USAID FATA Development Program
Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) consists of approximately 3,000 rural villages with a population of three million people located on the country's northwestern border with Afghanistan. It is the most underdeveloped region in Pakistan with 60 percent of its population living below the national poverty line.
In March 2006, President Bush committed the United States to supporting development in FATA. In response, USAID has designed a comprehensive program to support the short-, medium- and long-term objectives of the Government of Pakistan's (GoP) FATA Sustainable Development Plan (FSDP) 2006-2015. Aligned with FSDP, USAID's FATA Development Program (FDP) works in all seven FATA Agencies and the six adjacent Frontier Regions.
USAID's objectives include enhancing GoP's legitimacy and writ in FATA, improving economic and social conditions for local communities, and supporting sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, USAID has expanded existing programs and initiated new activities that: build the capacity of FATA institutions to deliver services to citizens; improve livelihoods; strengthen health and education services; and develop FATA's infrastructure. USAID has partnered with the FATA Secretariat and the FATA Development Authority to implement these programs.
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