{"id":52536,"date":"2019-06-04T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T05:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=52536"},"modified":"2020-07-22T12:17:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:17:42","slug":"world-bank-approves-loans-power-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/world-bank-approves-loans-power-projects.html","title":{"rendered":"World Bank approves loans for power projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The World Bank (WB) has approved two loans worth a total of USD 465 million for the expansion of sustainable electricity trade between Central Asia and South Asia and to support higher education in Pakistan, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-requested-to-provide-more-funds-for-tribal-districts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WB requested to provide more funds for tribal districts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WB has approved the amount for the Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission &amp; Trade project (CASA-1000). This project will enable sustainable electricity trade among Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyz Republic. The project will require a financing of USD 65 million to set up infrastructure in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, WB has approved the rest of the USD 400 million for the Higher Education Development in Pakistan project. This project will improve the tertiary education in the country to produce skilled, enterprising, and innovative graduates. It will also enhance the partnerships with industry for strategic research and develop data-driven governance of tertiary education.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-seeks-wbs-approval-usd-1-5bn-project-financing-package.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Govt seeks WB\u2019s approval for USD 1.5bn project financing package<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WB Country Director for Pakistan Illango Patchamuthu stated that the two projects support the country\u2019s long-term dream of creating a regional energy market and build high-quality talent, which will enhance economic prospects for millions of Pakistanis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The World Bank (WB) has approved two loans worth a total of USD 465 million for the expansion of sustainable electricity trade between Central Asia and South Asia and to support higher education in Pakistan, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0WB requested to provide more funds for tribal districts WB has approved the amount for the Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission &amp; Trade project (CASA-1000). This project will enable sustainable electricity trade among Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyz Republic. The project will require a financing of USD 65 million to set up infrastructure in Pakistan. Meanwhile, WB has approved the rest of the USD 400 million for the Higher Education Development in Pakistan project. This project will improve the tertiary education in the country to produce skilled, enterprising, and innovative graduates. It will also enhance the partnerships with industry for strategic research and develop data-driven governance of tertiary education. Read:\u00a0Govt seeks WB\u2019s approval for USD 1.5bn project financing package WB Country Director for Pakistan Illango Patchamuthu stated that the two projects support the country\u2019s long-term dream of creating a regional energy market and build high-quality talent, which will enhance economic prospects for millions of Pakistanis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":39276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[11824],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-details-on-world-bank-approves-loans-for-power-projects","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Bank approves loans for power projects - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The World Bank (WB) has approved two loans worth a total of USD 465 million for the expansion of sustainable electricity trade between Central\" \/>\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\/world-bank-approves-loans-power-projects.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Bank approves loans for power projects - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The World Bank (WB) has approved two loans worth a total of USD 465 million for the expansion of sustainable electricity trade between Central\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/world-bank-approves-loans-power-projects.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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