# Pakistan and World Bank review growth and access-to-finance reforms

> Talks covered SME finance, export credit, insolvency rules, factoring and agricultural regulation.

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- Country: Pakistan
- Published: 2026-10-06T17:11:50+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-07T00:54:04+03:00
- 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.

## Data

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| Source-reported item | Details |
|---|---|
| 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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## Sources

- [Press Information Department, Government of Pakistan](<https://pid.gov.pk/site/press_detail/34135>) (Source checked: 2026-10-06; Published: 2026-10-02)

## Correction history

- 2026-10-07T00:54:04+03:00: German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article.

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