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Pakistan’s infrastructure needs a new risk-financing architecture

Pakistan’s infrastructure is increasingly exposed to a risk that can no longer be treated as an occasional emergency: climate and disaster risk. Floods, extreme rainfall, earthquakes, landslides and heat are not only damaging physical assets; they disrupt construction schedules, supply chains, business revenues, public services and investment returns. The question for Pakistan is therefore no…

Pakistan’s infrastructure needs a new risk-financing architecture

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