Pakistan and World Bank review growth and access-to-finance reforms
Talks covered SME finance, export credit, insolvency rules, factoring and agricultural regulation.
Event / data period: 2026-10-02
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Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met a World Bank delegation on 2 October to review Pakistan’s economic reform partnership and discuss implementation priorities. The government release listed growth, jobs, fiscal management, revenue mobilisation, capital-market development, trade, investment and institutional reforms.
The agenda included a proposed growth-and-jobs operation, access to SME finance and export-finance products for Pakistan’s EXIM Bank. Agriculture, medical products, seed registration, skills and tax reforms were also discussed. The release describes discussion and proposed interventions; it does not announce a newly approved World Bank loan or reforms already in force.
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| Meeting date | 2 October 2026 |
| Finance access proposals | SME finance; export-finance products for Pakistan EXIM Bank; insolvency framework and factoring legislation |
| Sectoral proposals | Pharmaceutical/medical products; seed registration; commodity deregulation and accreditation |
| Status | Discussion and proposed actions; no new approved loan or enacted reform announced |
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- EconomySuggested
- Preserved editorial category/topic; broad candidate onlypid.gov.pk ↗
- Small and medium enterpriseSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: SMEpid.gov.pk ↗
- AgricultureSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: agriculturalpid.gov.pk ↗
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- Pakistan · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
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