In paragraph 4.6 some information was given on the revneue administration in terms of which taxes are collected by which institutions. Earlier, in paragraph 4.3, it was made clear that local bodies can not avail of enough funds to perform any of their tasks in a proper manner.

Efforts have been undertaken to collect information on the flows of public money at district level: the revenues collected in the district and the expenditures incurred in the district. It turned out to be impossible to get a more or less complete picture of these flows. The fragmented data that could be gathered can be found in the two tables below. The one conclusion that can probably safely be drawn is that expenditures exceed revenues many times over. This means that the district, like all other ones, is dependent on transfers from the provincial government to run its affairs, both for non-development as well as for development activities. This implies, given the current structure, that much of the decision-making process on development efforts lie outside Jhall Magsi district.

The district is dependent on outside funds for any substantial further social and economic development. By far the main source is the provincial government through its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).

The combined allocations for the district amounted to a little over Rs. 260 million for 16 projects, without any foreign assistance component, in the PSDP for the financial year 1995-96. This decreased to Rs.36.5 million for 9 projects in the next year, 1996-97. The PSDP for the current financial year shows an increase again to Rs. 84.5 million, earmarked for 17 projects, including a foreign component of Rs. 31.2 million. The sector roads and irrigation would receive the largest shares. This figure has to be treated with some caution however, because changes can still occur.

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