World Bank Archive

Pakistan sinking in a sea of debt – by Shaukat Masood Zafar: During the previous couple of years, Pakistan’s economy is constantly falling into the debt trap, consisting of both domestic and foreign loans, causing financial hardship, joblessness, decrease in personal income and high cost of living for a common man,
Low-cost housing: a viable option? by Ali Wahab: Source: Express Tribune Shelters of millions were wiped out in the devastating floods of 2010. With the numbers still coming in, it has been estimated that more than 0.7 million homes have been destroyed across Pakistan till now. In
Looking beyond the calamity – by Imtiaz Alam: Indeed the natural and no less man-made calamity of the floods is still continuing across Pakistan. The scale of devastation is so horrendously huge and still so incalculable that no government or agency of any capacity could cope with
The Myths of Economic Development- by Ayaz Gul: پاکستان کی معاشی و اقتصادی ترقی کے دعوﺅں کی حقیقت ورلڈ بینک اور وزارتِ خزانہ کے مابین اتفاقِ رائے ایاز گُل 17 جولائی 2010ء تک کے اخبارات کے مطابق ”ورلڈ بینک نے پاکستان کی اقتصادی ترقی کو سراہتے ہوئے