Pakistan Development Update, November 2016 : Making Growth Matter

Pakistan’s growth accelerated in FY16, driven by consumption while investment remained low. Exports continued to fall when soft global demand exacerbated the effects of Pakistan’s long-term decline in competitiveness. After achieving macroeconomic...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	economic growth trade monetary policy inflation debt economic outlook reform poverty poverty line nutrition Karachi
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/935241478612633044/Making-growth-matter-Pakistan-development-update http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25358

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spelling	okr-10986-253582021-05-25T09:51:54Z Pakistan Development Update, November 2016 : Making Growth Matter World Bank economic growth trade monetary policy inflation debt economic outlook reform poverty poverty line nutrition Karachi Pakistan’s growth accelerated in FY16, driven by consumption while investment remained low. Exports continued to fall when soft global demand exacerbated the effects of Pakistan’s long-term decline in competitiveness. After achieving macroeconomic stability, the government continued to deliver on its structural reform agenda in FY16, but much remains to be done if growth is to bestrengthened and sustained. The report begins with a chapter on economic developments, withsections on growth, fiscal policy, the external sector and monetary developments. The second chapter provides an outlook and describes upcoming challenges, including structural reform needs and progress in social indicators. The final chapter identifies several topical issues for detailed analysis, including sections on poverty, nutrition, Karachi urban planning and infrastructure, and the FY17 federal budget. 2016-11-16T21:11:15Z 2016-11-16T21:11:15Z 2016-11 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/935241478612633044/Making-growth-matter-Pakistan-development-update http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25358 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work South Asia Pakistan
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description	Pakistan’s growth accelerated in FY16, driven by consumption while investment remained low. Exports continued to fall when soft global demand exacerbated the effects of Pakistan’s long-term decline in competitiveness. After achieving macroeconomic stability, the government continued to deliver on its structural reform agenda in FY16, but much remains to be done if growth is to bestrengthened and sustained. The report begins with a chapter on economic developments, withsections on growth, fiscal policy, the external sector and monetary developments. The second chapter provides an outlook and describes upcoming challenges, including structural reform needs and progress in social indicators. The final chapter identifies several topical issues for detailed analysis, including sections on poverty, nutrition, Karachi urban planning and infrastructure, and the FY17 federal budget.
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title	Pakistan Development Update, November 2016 : Making Growth Matter
title_short	Pakistan Development Update, November 2016 : Making Growth Matter
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Pakistan Development Update, November 2016 : Making Growth Matter

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