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THE World Bank’s latest Pakistan Development Update sets out what faster reforms could deliver for the economy.
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reforms → set → economy
If policies and institutions matched those of an average middle-income country, it estimates, annual growth could reach 6.2-6.9pc, enough to reach Vietnam’s current income level, and incomes would triple by 2050.
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incomes → match → 2050
Real GDP growth rose to 3.65pc in FY26 and the primary surplus reached 2.9pc of GDP.
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surplus → rise → GDP
But per capita income is currently growing at only about 1.6pc, which means the economy has been put in better financial order without making most people better off.
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people → grow → order
The country’s return to macroeconomic stability is widely appreciated by international lenders and credit agencies.
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return → appreciate → lenders
Much of this stability has come from holding the economy down.
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Much → come → economy
High interest rates, fiscal tightening, and costly energy have dampened demand and squeezed imports, easing pressure on the external account.
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rates → dampen → account
Workers’ remittances have helped the current account and rebuilt reserves, and continued external borrowing has bought time.
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borrowing → help → time
But none of this builds capacity.
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none → build → capacity
Borrowing defers the bill, remittances bring in dollars without adding to domestic output, and compressed imports can fix the external balance while leaving exports no more competitive.
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imports → defer → exports
The stability that results depends on inflows continuing and on the government keeping up its restraint.
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government → result → restraint
It would mean more imported machinery, fuel, industrial inputs, and consumer goods.
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It → mean → machinery
If exports and productivity do not keep pace, the current account slips, reserves fall, and policymakers enforce tightening again.
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policymakers → keep → tightening
Breaking it means changing what the economy produces and sells, not just how fast it is allowed to grow.
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it → break → what
The obstacles are well known: unreliable and costly energy, a narrow tax base, cumbersome regulation, weak competition, and a poorly skilled workforce.
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obstacles → know → ?
Policy keeps changing, which deters long-term investment.
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which → keep → investment
Tax reform must bring undertaxed sectors into the net, instead of increasing the burden on those already compliant.
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reform → bring → those
Energy reform has to cut system costs rather than shift them between consumers and the budget.
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reform → have → consumers
And exports need a policy that works beyond incentives.
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that → need → incentives
Macroeconomic stability cannot carry the economy much further without better productivity.
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stability → carry → productivity
The World Bank’s numbers are best read as a reform target.
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numbers → read → target
Reaching Vietnam’s income level will take sustained spending on education, health, infrastructure, and technology, and institutions that can be trusted.
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that → reach → education
It will also take growth that creates more than just better headline figures.
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that → take → figures
If the government does not use the present breathing space to raise productivity, boost exports, and complete lasting energy and tax reforms, the next growth push could bring back the crisis Pakistan has just come out of.
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Pakistan → use → crisis
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