Punjab government is busier, but are people's lives better?

Punjab's Roadmap

Shehryar Nabi, Communications Assistant at CDPR, writes about Punjab's Reforms Roadmap, an initiative by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to improve health, education and sanitation in the province. The article reports on how the initiative improved the level of staff attendance and the quality of facilities in Punjab's schools and hospitals. But the Roadmap is now faced with the question of how improved inputs can actually translate into better health and education outcomes.

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Punjab's Roadmap

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