Better Water, Better Jobs - Envisioning a Sustainable Pakistan

This policy brief reviews the relation between water management and employment in Pakistan. The major water resource in Pakistan is the Indus Basin irrigation system, which irrigates 90 per cent of the country’s crops. The critical point of existing policy is that the Ministry of Climate Change cannot implement it, and has no authority over the sectors concerned. Even though water is a scarce resource, Pakistan still achieves most foreign exchange earnings through the export of water-intensive agricultural products. Adaptation strategies need to be implemented. Agricultural production is threatened by climate change. Current rural and urban service delivery through decentralised governance needs to be improved