Again, you spew numbers selectively and fail to answer any of the questions I ask, in popular parlance your rant is often referred to as "like a broken record"....
Pakistan figures are as pathetic when it comes to achievement.(I say pathetic, unlike you, for me,the numbers don't suggest grandiose achievement in poverty, literacy, etc)
Lets look at their defense expenditure:
2004 3.90 %
2005 4.90 %
2006 3.90 %
2007 3.20 %
2008 3.20 %
source: CIA world fact book.
also, in case of Pakistan budget, like India there is no mention of pension, nuclear tech etc.
What makes things worse for Pakistan, unlike India it receives loads of aid both military and for growth related areas, food, economy etc.
There has also been accusations of aid being diverted for military.
lets take a detailed look:
As a result of a 1954 mutual defense assistance agreement, the United States provided nearly $2.5 billion in economic aid and nearly
$700 million in military aid to Pakistan between 1954 and 1964.
$26 million in military assistance from 1965-1971
$2.9 million in military assistance from 1972-1979.
from around $60 million in economic and development assistance in 1979 to more than $600 million per year in the mid-1980s. In total, the United States provided more than $5 billion in aid$3.1 billion in economic assistance and $2.19 billion in military assistancefrom 1980 until 1990.
During the Pessler period, the U.S. provided less than $500 million$429 million in economic assistance and $5.2 million in military assistance.
The George W. Bush administrations expansive assistance to Pakistan in the wake of September 11 has been severely skewed toward military assistance. Of the over $11 billion dollars given to Pakistan since FY2002, 72 percentor $8.1 billionhas been given in security-related aid. This includes Coalition Support Funds (or CSF, funds to reimburse Pakistan for its counterterrorism activities), Foreign Military Financing, and other military assistance. Meanwhile, only 23 percentor $3.1 billionhas been given as economic-related aid.
This imbalanced assistance has neither increased Pakistani nor American security. Moreover, a lack of oversight measures for CSF funds have allowed the Pakistani military to continue its history of underinvestment in counterinsurgency training and capabilities for the regular army and the paramilitary Frontier Corps, in favor of maintaining its traditional focus against its perceived regional rival India.
Reassessing Foreign Assistance to Pakistan
for more details:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL31362.pdf
Inspite of all this Pakistan's military expenditure has been super high. Also, given the amount if economic aid, its progress both in economic terms and poverty, literacy rates are not impressive by any means.
Dr Ahmad Faruqui writes
"
Since independence, Pakistan has received more than $30 billion in aid
just from the Bank and the US and billions more from other sources.
Despite this embarrassment of riches, it has failed to become an Asian
tiger. This is evidenced by the continuing presence of five structural
problems in the economy. First, as the economy grows, imports grow
faster than exports, leading to rising deficits on the current account.
Second, consumer goods rather than capital goods dominate the growth
of imports, reflecting a bias towards consumer spending and fuelling
inflation. Third, domestic investment rates remain low, thus requiring
continuing infusions of foreign aid to bridge the non-vanishing financing
gap. Fourth, as growth occurs, the government begins to rack up rising
budget deficits to placate special interest groups, most notably the
military. And, finally, despite all of Shaukat Azizs rhetoric about
transparency, Pakistan remains a highly corrupt country according to
Transparency International.
As the parliament debates the budget, it should ask the government how
it will use the new foreign aid to address these endemic problems.
Otherwise, the new money will become a band aid to cloak the ills of
military rule. General Musharrafs regime should not be allowed to leave a
painful inheritance for future generations of Pakistanis, by saddling them
with billions in debt servicing costs."
Dr Ahmad Faruqui is director of research at the American Institute of
International Studies and can be reached at
Faruqui@pacbell.net
http://www.nyu.edu/fas/institute/dri/Easterly/File/Daily Times - Site Edition.pdf
Unlike India, Pakistan could not maintain democracy, has not improved its economy and continues to spend heavily on military.
As I mentioned before, numbers can be used manipulatively for spewing opinions, you have to look at the larger goal,while in India's case it does show India to be struggling by no means you can take away its accomplishments.
Is India getting poorer?
No, not all. India has made steady progress against poverty. A look at the 25-year period between 1981 and 2005 shows that India has moved from having 60 percent of its people living on less than $ 1.25 a day to 42 percent. The number of people living below a dollar a day (2005 prices) has also come down from 42 percent to 24 percent over the same period. Both measures show that India has maintained even progress against poverty since the 1980s, with the poverty rate declining at a little under one percentage point per year.
he government recognizes that its main development challenge rests on reducing inequalities and making sure that all its people, living in all its regions, are able to share the fruits of that growth equally. The Eleventh Plan seeks to address this issue of inclusive growth frontally.
However, this is not to say that Indias phenomenal growth has not helped lift people out of poverty. In order to improve the lives of a greater number of its poor, India will also have to reduce those basic inequalities lack of access to education, healthcare and opportunities - that prevent poor people from participating in the growth process.
refer post 109 for the complete FAQ from world bank
lastly,
I also forgot to mention the equipment it gets through soft loans viz a viz China.
Some numbers may look better for Pakistan but it will only take a India hater to quote them multiple times to make oneself feel happy. Is that a great achievement??
While India looks to the future with great enthusiasm and zest for a better life and a better country can the same be said wrt Pakistan for all the troubles it is facing?
Its a long way ahead for both countries and comparing poverty rates of two countries that are no way a benchmark for either to follow or by saying my slum is better than your slum only depicts a inherit hate even with the educated ..and may give you short term happiness that may last say 5 minutes
Now you tell me, is it necessary to feed the starving humans or day dreaming superpower?
