A new World Bank report on poverty, equity and resilience in Pakistan delivers a sobering verdict — Pakistan's hard-won gains in reducing poverty are rapidly unraveling. The alarming reversal demands immediate and decisive action. Unfortunately, the government appears to lack the funding or foresight to implement a suitable plan of action.

After two decades of significant progress that saw the national poverty rate fall dramatically, the trend has sharply reversed since 2020, when the........

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