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ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is set to lead the Pakistan delegation at the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C. scheduled on October 7.
The finance minister is scheduled to talk about various issues including the global economic environment, Pakistan’s economy, poverty reduction and disaster risk management.
Dar will highlight the risks to a slow-moving global recovery including deteriorating conditions for exports, weak economic activity in advanced economies, rising private sector debt in a few large emerging markets and heightened geopolitical uncertainties, official sources said.
The minister is expected to give details about the performance of Pakistan’s economy, highlighting the country’s move towards macroeconomic stability in the last three years through reducing energy shortages, higher revenue collection, wider tax base, significant reduction in fiscal deficit.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 29th, 2016.
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