The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $600 million on Thursday in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Crisis-Resilient Social Protection Program (CRISP) that will support Pakistan to expand Ehsaas, the national poverty alleviation program, to protect vulnerable households and increase resilience to economic shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Covid […]
The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank rose 0.45% on a weekly basis, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. On October 23, the foreign currency reserves held by the SBP were recorded at $12,121.5 million; up $55 million compared with $12,066.6 million in the previous week. […]