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  • Published on Jul 11, 2026

    WB downgrades performance rating of USD100m Karachi project

    ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has downgraded the performance rating of its USD 100 million Karachi Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency Project, warning that persistent implementation delays, weak contract management and institutional capacity constraints have …

    Source: Business Recorder - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 10, 2026

    Sino-Israeli Paradiplomacy

    A Helping Hand The year was 1989, and China lacked everything. Following the violent crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests, Western states rallied to condemn and issue arms embargos against what they saw as a relic of 20th-century Communist …

    Source: Cosmonaut Magazine - Left-wing
  • Published on Jul 8, 2026

    Economic Conditions Surrounding Xenophobic Violence in South Africa and Historical Migrant Expulsions in Africa: A ...

    Abstract This paper asks a simple question: when African countries have turned against foreign nationals through mob violence, government expulsion orders, or both, did the economic conditions that were supposedly the point of the exercise improve …

    Source: Modern Ghana - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 9, 2026

    Fiscal federalism at a crossroads

    For nearly two decades, debate over Pakistan’s National Finance Commission (NFC) Award has been framed as a contest between the federation and the provinces. Every fiscal crisis revives calls to revisit the resource-sharing formula, while any reform …

    Source: The News International - Pending
  • Published on Jul 6, 2026

    Bridging the Healthcare Financing Gap: The Role of Financial Inclusion in Improving Access to Emergency Healthcare ...

    Introduction The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is showing great progress in building a universal public system of healthcare. Since the funding and main providers in universal health systems are the government, the concerns are in the rapidly shifting …

    Source: Dove Medical Press - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 5, 2026

    'Spending higher in big cities'

    The report raised questions about the quality of spending, particularly in health and education sectors. Despite increased spending, the indicators in certain provinces worsened. photo:file ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has said that disparity in expenditures …

    Source: The Express Tribune - Indeterminate
  • Published on Jul 4, 2026

    KP seeks 10-month extension for WB-funded KITE project

    ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, through the Ministry of Economic Affairs (EAD), has sought a 10-month extension and restructuring of the USD 100 million World Bank-funded Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Tourism Development Project (KITE), …

    Source: Business Recorder - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 2, 2026

    Sri Lanka regains upper-middle-income status amid fragile recovery

    ECONOMYNEXT – The World Bank Group has reclassified Sri Lanka from lower-middle-income to upper-middle-income, effective July 1. However it cautioned that several risks remain to maintaining that status amid elevated debt and slowing growth. Sri Lanka has …

    Source: EconomyNext - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 2, 2026

    Sri Lanka stocks up midday, capital goods lead turnover

    ECONOMYNEXT – The World Bank Group has reclassified Sri Lanka from lower-middle-income to upper-middle-income, effective July 1. However it cautioned that several risks remain to maintaining that status amid elevated debt and slowing growth. Sri Lanka has …

    Source: EconomyNext - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 2, 2026

    Why economic growth has no delivered enough jobs

    By Francis Ato CONDUAH Over the past decade, Ghana has experienced periods of economic growth and improvements in key macroeconomic indicators. Economic output has expanded, inflation has been brought under control at various points, and significant …

    Source: Business and Financial Times - Pending
  • Published on Jul 5, 2026

    Tayfun Er – Migration and capitalism

    Capitalism forces people to move, and at the same time takes advantage of that movement to extract greater profit. Tayfun Er is a writer and civil engineer based in Turkey. He is the author of two widely discussed books on oligarchy in Turkey, as well as …

    Source: Brave New Europe - Left-wing
  • Published on Jul 6, 2026

    Opinion | India's global profile is bigger than regional power

    For much of the past two decades, discussions about India focused primarily on its economic potential. Today, that conversation has broadened significantly. India is increasingly being viewed not only as one of the world's fastest-growing major …

    Source: The Press Maldives - Center-right
  • Published on Jul 6, 2026

    Pakistan and the cost of borrow economic wisdom

    Looking back just a few years, Pakistan’s economic team was universally aligned on export-led growth. The framework made perfect sense: simplified taxation, zero-rating systems such as the Export Finance Scheme, and concessional bank financing to make our …

    Source: Dawn - Center-left
  • Published on Jul 4, 2026

    Higher wages, stronger exploitation and border controls

    Nobody crosses a border because a wage table tells them to. People migrate because staying has become impossible: work disappears, wages collapse, debts tighten, crops fail, towns are destroyed, families need money, and states offer no future. War, …

    Source: Counterfire - Left-wing
  • Published on Jul 3, 2026

    ₹400 Lakh Crore GDP, 240 Million Still Earning Under ₹150 a Day — Does Modi's 15-Year Boom Have a Floor Nobody Talks ...

    India's economy under PM Modi has grown from roughly ₹113 lakh crore (FY2014) to over ₹400 lakh crore (FY2026 estimates), according to government data and IMF projections — making it the world's fifth-largest economy. But independent assessments …

    Source: India Herald - Indeterminate
  • Published on Jul 3, 2026

    A generational challenge: Turning a record youth surge into a jobs dividend

    A massive demographic shift is unfolding across the globe. Even as global population growth slows, about 1.2 billion young people in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) will reach working age between 2025 and 2035 – more than in any previous …

    Source: VoxEU - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 26, 2026

    The Gulf as the ramp out of the lower-middle-income trap

    The Indian economy faces a serious dilemma: it continues to record high growth, but has failed to escape the lower-middle-income trap. For the past several years, the Indian government, business leadership, and policy establishment have presented the …

    Source: Frontline - The Hindu - Indeterminate
  • Published on Jun 19, 2026

    Brexit 10 Years Later: The Economic Collapse That Never Happened

    When Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) on June 23, 2016, there were dire predictions for its economy. Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne cited a Treasury analysis forecasting that “a vote to leave will push our economy …

    Source: The Daily Economy - Indeterminate
  • Published on Jun 14, 2026

    Too important to trust locally?

    EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s long-term development challenge is no mystery. Child malnutrition, stunting, poor educational outcomes, weak healthcare access and inadequate service delivery have been documented repeatedly by governments, international institutions …

    Source: Business Recorder - Neutral

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  • Published on July 10, 2026 - 20:57 GMT

    Fertilizer trade impacted by Strait of Hormuz conflict

    Trade in urea and phosphate fertilizers has been severely disrupted by the conflict in the Persian Gulf, according to data analysed by the WTO Secretariat. Certain economies in Africa and Asia are particularly vulnerable to resulting fertilizer shortages …

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  • Published on July 7, 2026 - 22:28 GMT

    Minister Parks Tau on Special Economic Zones Programme

    Minister Tau encouraged by findings of the World Bank Study on the SEZs The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Parks Tau has been encouraged by the findings of a comprehensive study conducted by the World Bank on the country’s Special Economic …

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