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Pakistan has important strategic endowments and development potential. The increasing proportion of Pakistan’s youth provides the country with a potential demographic dividend and a challenge to provide adequate services and employment.

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Digital Youth Summit 2017

Taking a Leap Towards a Digital Future in Pakistan at the Digital Youth Summit #DYS17

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World Bank Guarantees

World Bank guarantees help Pakistan get cheaper, longer term loans from international market

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Rural Punjab Goes Digital

The government of Punjab has digitized the province’s rural land records in an effort to improve service

Pakistan At-A-Glance

Pakistan has made significant progress in regaining macroeconomic stability over the past three years. Pakistan has achieved macroeconomic stability in the past three years: the fiscal deficit has shrunk from 8 percent to below 5 percent, international reserves have tripled to over $18b, and the rate of growth has increased by a full percentage point to 4.7 percent.

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Cash Transfers Help Pakistan’s Poorest

Since 2009, the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), Pakistan’s flagship national safety net program, has provided income support though predictable $15 monthly cash transfers to almost 5.2 million of the country's poorest families or nearly 20 million people.

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