How Clinton can build — rather than buy — trust in Pakistan

Over at FP’s AfPak Channel, Nancy Birdsall of the Center for Global Development and two of her colleagues explain how Secretary Clinton can build the trust of the Pakistani people — rather than merely buy it through the aid from the $7.5 billion Kerry-Lugar-Berman legislation. In summary, they suggest:

First, [Clinton] should declare, unequivocally, that the goal of the U.S. aid program is Pakistan’s own long-term development. Second, she should lay out a clear and compelling vision of what that means — supported by specific examples and indicators of success. Third, together with the Pakistani government, she should commit to measure progress against those indicators and provide useful information to ordinary Pakistanis about the issues that they care most about. 

Clinton has already done the first part — earlier today she stated,"[I]t’s our goal to slowly but surely demonstrate that the U.S. is concerned about Pakistan for the long term." Will doing the second and third parts build Pakistanis’ trust — such as that of the operating-room technician seen above at the Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi, who was watching Clinton earlier today on TV?