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Business & Economy Published 04 May, 2023 02:00pm

World Bank board elects US nominee Ajay Banga as president

The decision came in a vote by 24 of the board's members

Business & Economy Published 18 Apr, 2023 05:02pm

Govt provides $3 billion financing plan to IMF

Most of the funding plan consists of loans

Business & Economy Published 10 Apr, 2023 10:57am

World Bank, IMF spring meetings to get underway in complex economic environment

The fund now expects global growth to fall below three percent this year

Business & Economy Published 28 Mar, 2023 11:33am

China spent $240 billion bailing out ‘Belt & Road’ countries, study shows

Almost 80% of the rescue lending was made between 2016 and 2021

Pakistan Published 13 Mar, 2023 05:14pm

Pakistan vulnerable to climate change: World Bank

Whole Pakistan approach leads to sustainable uplift

Life & Style Updated 24 Feb, 2023 05:02pm

Ajay Banga’s nomination as World Bank chief gives Pakistanis ‘a wake-up call’

He was former Mastercard Inc (MA.N) chief operating officer

Pakistan Updated 26 Apr, 2023 03:31pm

Asif The Braveheart, fixing KW&SB one World Bank dollar at a time

Reporting on the Sindh government is the gift that keeps giving

Business & Economy Updated 06 Feb, 2023 06:15pm

Pakistan’s food inflation ‘remains below 30%’

World Bank update shows real food inflation in India and Bangladesh is almost nonexistent

Business & Economy Published 19 Jan, 2023 09:27pm

World Bank refutes reports on delaying loans for Pakistan

Country Director of the World Bank for Pakistan terms the reports as "unfounded"

Business & Economy Updated 19 Jan, 2023 11:03am

World Bank delays loans, Saudi Arab says aid will be ‘conditional’

Pakistan's forex reserves have been dwindling and it has looked to allies for help

Business & Economy Published 10 Jan, 2023 09:34pm

World Bank cuts 2023 world growth forecast in ‘sharp, long-lasting slowdown’

Economists warn of a slump in the world economy as countries battle soaring costs

Pakistan Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:05pm

World Bank to provide $1.69 bn for flood affected people in Sindh

Cash grants will be provided for houses with structural damage to partially finance restoration

Business & Economy Published 16 Nov, 2022 09:59pm

WB to provide $1.3bn to Pakistan for emergency, agriculture, housing relief

Bank will provide financial support to flood-affected farmers by providing them with subsidized urea

Pakistan Published 17 Oct, 2022 04:45pm

World Bank to provide $850m in aid to 34 flood-affected districts of Pakistan

UN representative in Pakistan says the UNO wants to work with local administration

Business & Economy Published 16 Oct, 2022 04:46pm

Dar calls for greater policy support from IMF, donors

He urged IMF to tailor its response in view of the situation in Pakistan

Pakistan Published 16 Oct, 2022 11:13am

Some political allies wanted Imran to stay on and face economic crisis: Dar

Pakistan vows IMF reforms as flood damage estimated at over $16b

Business & Economy Published 14 Oct, 2022 05:14pm

IMF, WB, IsDB assure Pakistan of continued support

Dar in his meeting with President World Bank thanked the Bank for its continued support

Business & Economy Published 11 Oct, 2022 01:52pm

Oil falls on recession fears and China Covid worries

World Bank and IMF see rising risks of global recession

World Published 11 Oct, 2022 11:30am

54 countries, including Pakistan, urgently need debt relief: UN

46 of 54 countries had amassed public debt totalling $782b in 2020, says UNDP report

Business & Economy Published 09 Oct, 2022 11:01am

Govt committed to resolving bottlenecks to growth: Dar

Finance minister meets World Bank Country Director Najy Benhassine

Business & Economy Published 07 Oct, 2022 09:45pm

World facing ‘5th wave’ of debt crisis: World Bank chief

Says he is worried about the debt levels

Pakistan Published 07 Oct, 2022 12:06am

Floods to drag up to 9 million Pakistanis into poverty: World Bank

Report says Pakistan's poverty rate is expected to rise between 2.5 and 4 percentage points

Pakistan Published 30 Sep, 2022 06:28pm

World Bank agrees to launch Rs110b housing project for flood victims

Rs38b allocated for rehabilitation of Karachi roads, sewerage: CM Sindh

World Published 30 Jul, 2022 02:19pm

World Bank refuses new funding for bankrupt Sri Lanka

Adequate macroeconomic policy framework is necessary for funds

Business & Economy Published 16 Jul, 2022 05:04pm

World Bank approves $200mn for Pakistan’s agricultural sector

Funding to be used to support transforming agricultural sector by adopting climate-smart technologies

Business & Economy Published 12 Jul, 2022 04:51pm

World Bank paper suggests elderly Pakistanis are richer than before

How has wealth accumulation in informal households changed over time?

Health Published 04 Jul, 2022 04:52pm

Pakistan makes impressive progress in immunization coverage: WB

NISP has been instrumental in reducing childhood morbidity and mortality from VPDs

Business & Economy Updated 08 Jun, 2022 07:18pm

World Bank approves $258 mln for Pakistan’s healthcare sector

The World Bank said that the program is a part of the agency's ongoing investments in human capital and builds on health reforms