The World Bank has revised the global income thresholds used to measure poverty, resulting in a big increase in Pakistan's poverty headcount, which now stands at 44.7%. However, experts caution that ...

The World Bank has revised its global poverty assessment criteria, resulting in a significant increase in Pakistan's reported poverty rate-from 39.8% to 44.7%.Under the updated framework, individuals ...

The World Bank has updated its international poverty lines as part of a routine global revision to reflect evolving price ...

The Economic Affairs Division has initiated work on a comprehensive implementation framework for unlocking a $40 billion ...

Another major concern highlighted in the study is low investment in education, especially at the pre-primary and primary ...

The World Bank has revised the global poverty line, declaring 44.7% of Pakistan’s population as poor under a $4.20/day benchmark. Nearly 40 million Pakistanis now live in extreme poverty, earning less ...

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 Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and the World Bank have agreed to deepen collaboration to strengthen data ...

ISLAMABAD – Poverty in Pakistan has worsened significantly, with 44.7% of the population now living below the poverty line, according to a recent World Bank report. This marks a steep rise from 39.8%, ...

A World Bank study reveals Pakistan's General Sales Tax exacerbates poverty by disproportionately burdening low-income ...

Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif claimed India's actions have invalidated the Simla Agreement, potentially reducing ...

Titled “The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Inequality and Poverty in Pakistan,” the study identified GST as a key burden ...