PIDE organized a webinar on ‘Civil Service Reforms’ with Dr. Ishrat Husain

• Pakistan is regarded as the fifth most climate-vulnerable nation in the world with climate change impacting the lives and livelihoods of those living below the poverty line.

• Is CPEC just a state-to-state cooperation agreement or will the economic benefits trickle down to the provinces?

• 124 Chinese companies with combined revenue of $8.3 trillion made it to the Fortune Global 500 companies list.
• China’s changing domestic market dynamics and government support has led to increased interest and growth in its technology sector.

• State Bank’s new Staff Note explores Pakistan Post’s potential in enhancing financial inclusion in Pakistan.

• Men, women, transgender people, and differently-abled persons between the ages of 20 to 50 years are eligible to apply for this scheme.
• This Punjab Rozgar Scheme hopes to offer easy loans worth more than Rs.30 billion and create 1.6 million jobs.

• While Modi’s government promises a free market-run agriculture sector, farmers in India protest against the new farm bills, deeming them as exploitative.

• This collaboration between P@SHA and CAP hopes to boost the e-commerce sector in Pakistan.

• Falling demand for oil in the Gulf States contributes to Pakistani expatriates' growing joblessness and a decline in the inflow of remittances.

• Overall Business Confidence improves, as indicated by the Business Confidence Survey by the Institute of Business Administration and State Bank of Pakistan.

• Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that “Each year billions of dollars illicitly flow out of developing countries. My government came with a robust public mandate to get rid of this menace from our country”, arguing that a multilateral framework of international cooperation would be required to “bring the perpetrators of financial crimes to justice”.

Center for Global Development (CGDev) in partnership with the Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR) organized a webinar, ‘Coping with COVID-19: The Pakistan Experience,’ bringing together a panel of experts to discuss Pakistan’s experience with COVID-19, its impact on the country’s health sector and economy, and the lessons learned from the evolving national response. It also explored the impact of social safety nets and digital ID systems on the pandemic response and recovery.