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  "id": 14597290,
  "title": "World Bank sees ‘moderate’ progress in Pakistan's tax reforms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/world-bank-sees-moderate-progress-in-pakistans-tax-reforms",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T02:54:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2037220/world-bank-sees-moderate-progress-in-pakistans-tax-reforms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The World Bank has rated its two loan programmes in Pakistan as 'moderately satisfactory' with 'substantial risk'. The $670 million financing, known as the Pakistan Public Resources for Inclusive Development — Multiphase Programmatic Approach (PRID-MPA), is intended to support macroeconomic stability, improve service delivery, and increase the tax-to-GDP ratio to 15pc in five years. Despite these risks, the bank has noted strong progress across most disbursement-linked indicators, indicating continued momentum in the reform programme. However, the bank has also flagged substantial risks to the $70 million Connected Punjab Programme, citing political, governance, macroeconomic, and fiduciary reasons. The programme, focused on broadband access, digital service delivery, and enhanced cashless transactions, has received strong institutional preparedness from the Punjab Information Technology Board.",
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        "outlet": "Dawn Business",
        "title": "World Bank sees ‘moderate’ progress in Pakistan's tax reforms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/world-bank-sees-moderate-progress-in-pakistans-tax-reforms-14601066",
        "published": "2026-10-15T02:54:50.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/thailand-bangkok-protesters-decry-imf-and-world-bank-warn-of",
        "published": "2026-10-15T06:39:16.000Z"
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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."
}