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PAKISTAN JOINS FIGHT AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION

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Through its Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan has now joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership. Ahead of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly, where plastic pollution will…

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This generation of students now risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 per cent of today’s global GDP, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic-related…

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The COVID-19 outbreak inflicted a devastating blow to the sustainable development aspirations of South Asia at a time when the subregion urgently needed an accelerated implementation pathway for achieving by…

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Pakistan’s economy recovered in Fiscal Year 2021, in part due to the government’s effective use of targeted lockdowns to manage the spread of COVID-19, while also permitting economic activity to…

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School closures have led to alarming inequities in learning opportunities for children in South Asia, despite significant efforts by governments and partners to expand remote learning, according to UNICEF research conducted in India, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. School closures in South Asia due to the COVID-19 pandemic have interrupted the learning of 434…

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The World Bank Vice President for South Asia, Hartwig Schafer, has concluded a week-long visit to Pakistan to discuss the country’s development priorities and how the Bank can continue to support the…

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The World Bank have approved $100 million in financing to support Pakistan’s efforts to increase literacy and student retention rates in the Sindh province. The Sindh Early Learning Enhancement through Classroom…