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The World Bank says it all

That the growing political uncertainty and institutional imbalances are adversely affecting the country’s perception is a fact. This time it is no other than the World Bank, which has been…

Concerns of the World Bank

An article titled “Economic Turnaround Moment?” has recently been published in the newspaper, Dawn. It has been written by Martin Raiser, World Bank Vice President for South Asia, and by…

World Bank needs to revisit its policy and lending focus

In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the World Bank (WB), just like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policy thinking, including as highlighted in…

Climate-hit island pushes to reshape World Bank, IMF

While conflict and inflation will dominate World Bank spring meetings next week, campaigners are pushing for a redesign of global financial architecture to help countries cope with climate change. Experts…

IMF/World Bank reports

The International Monetary Fund’s report titled “Fiscal Monitor: a fair shot” appears to be, at best, coincidental and, at worst, a deliberate rejoinder to recent calls for a revisit to…