Government responds to World Bank's reclassification of Pakistan in new region
Most outlets reported the government's explanation that the World Bank’s reclassification of Pakistan into a new regional grouping is administrative and does not reflect a change in the country’s poverty status. The Business Recorder highlighted the government’s statement that the poverty figures remain unchanged due to the reclassification, while the Associated Press of Pakistan focused on the Finance Adviser’s assertion that the move is purely administrative in nature. Both excerpts framed the government’s response as an effort to clarify public understanding of the regional shift.
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WB reclassification of Pakistan purely administrative, says finmin’s aide
Advisor to the Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad on Thursday said the World Bank’s decision to include Pakistan in its Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP) reporting region is merely an administrative and statistical reclassification and does not affect the country’s geographical identity or income classification. This distinction was important as regional statistics cha...
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Govt says World Bank poverty figures reflect regional reclassification, not change in Pakistan’s status
World Bank estimates Pakistan accounts for 48% of MENAAP’s extreme poor, with national poverty rate rising by 6.4 percentage points
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WB reclassification of Pakistan purely administrative: Finance Adviser
Advisor to the Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad on Thursday said the World Bank’s decision to include Pakistan in its Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP) reporting region is merely an administrative and statistical reclassification and does not affect the country’s geographical identity or income classification.
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Govt says World Bank poverty figures reflect regional reclassification
The government on Thursday said that the World Bank’s finding that the country accounts for nearly half of the extreme poor in its newly defined Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP) region partly reflects a change in the lender’s statistical grouping rather than a shift in Pakistan’s geographical or economic classification. Adviser to the Finance Minister Khurram Schehza...
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