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…
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Pakistani women in Lahore, Pakistan. Photo: A M Syed, Shutterstock
This blog is part of a series examining women’s economic empowerment in South Asia.
In patriarchal societies—as in most of Pakistan—men exert much influence over the lives of their fe…
Pakistani girls attending a primary school. 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-in…
Punjab Excise and Taxation Service Center. Photo: World Bank
Technology is changing our world faster than ever before.
And Pakistan, home to more than 64 million internet users and 62 million people connected to mobile data, is no exception.
As they’ve…
Digital fellows visiting historic sites in Peshawar, Pakistan. Credit: KPITB.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), one of Pakistan’s most underserved provinces, is emerging from decades of conflict and has turned to the digital economy to boost economic gro…
However, the premier said, poverty persists in interior Sindh due to endemic corruption. He noted that in the past ten years, 70 per cent of Sindh’s gas …
Indian Bengali tribal mother is feeding her baby on her lap in a rural background. Credit: Abir Bhattacharya/ Shutterstock
Childhood stunting—or being too short for one’s age—is one of the most significant barriers to human development and affects abou…
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