Lecture delivered at the Department of Architecture and Planning at the NED University, Karachi on the 1st of March, 2012.

1. Department of Architecture and Planning, NED University, Karachi
Challenges and Opportunities
to Basic Services in Developing
Countries
Mansoor Ali
Reflections from 25 Years
22 March 2012

2. What is Practical Action?
Fritz Schumacher, Author of Small is
Beautiful and Founder of Practical
Action (Intermediate Technology)
in 1969
www.practicalaction.org.uk
Mansoor Ali | 22 March 2012

3. The Context;
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Gaps in Basic Services
Geographical distribution of gaps
Impact on different groups

4. Global Strategies;
Advocacy
Policy influencing
Loans and aids
Capacity development
What has changed?

5. Challenges
Institutions of market versus institutions
to protect the poor

6. Challenges
High Standards and Regulations

7. Challenges
Not building on the local practices

8. Subsequent Challenges
 Restricted role of NGOs
 Gaps between research and practice
 Layers of institutions
 Corruption
 In-effective leadership

9. To summarise

10. So, where is the opportunity?
 Search for new institutions
 Research to inform the institutions
 New ways of working
 New ways of thinking

11. Changing Role of Development
Professionals and the choices