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  "id": 14594467,
  "title": "World Bank sees ‘moderate’ progress in tax reforms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/world-bank-sees-moderate-progress-in-tax-reforms",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-15T02:42:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2037220/world-bank-sees-moderate-progress-in-tax-reforms"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Wednesday rated its two loan programmes in Pakistan, worth around $670 million, as ‘moderately satisfactory’ with ‘substantial risk’. The programmes are intended to support macroeconomic stability, improve service delivery and increase the tax-to-GDP ratio to 15pc in five years. In its public disclosure, the Washington-based lending agency rated the overall…",
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        "title": "Bessent calls for World Bank reforms, including upstream oil and gas financing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/bessent-calls-for-world-bank-reforms-including-upstream-oil-and-gas",
        "published": "2026-10-15T05:06:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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