Baseline Indicators of Keti Bunder Site Specific Report
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Contents 1. INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY.............................................................................. 1 1.1 Indus for All Programme .....................................................................................................3 1.2 Detailed Socio- Economic Assessment ............................................................................... 4 1.3 Descriptive Research Design............................................................................................... 5 1.4 Sampling Method................................................................................................................. 5 1.5 Methodology and Sampling Frame...................................................................................... 5 1.6 Survey Instruments .............................................................................................................. 9 1.7 Qualitative Techniques......................................................................................................10 1.8 Statistical Analysis............................................................................................................. 11 1.9 Assumptions and Limitations ............................................................................................ 11 1.10 Plan of Work...................................................................................................................... 11 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE .................................................................................................... 13 2.1 Fundamentals and Indicators of Baseline Study................................................................ 13 2.2 Sustainable Livelihoods Strategies .................................................................................... 15 2.3 Causes of Poverty in Coastal Districts............................................................................... 16 2.4 Degradation of Indus Delta.................................................................................................. 18 2. 5 Review of Previous WWF Studies ...................................................................................... 19 2.6 Preliminary Socio-Economic Baseline Study.................................................................... 21 2.7 Indus for All Programme Communication Strategy .......................................................... 22 3. DISTRICT AND PRIORITY AREA PROFILES ..................................................................... 23 3.1 Profile of Thatta District ........................................................................................................ 23 3.2 Sanghar District................................................................................................................. 29 3.3 Nawabshah District............................................................................................................ 30 3.4 Socio- Economic Indicators............................................................................................... 32 3.5.1 Keenjhar Lake................................................................................................................ 34 3.5.2 Keti Bunder.................................................................................................................... 35 3.5.3 Chotiari Reservoir.......................................................................................................... 37 3.5.4 Pai Forest....................................................................................................................... 38 4. ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD DATA .................................................................................... 40 4.1 Demographic Variables..................................................................................................... 40 4.2 Human Capital................................................................................................................... 42 4.3 Natural Capital................................................................................................................... 55 4.4 Physical Capital................................................................................................................. 63 4.5 Financial Capital................................................................................................................ 69 4.6 Social Capital..................................................................................................................... 75 4.7. Economic Indicators.......................................................................................................... 77 4.8 Agriculture and Livestock.................................................................................................. 81 4.9 Environmental Awareness................................................................................................. 88 4.10 Problems and Priorities...................................................................................................... 90 5. ANALYSIS OF VILLAGE PROFILES....................................................................................... 93 5.1 Village Categories.............................................................................................................. 93 5.2 Type of Housing ................................................................................................................ 93 5.3 Occupational Diversity......................................................................................................94 5.4 Primary and Middle Schools.............................................................................................. 95 __________________________________________________ 1 Socio Economic Assessment Study – Final Report – May, 2008 – WWF – MDC 5.5 Health Facilities................................................................................................................. 97 5.6 Community Based Organizations ................................................................................... 98 5.7 Village Profile Summaries................................................................................................. 98 6. Gender Analysis....................................................................................................................... 106 6.1 National Perspective........................................................................................................ 106 6.2 Methodology and Sample Distribution............................................................................ 107 6.3 Respondent Characteristics.............................................................................................. 108 6.4 Housing Indicators........................................................................................................... 109 6.5 Social Indicators............................................................................................................... 111 6.6 Economic Indicators........................................................................................................ 113 6.7 Education and Health....................................................................................................... 117 6.8 Awareness and Decision Making..................................................................................... 121 6.9 Development Priorities and Proposals............................................................................. 122 7. Qualitative Inferences.............................................................................................................. 124 7.1 Perspectives on Keti Bunder............................................................................................ 124 7.2 Keenjhar Perspectives...................................................................................................... 126 7.3 Chotiari Reservoir Perspectives....................................................................................... 129 7.4 Pai Forest Perspectives .................................................................................................... 132 7.5 Summary Notes on Indus for All Programme Target Villages........................................ 134 BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................................ 144 1.10 Plan of Work.................................................................................................................... 151 __________________________________________________ 2 Socio Economic Assessment Study – Final Report – May, 2008 – WWF – MDC 1. INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY This chapter briefly describes the background of Indus for All Programme and the rationale & objectives of detailed socio-economic assessment commissioned by the WWF Pakistan in the programme priority areas. 1.1 Indus for All Programme In 1997, the WWF – International embarked upon a global biodiversity conservation initiative focusing on more than 200 eco-regions, designated as G – 200, under the six specific target driven themes: freshwater, forests, species, toxics, marine and climatic change. Rationale for developing the Indus for All Programme around the poverty-environment nexus, stemmed out of growing abject poverty among communities adjacent to the deteriorating natural resources in the vicinity of Indus river. Its main purpose was to initiate implementation of the Indus Eco-region Conservation Programme, so as to secure selected outcomes