World Bank asked to avoid direct funding to provinces and districts
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01/02/2005
The government asked the World Bank to avoid direct funding at provincial and district levels, which is creating financial indiscipline and misunderstanding. According to a press release, quality of data and project implementation also suffers in case of direct allocation. The request was made by federal Health minister Muhammad Nasir Khan and federal education minister Javed Ashraf Qazi here during a meeting with the bank's delegation.A 10-member delegation of the World Bank's executive directors is currently in Pakistan on a five-day visit.