SEED

ENHANCING PUBLIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE AND CLIMATE-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE

ENABLING POLICY ENVIRONMENT TO BOOST SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS

MOBILIZING CLIMATE FINANCE AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO RAMP UP CLIMATE ACTION

About seed program

Improved Economic and Urban Planning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

SEED is a six-year, UK-funded £37.5 million programme. Its first component (£15 million) aims at improving economic and urban planning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to help the province plan and finance investments it needs for growth, jobs, and prosperity.

SEED is providing technical assistance to the Government of KP (GoKP) by introducing appropriate policy responses based on evidence and international best practices that would stabilise the GoKP’s fiscal position, shield investment and jobs, and pave the way for a quicker economic recovery.

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Components

FISCAL SPACE EXPANSION FOR ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT

IMPROVING PUBLIC INVESTMENT EFFICIENCY

MOBILIZING INVESTMENTS BEYOND THE PRIORITY SECTORS

INCLUSIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATIVE REFORMS

Seed

Impact

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Developed an Energy Investment pipeline for the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation
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Tariff receivables unlocked for Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation for two public sector Hydro Power Projects
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Supported GoKP to sign MOUs with key institutional investors in vital economic areas of growth at Dubai Expo 2020
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Digitized 25 year of administrative data containing 15 sectors, 67 sub secrtors, 1158 indicators

Mar 2022
Oct 2025

Phase: Implementation

Seed At a glance

PROVIDING FLEXIBLE, DEMAND-DRIVEN & RESPONSIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GOKP FOR ECONOMIC & URBAN DEVELOPMENT

INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Climate Proofing Investments
  • Climate Proofing Investments
  • Climate Proofing Investments
  • Climate Proofing Investments
CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Climate Proofing Investments
  • Climate Proofing Investments
  • Climate Proofing Investments
  • Climate Proofing Investments
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MORE EFFICIENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT

(The Planning & Development Department)

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HIGHER PRIVATE SECTOR & MULTILATERAL INVESTMENTS

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Greater Fiscal Space & Development Financing

(Finance and Revenue)

Policy Reforms

  • PPP Framework
  • sectoral regulatory frameworks (energy, tourism & it)
  • public private dialogues (trade, agri, tourism)
  • business pulse survey

INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

  • PPP Framework
  • sectoral regulatory frameworks (energy, tourism & it)
  • public private dialogues (trade, agri, tourism)
  • business pulse survey

INVESTMENT PIPELINE

  • PPP Framework
  • sectoral regulatory frameworks (energy, tourism & it)
  • public private dialogues (trade, agri, tourism)
  • business pulse survey

strengthened rules, sops & systems

  • online learning portal
  • infrastructure project designing &
    planning
  • public private dialogues (trade, agri, tourism)
  • bcure training

evidence-based policy reforms

  • bos capacity & systems
  • Economic activity estimation using
    night lights data
  • urban planning & development
  • diagnostic studies

INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

  • STS ROADMAP
  • MIND LAB (BEHAVIOUR INSIGHTS UNIT)

policy reforms

  • PENSION REFORMS (DCS)
  • HEALTH OUTSOURCING
  • GREEN TAX

Where we work

Explore Pakhtunkhwa

SEED Programme aims to improve economic and urban planning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in order to help the province plan and finance investments it needs for growth, jobs, and prosperity

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News & Media

" The SEED programme has helped us not just in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's journey to be a better investment destination; it worked with us on improving the energy and particularly hydropower economy of the province. "

Taimur Khan Jhagra

Former Finance & Health Minister, Pakhtunkhwa

" I think SEED is an organisation that has fit very well in this development and sustainability aspect, and we would like to work with them in the future and rely on their experience and know-how to help us in Pakistan with the ongoing sustainable development projects. "

Abdullah Al-Mutairi

CEO, Enertech Holding

" SEED has joined hands with Atomcamp, a continuous learning platform, to impart digital and business skills to home-based women entrepreneurs in KP. We have also collaborated with the Bank of Khyber to include modules on financial inclusion and financial literacy because this was a core gap that we felt needed to be bridged. "

Wajeeha Amir

Delivery Associate, SEED Programme

" SEED has been very instrumental in structuring and putting this whole deal together (the Green Hydrogen and Sustainable Urban Development Project), and we look forward to working on other deals with them. "

Yasser Malik

Head of Emerging Markets, Enertech Holding

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SEED is funded by United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and implemented by Adam Smith International Pakistan in partnership with Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.