Who Makes Policies in Pakistan? Ministries or donors? I

The policy baton in #Pakistan is often passed between different #power canters within the country. However, donors play an influential role in dictating policies as they actively spend money and influence in having a say.
- Who is the #policy maestro in Pakistan? Ministries or #donors?
- Do #universities have a say in shaping evidence-based policies? What is evidence? Who examines it and how is it used?
- How does foreign money influence policy? Their evidence and their conferences, and large advocacy #funds, do they matter? Is donor evidence and #research subject to local peer review?
- Many top-level #government functionaries are beholden to donors. Does this cause #conflict of interest? Does this influence decision and #policymaking?
- Who evaluates and holds #policies accountable in Pakistan?
- Does the policy-making process take into account stakeholder
engagement at any stage?
- Where is the policy debate taking place in the #public realm?
- How are cabinet and other policymaking forums agendas determined? Is the process open and transparent? Is public #debate allowed on it? Is enough time given to debate it?
- Are there any white papers on policy initiatives? Who prepares them?
- Are minutes of cabinet and other policy making forums released?
- Who evaluates and holds policies accountable in Pakistan?

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