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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Pakistan and the World Bank reaffirmed their development partnership during high-level consultations in Washington, D.C., with both sides committing to the effective implementation of the newly launched $40 billion\u00a0Country Partnership Framework (CPF) 2026\u20132035<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development came during a meeting between Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, during his official visit to the United States, with senior World Bank leadership, read a statement released by the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a productive meeting with Anna Bjerde, Managing Director for operations, and Martin Raiser, South Asia Regional Vice President, Cheema applauded the strengthened collaboration between Pakistan and the World Bank Group over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis enhanced engagement has culminated in the development of the new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) 2026-2035, a transformative ten-year strategy backed by an unprecedented $40 billion commitment from the World Bank,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Bank\u2019s Benhassine lauds Pakistan\u2019s economic turnaround<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheema, during the meeting, expressed deep appreciation for the World Bank\u2019s support, particularly during critical challenges, including the COVID 19 pandemic and devastating 2022 floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs our largest development partner, the World Bank has played an indispensable role in Pakistan\u2019s socio-economic progress and improving the lives of our citizens,\u201d stated Cheema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the CPF now successfully launched, Cheema emphasized the government\u2019s complete focus on finalizing a comprehensive implementation framework in collaboration with the World Bank to ensure the strategy delivers its full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He welcomed Pakistan\u2019s transition to the World Bank\u2019s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region under Vice President Ousmane Dione, noting this move will create valuable opportunities for knowledge exchange and regional synergy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, in a separate meeting with Abdelhak Bedjaoui, World Bank Executive Director, Cheema acknowledged his effective representation of Pakistan\u2019s economic interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister proposed regular visits by executive directors to constituency countries to better understand development needs and opportunities for World Bank engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe discussions also highlighted recent World Bank approvals, including the $700 million Reko Diq mining project and $400 million Risk Participation Facility, which moved forward despite objections,\u201d read the EAD\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheema reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to working closely with the World Bank country team to achieve the CPF\u2019s ambitious development objectives and transformational impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/news\/40369916<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pakistan and the World Bank reaffirmed their development partnership during high-level consultations in Washington, D.C., with both sides committing to the effective implementation of the newly launched $40 billion\u00a0Country Partnership Framework (CPF) 2026\u20132035. The development came during a meeting between Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, during his official visit to the United […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[58,29,20590,20592,20593,40,20591,2589,20594,60],"class_list":["post-21004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-america","tag-china","tag-cpf","tag-development-partnership","tag-high-level-consultations","tag-us","tag-us-40-billion","tag-world-bank","tag-world-bank-reaffirms-commitment-to-40bn-cpf-with-pakistan","tag-geopolitics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21006,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21004\/revisions\/21006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}