Tahir Amin

Chittagong

#Journalist @ Business Recorder Recorder @brecordernews & International Center for Journalists @ICFJ, Washington DC fellow, EWCA Alumni (Views are personal)

Articles

Pakistan’s threshold: World Bank fixes new poverty lines at $4.20/person/ day

3 weeks ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

ISLAMABAD: The new poverty lines for Pakistan — a lower middle-income country, set at $4.20/person/day up from $3.65/person/day, affecting 44.7 percent of the population rose from 39.8 percent, says the World Bank in its updated international poverty lines by increasing the threshold. The extreme poverty line is now $3/person/day, impacting 16.5 per cent of the population, up from 4.9 per cent under the previous $2.15 threshold.
DDT scheme has small positive impact on textile exports: World Bank

3 weeks ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Duty Drawback of Taxes (DDT) scheme had a small positive impact on aggregate textile exports, which masks substantial reallocation across products and induced an increase in exports of products eligible for the highest rebate rates at the expense of non-eligible, and of lower-rebate rate products, says the World Bank.
ADB approves $800m financing for Pakistan

3 weeks ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

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Govt urges World Bank to restructure KWSSIP

3 weeks ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

ISLAMABAD: The government has requested the World Bank for restructuring of Karachi Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project (KWSSIP) to complete activities that suffered from the implementation delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2022 floods and delays in procurement of critical activities.
PHCIP implementation rate termed moderately satisfactory

3 weeks ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

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Wage employment, entrepreneurship: Pakistan faces significant gender gaps: World Bank

4 weeks ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faces significant gender gaps in wage employment, entrepreneurship, and access to productive assets, with an estimated 47 million women are not in the labor force, and around 55 million unbanked, says the World Bank. The bank in its report, “Women’s Economic Empowerment in Pakistan: An Evidence Guided Toolkit for More Inclusive Policies,” stated that Pakistan faces a plethora of economic, human capital, political, and climate-related challenges.
Rs500m loss inflicted on national exchequer? Senate body raises questions over role of Nespak, NTDC

4 weeks ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs raised serious questions over the role of National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt) Limited (Nespak) and National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) in awarding the bid to the third lowest, causing Rs500 million loss to the national exchequer.
NA body informed: Govt decides to launch M-6 project on a priority basis

1 month ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

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World Bank for improving domestic revenue mobilisation, public expenditure efficiency

1 month ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank recommended Pakistan to improve domestic revenue mobilisation and public expenditure efficiency to generate greater fiscal space, which should be prioritised to expand social expenditure and targeted transfers and to improve fiscal equity.
Prices of majority of kitchen items show downward trend

1 month ago | brecorder.com | Tahir Amin

ISLAMABAD: The prices of majority of essential kitchen items witnessed a downward trend during the week past as compared to the previous week, revealed a survey carried out by Business Recorder, here on Saturday.