As the owner and operator of these systems, the Eurosystem has immediate and powerful tools to ensure their safety and efficiency. Safety and efficiency are also the main drivers for the oversight of payment systems and payment instruments. The Eurosystem monitors both existing and planned systems, assesses them against a set of objectives and, where necessary, fosters change.
But the 1990s proved to be a lost decade for Pakistan; growth in per capita income dropped to slightly over 1 percent. Poverty resurfaced and about one-third of the population now lives below the poverty line of $ per day. Social indicators became worse than those of other countries with comparable incomes.