A poverty reduction, multisector area development project covering very large isolated areas cannot be efficiently implemented in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa without (i) the Planning and Development Department as the executing agency, which has the essential mandate and institutional capacity for multisector interventions; (ii) a decentralized project management model; (iii) components fully designed with dedicated staff resources, operational costs for implementing agencies, and market-based reasonable salaries and benefits; (iv) flexible, demand-driven design of interventions; (v) minimum beneficiary funding requirements; (vi) well-designed consulting packages with efficient costs; (vii) a duration of 10 years; and (viii) flexibility in loan extension, and responsiveness to security crises and natural disasters. A service delivery project with gender and development objectives cannot be implemented in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa without dedicated female technical staff and proper logistical support for them including office space, residential facilities, training facilities, and dedicated vehicles.
North-West Frontier Province Barani Area Development Project