By Amna Nasir Zaman Published in The News on October 04, 2024 Pakistan’s education sector is a flagrant reflection of the country’s entrenched socio-economic and gender disparities, with low budgetary allocations further widening the divide. Despite pledges of education emergency and pressures from global bodies to increase education budget to 4 percent of the GDP, it continues […]
By Amin Ahmed Published in Dawn on October 22, 2024 ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank says the livability of cities in Pakistan is decreasing, and urban centres in the country are becoming increasingly inefficient, scoring low on multiple competitiveness indexes, with congestion, unattractiveness and pollution. In an urban development analysis incorporated in the “Pakistan National Urban Assessment[…]
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OctBy Amin Ahmed Published in Dawn on October 20, 2024 ISLAMABAD: Poverty reduction in the country is expected to gradually resume as the nation makes progress on reforms and macroeconomic stability, according to a new report from the World Bank. The “Macro Poverty Outlook for Pakistan”, released by the World Bank on Friday, says limited growth in[…]
