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  "id": 528106,
  "title": "World Bank unhappy over diversion of funds from Balochistan flood housing programme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/world-bank-unhappy-over-diversion-of-funds-from-balochistan-flood",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T03:05:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2022096/world-bank-unhappy-over-diversion-of-funds-from-balochistan-flood-housing-programme"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The World Bank has expressed serious concern over the diversion of funds from a multi-billion-rupee resilient housing programme for flood-affected people in Balochistan to infrastructure projects. This decision risks exacerbating poverty in the region, as 84% of eligible beneficiaries are ultra-poor and vulnerable, with many earning less than $30 per month or being tenants and daily-wage laborers. According to the bank, 119,049 verified and eligible households have been left without identified financing support, leading to 66,120 exclusion-related grievances. The World Bank warns that capping the housing support and redirecting funds could create a compounding cycle of vulnerability, deepening poverty, raising disaster risk, and undermining long-term recovery and resilience. The bank stresses the importance of a credible and transparent grievance resolution process to mitigate legal, operational, and reputational risks associated with the closure of the component.",
  "summary": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2022053",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "World Bank unhappy over fund diversion from Balochistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/world-bank-unhappy-over-fund-diversion-from-balochistan",
        "published": "2026-08-11T03:05:24.000Z"
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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."
}