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Pakistan: No Poverty By 2030 Indicator Description Baseline Value/Year Latest Achievements Target 2030 1.1.1 Proportion of population below the international…
Trade In Pakistan (Million US $) Period Exports (BOP) Growth Rate Imports (BOP) Growth Rate Balance of Trade Value Cumulative…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article was originally published on theWorld Bank’s website David Malpass Président, Groupe de la Banque…
The fisheries and aquaculture sector is a vital source of livelihoods, nutritious food and economic opportunities, and has a key…
Defining Microfinance is not easy as no proper definition of the term exists. Some say it could mean anything from…
Capital has significant impact on economic development which involve structural transformation. In developed countries usually the rate of capital formation…
Poverty is a universal undeniable fact. It is supposed to be the most injurious economic and social problem of mankind…
AKHUWAT Akhuwat is a not-for-profit organization established in 2021. It operates with the objective of providing interest-free microfinance to marginalized…
There is a common saying that “cut your coat according to your cloth”. While this proverb gives a clear message…
Pakistan is amongst the countries in the world having a large number of people living below the poverty line. The…
Interview with Mr. Najmus Saquib Hameed (T.I) — Honorary Chairman, LRBT PAGE: Tell me something about yourself and LRBT, please: Najmus…
FEF doing its best to combat malnutrition menace Will support 5000 children in next five years Interview with Mr Naveed…
In Pakistan, poverty has been a chief development problem. Microfinance seems to be one of the effectual solutions of removing…
According to the World Bank report, extreme poverty, which had been declining steadily for close to 25 years, exhibited a…
Pakistan: Micro Credit Beneficiaries, Outstanding Loans Portfolio And Loan Disbursement As Of Dec. 2020 MFP Active Borrowers Outstanding Loans Portfolio…
There is a fascinating discourse these days almost at every forum about the government claim of the GDP growth to…
The overall impact of Covid-19 on food security and agricultural food systems was not known in the initial phases of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org Lin Taylor Journalist, Thomson Reuters…
Etimad Online is an initiative to reduce inflation and alleviate poverty from Pakistan by promoting and helping local manufacturers and…
State Bank of Pakistan in collaboration with Karandaaz and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, marked the beginning of 2021 with…
Naya Pakistan Certificates Naya Pakistan Certificates (NPCs) are sovereign instruments, denominated in USD and PKR, issued by Government of Pakistan…
COVID 19 pandemic has disrupted the entire global economy, which already with the start of the current century and particularly…
Pakistan has everything that is needed for the modern agriculture –from all 4 seasons (which serve to provide plenty of…
The percentage of migrants in total world population hovers around three percent and even that mainly represents low income countries.…
Government of Pakistan has been reviving industrialization yet, as the only procedure to alleviate poverty and attain inclusive growth by…
Corona Virus Symptoms It can take up to 14 days for symptoms of coronavirus to appear. The main symptoms to…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Douglas Broom Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Millions more people could be pushed into extreme poverty by…
Says govt making good plans to fully support business professionals, entrepreneurs Etimad Online and Pakistan Public Forum organized a seminar…
The rise of branded chain of supermarkets, mostly people has switched traditional grocery to branded grocery in Karachi and other…
No doubt, Indus Motor Company (IMC) stood still in playing a major role in the development of the entire value…
The studies identified that countries should strive to promote a wider use of bank deposits not only to aid economic…
By the end of this year, China will officially eradicate absolute poverty. In the past more than 40 years since…
During the recent past season of monsoon, which saw record-breaking rainfall in Pakistan, it saw people indulging and focusing on…
Health insurance is a mechanism for spreading the risk of incurring health care cost over a group of individuals or…
The biggest challenge Pakistan is facing today is to reduce poverty and achieve sustained economic growth. Present government is committed…
COVID-19 pandemic has further mounted the poverty level in Pakistan where surging poverty levels and rising inflationary pressure have already…
As the COVID pandemic furies, the world is entering into the deepest global recession since the Great Depression during 1930.…
Internship is the best scheme to lift Pakistan’s skill development Corporate sector must take right steps for the growth of…
Pakistan: Human Development Index And Its Components Country/ Region HDI Human Development Index (HDI) Average Annual HDI Growth Life Expectancy…
According to World Bank’s present statistics, total 10 percent of the world’s population or 734 million people lived on less…
With a total outlay of Rs465.528 billion, the Balochistan budget increases spending on education, as it allocates 17% or Rs64…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Phil Crehan Social Inclusion and Economic Development Consultant,[/box] The COVID pandemic has raised human rights concerns…
There are different barriers to financial inclusion, one of these is the voluntary exclusion due to religious reasons and the…
The devastating economic fallout of the pandemic is being felt across the globe but for poor people in Pakistan who…
COVID-19 has turned all economies upside down leaving the most vulnerable people in the lurch. Coronavirus pandemic is fast amplifying…
The world today is dealing with a crisis of monumental proportions. The vicious, novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the…
Mr Imran Khan, the premier of Pakistan, says that if poverty rises, we will not win war against pandemic. He…
Prior to the calamity of the COVID-19, Ms Seema used to visit over ten houses every day to teach children.…
The microfinance sector in Pakistan has made significant progress in the last few years. The sector has grown rapidly, it…
The poverty level mounts in Balochistan, as the province reels under the lockdown measures to fight coronavirus pandemic. Present PTI…
Microfinance Industry Indicators Indicators Dec-17 Dec-18 YoY Growth Absolute change % Number of Branches 3,673 4,239 566 15.4 Total No.…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Cesar Augusto Mba Abogo Minister of Finance, Economy and Planning, Ministry of Finance, Economy and Planning…
On 17th March 2020, the Prime Minister of Pakistan refused to put the people under lockdown as a preventive measure…
Globally, eradication of poverty has been a burning issue since early fifties when war ravaged economies particularly of European countries…
The coronavirus cases are currently on the rise and over 7000 people in the country have been detected along 143…
Almost the entire world except a few countries imposed lockdown to halt the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19).…
Pakistan is facing various challenges where some are because of international factors but most of Pakistan’s current problems are self-created,…
Present PTI government of Prime Minister Imran Khan is for making investment in human development to upgrade the standard of…
Introduction Microfinance services have emerged as an effective tool for financing micro-entrepreneurs to alleviate poverty. It is a tool to…
Enough credit should be provided to the micro financing activities Interview with Dr. Ayub Mehar — a renowned economist PAGE:…
According to Imperial College London, various people could die globally from coronavirus unless the international experts see urgent intervention. Since…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Apr 9, 2020[/box] Charity group Oxfam has warned that a recession caused by Covid-19…
The Analysis of Economic Survey of Pakistan FY2019 revealed that Prime Minister’s National Health Program (PMNHP) is a milestone towards…
Poverty is one of the concerns of the governments of almost all countries. There is a constant research on the…
Many Pakistanis, especially people living below the poverty line, are facing the brunt of brewing wheat crisis in the country.…
Today, people are in troubled waters due to the present flour crisis in the country and on the other hand…
Every year the new year resolutions are being made, only to be broken especially weight loss, diet control. As a…
The degree of income inequality is taken as one of the parameters to determine level of poverty in a country,…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean de Cleene Member of the Executive Committee, Head of the Future of Food, World Economic…
Last year, Balochistan government led by Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan decided to impose health and education emergency in the…
International Studies revealed that people are the real wealth of nations and education enables them to live healthier, happier, and…
Surging poverty levels and rising inflationary pressure have hardest hit the poor and ordinary Pakistani in the past one year.…
International experts revealed that that in present years the growth rates of global agricultural production and crop yields have slowed.…
The present government’s resolution is to improve agriculture productivity in future and has also initiated to start Prime Minister’s Agriculture…
The mantra of corruption and bad governance of the previous governments of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Ali…
Poverty is a multi-faceted fabric which involves economic, social, cultural and psychological dimensions. It is a worldwide phenomenon whose consequences…
The Daily Telegraph, Britain based leading newspaper has termed Pakistan’s Ehsaas program, one of the most comprehensive welfare programs ever…
About 1.3 billion people live in extreme poverty across the world. Majority of this impoverished population is in the African…
The 2018 Economic Survey revealed that in Pakistan the percentage of people living below the poverty line has fallen over…
The economic survey held in 2016 states that 39% population of Pakistan live in multidimensional poverty, which implies that they…
The nature of poverty is complex, and its causes are diverse. It is characterized by a lack of access to…
Balochistan is the most poor and least developed province of Pakistan. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) uses a broader concept…
Micro financial poverty alleviation is an important part of poverty alleviation and development, and an important measure to promote farmers’…
Microfinance Industry Indicators Indicators Dec-17 Dec-18 YoY Growth Absolute change % Number of Branches 3,673 4,239 566 15.4 Total No.…
The microcredit schemes’ main objectives which identified by the experts are to halt exploitation of the poor caused through costly…
The Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan identified that the government scrutinizes pro-poor expenditure in dissimilar sectors by the Medium…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Sep 13, 2019[/box] The U.S. Census Bureau has published a report into income and poverty levels across the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Robert Govers Author, “Imaginative Communities” This article is part of the World Economic Forum on Africa[/box] For…
The blue economy is the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic development and growth, improved livelihoods, and creation of…