Islamic Republic of Pakistan : Leveling the Playing Field

This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)—the first to be conducted in Pakistan—is aimed at informing Pakistan’s ongoing structural reform process and providing an analytical base for the World Bank Group’s (WBG) engagement moving forward. It presents a timely and evidence-based assessment of the...

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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/666661601397058351/Pakistan-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic-Leveling-the-Playing-Field
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spelling okr-10986-345492021-05-25T09:50:54Z Islamic Republic of Pakistan : Leveling the Playing Field World Bank POVERTY REDUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL ECONOMIC GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY POVERTY SHARED PROSPERITY SUSTAINABILITY DEBT SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL TRENDS SOCIAL COHESION INEQUALITY GENDER GAP CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY LABOR MARKET CAPITAL MARKET COMPETITIVENESS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INCLUSION WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ENERGY SECTOR PUBLIC GOVERNANCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EQUITY This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)—the first to be conducted in Pakistan—is aimed at informing Pakistan’s ongoing structural reform process and providing an analytical base for the World Bank Group’s (WBG) engagement moving forward. It presents a timely and evidence-based assessment of the constraints that the country needs to address, and the opportunities that it can embrace, to sustainably accelerate progress toward the goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. The SCD, while focusing on developments in the past two decades, builds on the extensive analytical work conducted under the “Pakistan@100 – Shaping the Future” study and reflects inputs from the WBG’s previous and ongoing stakeholder consultations. This SCD was completed before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and the analysis presented in the report primarily uses data released up until end-February 2020. 2020-10-01T15:30:15Z 2020-10-01T15:30:15Z 2020-09-16 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/666661601397058351/Pakistan-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic-Leveling-the-Playing-Field http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34549 English Systematic Country Diagnostic; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Systematic Country Diagnostic South Asia Pakistan
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topic POVERTY REDUCTION
HUMAN CAPITAL
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY
POVERTY
SHARED PROSPERITY
SUSTAINABILITY
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
FISCAL TRENDS
SOCIAL COHESION
INEQUALITY
GENDER GAP
CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
LABOR MARKET
CAPITAL MARKET
COMPETITIVENESS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INCLUSION
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
ENERGY SECTOR
PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
EQUITY
spellingShingle POVERTY REDUCTION
HUMAN CAPITAL
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY
POVERTY
SHARED PROSPERITY
SUSTAINABILITY
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
FISCAL TRENDS
SOCIAL COHESION
INEQUALITY
GENDER GAP
CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
LABOR MARKET
CAPITAL MARKET
COMPETITIVENESS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INCLUSION
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
ENERGY SECTOR
PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
EQUITY
World Bank
Islamic Republic of Pakistan : Leveling the Playing Field
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Pakistan
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description This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)—the first to be conducted in Pakistan—is aimed at informing Pakistan’s ongoing structural reform process and providing an analytical base for the World Bank Group’s (WBG) engagement moving forward. It presents a timely and evidence-based assessment of the constraints that the country needs to address, and the opportunities that it can embrace, to sustainably accelerate progress toward the goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. The SCD, while focusing on developments in the past two decades, builds on the extensive analytical work conducted under the “Pakistan@100 – Shaping the Future” study and reflects inputs from the WBG’s previous and ongoing stakeholder consultations. This SCD was completed before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and the analysis presented in the report primarily uses data released up until end-February 2020.
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author World Bank
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title Islamic Republic of Pakistan : Leveling the Playing Field
title_short Islamic Republic of Pakistan : Leveling the Playing Field
title_full Islamic Republic of Pakistan : Leveling the Playing Field
title_fullStr Islamic Republic of Pakistan : Leveling the Playing Field
title_full_unstemmed Islamic Republic of Pakistan : Leveling the Playing Field
title_sort islamic republic of pakistan : leveling the playing field
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/666661601397058351/Pakistan-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic-Leveling-the-Playing-Field
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