Investment in Education, Women Empowerment, Sanitation and Access to Drinking Water, Children under Five Mortality Rate, Use of Communication Tools and Corruption in Pakistan is performed. All these indicators were evaluated from financial perspective to assess their growth during the foreign aid enrichment phase of Pakistan (2007-09). To conduct this impact analysis, data was acquired from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics division, Ministry of Finance and Revenue, Ministry of Planning and Development of Government of Pakistan, World Bank, Central Bank of Pakistan, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and World Health Organization in the form of various statistics, quarterly and annual reports.