Posts tagged World Bank

SBP, IFC study to help Increase Lending to Small and Medium Enterprises

Jun 6th

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have launched a series of publications to help Pakistani banking sector expand access to finance …

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We must have hope, what else is there?

Jun 4th

That human beings are capable of such horrific things is not surprising. After all, we live in the same world that witnessed the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide, the ethnic cleansing of Serbians, Croatians, Palestinians and Bangladeshi’s alike (to name a few). The subcontinent itself had a bloody birth punctuated by massacres of Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs alike. In the last few days alone, Pakistan added to its losses, with the brutal death of journalist

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Devising a Growth Strategy for Pakistan (7): New Growth Framework Approved

May 29th

Adil Najam On Saturday, the National Economic Council approved the New Growth Framework based on the New Development Approach developed by the Planning Commission of Pakistan.We at ATP have been following and encouraging a discussion on the elements of the new growth framework over the last many months and prior to this have carried six [...]

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PM for measures to put economy in higher gear

May 28th

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday urged more allocations for social sector programmes focusing on poverty alleviation and underdeveloped regions including those of Gilgit-Baltistan, AJK and FATA. He was chairing the meeting o…