Chinese vice president in Pakistan for 3-day visit
During an April 26 visit to Beijing, Khan announced the next phase of the CPEC and said his country will now focus on eliminating poverty from …
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Pakistan agrees to 13th bailout in 30 years from the IMF
Khan has spoken of the need for a major anti-poverty program to boost Pakistan’s economy and help its worst off citizens, but this will involve …
Transforming governance for a stronger Pakistan
A beneficiary at the Arazi (Land Records Authority) center. Photo: World BankThis blog is part of a series that discusses findings from the Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future report, which identifies the changes necessary for Pakistan to become a strong…
For a clean and green Pakistan
Farmer working in the fields of Kasur, Punjab. Photo: World BankThis blog is part of a series that discusses findings from the Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future report, which identifies the changes necessary for Pakistan to become a strong upper middle-…
Enabling more Pakistani women to work
Student at Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts. Photo: World Bank
This blog is part of a series that discusses findings from the Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future report, which identifies the changes necessary for Pakistan to become a strong…
South Asia’s rural women enter the global marketplace
Models walk the runway during regional conclave in New Delhi, India. Photo: World Bank
For centuries, women in the harsh deserts of Rajasthan, India, embroidered richly-colored mirror-work garments for their own use, saving the best for their daughters…
Tackling malnutrition in South Asia: 8 Years on
A man surrounded by vegetables and greens in an Indian Bazaar. Credit: Anton Jankovoy / Shutterstock.com
The scale of the undernutrition problem in South Asia is exceptional.
Children in the region have some of the highest global rates of stunting a…
Pakistan announces ‘next phase’ in mega-deal with China
"Together, Pakistan and China are entering the next phase of CPEC, with greater emphasis on socioeconomic uplift, poverty alleviation, agricultural …
Improving Pakistan’s public and private investment
Pakistan is not investing enough and its share of investment to GDP is one of the lowest in the world at 15 percent almost half of the South Asian average at 30 percent. This translates into inadequate infrastructure, lack of access to sufficient level…
Accelerating Pakistan’s structural transformation
Photo: World Bank
This blog is part of a series that discusses findings from the Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future report, which identifies the changes necessary for Pakistan to become a strong upper middle-income country by the time it turns 100 years …
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