Rawalpindi Environmental Improvement

Alignment with overall reforms: The project only supported implementation of reforms in the participating towns and WASA in line with PLGO 2001 and urban policy actions agreed with the government for the project (para. 53). Ownership and commitment to reforms deteriorated in general and project implementation was adversely affected. Although these risks were identified in the project design, no flexibility was built into the design to respond to these external factors. Major urban reforms cannot be undertaken in isolation from the external environment; they require political will, incentives, flexibility in design, and critical mass within the system to champion such reforms.