Over 10 million Pakistanis may fall below poverty line: World Bank
The WB report also highlighted that Pakistan is expected to miss its primary budget target as well, which would keep Islamabad in deficit for at least three more years.
The WB report also highlighted that Pakistan is expected to miss its primary budget target as well, which would keep Islamabad in deficit for at least three more years.
Fatalities in road accidents reduced by 17 per cent in five years.
The Minister said that the logistics sector will be a cornerstone in our endeavour to take India to a 10 fold growth from a USD 3.5 trillion to USD 35 trillion by 2047.
October is the month for the Annual Meetings of the World Bank/IMF, held this year in Marrakesh in Morocco. It is also the time when key reports on global economic and financial health are published.
"But the good news basically ends there,” Indermit Gill, World Bank chief economist, said on Wednesday.
The DC-based lender's economic update for emerging markets in Europe and Central Asia said the conflict would hamper the region's industrial output, shaving 4.1 percent off its GDP.
Sri Lanka's health sector is currently facing a shortage of essential drugs due to import restrictions in place following a foreign exchange shortage.
The World Bank is calling for further grant contributions to the MDTF. In addition, Japan is linking USD 100 million in parallel financing to the support package.
The World Bank communique states that West Bengal runs more than 400 programmes which provide social assistance, protection, care services and jobs through an umbrella platform 'Joy Bangla', the state's unified delivery system with focus on vulnerable group such as women, elderly, tribal and scheduled caste, people with disabilities and those in the disaster-prone coastal regions.
Sri Lanka has recorded an overall of 508,672 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 12,376 deaths.
