| IMPROVING
LIVES AND PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE |
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World Bank also supports Pakistan’s efforts to improve
the lives of its citizens through efforts to improve access
to, and quality of, public services in education, health, electricity,
water supply, and sanitation, with an emphasis on addressing
gender disparities. At the same time the Bank is assisting in
efforts to reduce vulnerability and poverty through effective
safety nets and targeted programs to reach the poor. |
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Bank will continue to support implementation of targeted activities
in poor communities, especially in rural and drought-prone areas.
The Bank will seek to build on the successful experience of
the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) which has reached
6,500 communities through micro credit and community-driven
physical infrastructure projects, and ongoing Community Infrastructure
Projects in AJK and NWFP. |
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Current
Lending in Pakistan |
Active
Loans / Credits Total $989.9 as of June 2005 |
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US$ millions equivalent) |
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| CURRENT
LENDING |
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Pakistan joined the World Bank in July of 1950. Since 1952,
the World Bank has approved 266 loans and credits for Pakistan
(100 loans and 166 credits), totaling more than US$15.7 billion,
of which about US$9 billion remains outstanding. The FY06 ongoing
portfolio consists of 17 projects under implementation with
a net commitment of US$1.1 billion. |
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| WEAVING
SUCCESS - Case Study by PPAF Media & Communication
unit |
| Endless
plains of sand and dry bushes – the heat and arid conditions
of the desert make it virtually impossible for one to imagine
that life could exist here. Yet scattered all over |
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