WB approve $135 mn worth of projects for Pakistan: Dawn

WASHINGTON: The World Bank has approved two projects totalling $135 million to help the Government of Pakistan strengthen its social safety nets and eradicate polio.

The $60 million Pakistan Social Safety Net Technical Assistance Project will enhance the operation and management of a safety net system for the poor in Pakistan to cushion the negative effects of food inflation as well as the country’s economic crisis.

‘The Government of Pakistan is committed to developing a modern social safety net system,’ said Yusupha Crookes, the World Bank Country Director for Pakistan. ‘This project will assist Pakistan in establishing an effective social safety net system that provides poor people with basic income support.’

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