{"id":102612,"date":"2025-06-28T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=102612"},"modified":"2025-06-26T17:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:02:14","slug":"adb-loan-to-support-women-entrepreneurs-in-pak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-loan-to-support-women-entrepreneurs-in-pak.html","title":{"rendered":"ADB loan to support women entrepreneurs in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karachi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a USD 350 million financing agreement with Pakistan to support the second phase of the Women Inclusive Finance Sector Development Programme. The initiative aims to expand women\u2019s access to finance, enhance entrepreneurship opportunities, and promote inclusive employment practices in the financial sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement was formalized between Additional Secretary of the Economic Affairs Division Sabina Qureshi and Dinesh Raj Shiwakoti, Head of ADB\u2019s Project Administration Unit. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) also signed a related project agreement for a USD 50 million Financial Intermediary Loan (FIL), which forms part of the total financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-adb-to-build-climate-resilience-strategy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan, ADB join hands to build climate resilience strategy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to official details, the programme builds on earlier reforms under its first phase and focuses on four core areas: improving the regulatory and policy environment for women\u2019s financial inclusion, expanding gender-responsive financial products and services, strengthening women\u2019s entrepreneurship, and encouraging inclusive workplace practices across financial institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of the total amount, USD 300 million is allocated as a policy-based loan, while the remaining USD 50 million will be distributed through financial intermediaries to support lending initiatives specifically targeting women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme is expected to contribute to Pakistan\u2019s broader goals of increasing female participation in the economy and improving gender equity in financial services. It also aligns with the government\u2019s ongoing efforts to strengthen the role of women in national development through targeted reforms and partnerships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a USD 350 million financing agreement with Pakistan to support the second phase of the Women Inclusive Finance Sector Development Programme. The initiative aims to expand women\u2019s access to finance, enhance entrepreneurship opportunities, and promote inclusive employment practices in the financial sector. The agreement was formalized between Additional Secretary of the Economic Affairs Division Sabina Qureshi and Dinesh Raj Shiwakoti, Head of ADB\u2019s Project Administration Unit. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) also signed a related project agreement for a USD 50 million Financial Intermediary Loan (FIL), which forms part of the total financing. Read: Pakistan, ADB join hands to build climate resilience strategy According to official details, the programme builds on earlier reforms under its first phase and focuses on four core areas: improving the regulatory and policy environment for women\u2019s financial inclusion, expanding gender-responsive financial products and services, strengthening women\u2019s entrepreneurship, and encouraging inclusive workplace practices across financial institutions. Out of the total amount, USD 300 million is allocated as a policy-based loan, while the remaining USD 50 million will be distributed through financial intermediaries to support lending initiatives specifically targeting women. The programme is expected to contribute to Pakistan\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":60777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[6445,20718,65518,65520,65519,65522,32,6066,61870,65521],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-102612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-developments","tag-adb","tag-economic-development","tag-financial-intermediary-loan","tag-financial-sector-reforms","tag-gender-equality","tag-inclusive-finance","tag-pakistan","tag-sbp","tag-women-entrepreneurs","tag-women-financial-inclusion","cat-15016-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ADB loan to support women entrepreneurs in Pak - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Out of the total amount, USD 300 million is allocated as a policy-based loan, while the remaining USD 50 million will be distributed...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-loan-to-support-women-entrepreneurs-in-pak.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ADB loan to support women entrepreneurs in Pak - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Out of the total amount, USD 300 million is allocated as a policy-based loan, while the remaining USD 50 million will be distributed...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-loan-to-support-women-entrepreneurs-in-pak.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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