{
  "id": 1684540,
  "title": "World Bank downgrades Balochistan flood project",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/world-bank-downgrades-balochistan-flood-project",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T09:23:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1540163/world-bank-downgrades-balochistan-flood-project/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The World Bank has downgraded the implementation rating of Balochistan’s $245 million Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project, citing delays, funding gaps and concerns over beneficiary limits. The project rating fell from “moderately satisfactory” to “moderately unsatisfactory” after a review found uneven progress across several major components. The bank warned that unresolved issues…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}