and trade logistics generate inefficiencies that are costing Pakistan's economy roughly 4-6 percent of GDP per year, which …The Government of Pakistan's (GoP's) 2011 framework for economic growth seeks to place Pakistan on a sustained high … sector constitutes 10 percent of Pakistan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provides 6 percent of the employment in the …

Pakistan is not on track to achieve most Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to health, nutrition and … population. Given its current rate of progress, in 2015 Pakistan's infant mortality rate (IMR) will be 65 deaths per 1,000 live … births respectively. Pakistan will not achieve the MDG related to nutrition. The review aims to develop a limited set of …

experienced in Pakistan, provide an opportunity for bankruptcy reform, as the potential employment impact often places the issue …

how contingent liabilities are managed in Pakistan. The report presents recommendations on how Pakistan should improve its … infrastructure. The contents of this report are organized as follows: section two explains why it is important for Pakistan to … how Pakistan can better manage contingent liabilities by presenting recommendations to eight specific functions that will …

: section two provides background information on the Pakistan economy; section three summarizes the key effects of international … financial shocks and domestic political issues on the Pakistan economy; section four summarizes the progress on the … Pakistan, including key financing gaps as existent in 2007. This note builds on the report by presenting an update of the state …

Solid waste management (SWM) is a major environment and health hazard in the urban areas of Pakistan. The World Bank is … waste quantities. In Pakistan the collection of waste is sporadic and the disposal is poor. Despite the fact that solid … even then it is disposed at dumpsites or roadsides since there is hardly any single sanitary landfill in Pakistan. The …

Pakistan, recognizing international best practice but also taking into account the specific Pakistan context and the challenges … faced their-in; provide the analysis of the project pipeline for PPP projects in Pakistan, on the basis of consultations … Government of Pakistan on each of the above-listed issues, which were set out and discussed in details in previous reports. …

results from a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for the Pakistan economy to analyze the potential effects of the …In 2008 the Government of Pakistan agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase the tax/Gross Domestic … trade analysis in Pakistan and calculates an updated set of terms of trade indices for agriculture relative to industry. The …