The preparation of the Interim-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) is only the first step in the direction of preparing a comprehensive national anti-poverty strategy, which would encompass the economic, structural, and social initiatives undertaken by the federal, provincial, and district governments for targeting the multidimensional nature of poverty and human deprivation in Pakistan. Pakistan's full PRSP is to be completed by December, 2002.

In order to make the full PRSP a truly participatory antipoverty strategy, that is reflective of the diversity of all the federating units, it will be based on the provincial PRSPs prepared by the provincial governments themselves in consultations with the newly elected district governments. The provincial PRSPs would include detailed costing of the programs and projects that these governments intend to undertake over the medium-term. The provincial PRSPs would be based on the medium-term framework of each province that would develop a holistic picture of provincial requirements and resource availability. This will identify the additional resources required to support the PRSP program and meet its objectives/targets. The provincial governments have been assured of the federal government's assistance in preparing the provincial PRSPs.