{"id":93034,"date":"2023-03-15T17:31:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=93034"},"modified":"2023-03-15T17:31:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:31:30","slug":"ifc-investment-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ifc-investment-in-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"IFC to double its investment portfolio in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is a part of the World Bank Group, is going to double its USD 1.3 billion investment portfolio in Pakistan over the next three years, news sources reported on March 15.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/world-bank-usd-1-6-bn-flood-relief-sindh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Bank approved USD 1.6 bn for flood relief efforts in Sindh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The information was shared by IFC Pakistan Principal Country Officer Naz Khan at a summit on infrastructure financing. &nbsp; Khan revealed that the investment will be part of the infrastructure development project and will support the country&#8217;s private sector.&nbsp; She said that the organization currently has a local portfolio of USD 1.3 billion in more than 40 companies across Pakistan with a focus on infrastructure-related firms. The group is very keen to invest in domestic infrastructure with the help of local commercial banks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She highlighted that in order to make the investment profitable, the country\u2019s macroeconomic indicators must be strong. Pakistan ranks low in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wef-acknowledges-pakistans-steps-for-a-greener-future.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Economic Forum\u2019s (WEF) <\/a>Global Competitiveness Index and Logistics Performance (GCILP) Index, which means there is significant room for improvement in the country&#8217;s infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-subsidise-low-earners-tax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IMF asks Pakistan to subsidise low earners, tax high earners\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to note that Pakistan is facing a financial crunch amid external and internal macroeconomic and liquidity factors, including debt servicing. The government is currently undergoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-success-imfs-9th-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9th review with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/a> under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program. Pakistan is expected to reach a staff-level agreement with the fund in the next few weeks for USD 1.1 billion loan tranche.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is a part of the World Bank Group, is going to double its USD 1.3 billion investment portfolio in Pakistan over the next three years, news sources reported on March 15.&nbsp; Read:\u00a0World Bank approved USD 1.6 bn for flood relief efforts in Sindh The information was shared by IFC Pakistan Principal Country Officer Naz Khan at a summit on infrastructure financing. &nbsp; Khan revealed that the investment will be part of the infrastructure development project and will support the country&#8217;s private sector.&nbsp; She said that the organization currently has a local portfolio of USD 1.3 billion in more than 40 companies across Pakistan with a focus on infrastructure-related firms. The group is very keen to invest in domestic infrastructure with the help of local commercial banks.&nbsp; She highlighted that in order to make the investment profitable, the country\u2019s macroeconomic indicators must be strong. Pakistan ranks low in the World Economic Forum\u2019s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index and Logistics Performance (GCILP) Index, which means there is significant room for improvement in the country&#8217;s infrastructure. Read:\u00a0IMF asks Pakistan to subsidise low earners, tax high earners\u00a0 It is important to note that Pakistan is facing a financial crunch&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[56730,56731,56729],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-93034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-development-projects","tag-ifc","tag-ifc-to-double-its-investment-portfolio-in-pakistan","tag-ifc-to-double-its-investment-portfolio-in-pakistanifc-pakistan","cat-20385-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IFC to double its investment portfolio in Pakistan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"International Finance Corporation (IFC), is going to double its USD 1.3 billion investment portfolio in Pakistan\" \/>\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\/ifc-investment-in-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IFC to double its investment portfolio in Pakistan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"International Finance Corporation (IFC), is going to double its USD 1.3 billion investment portfolio in Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ifc-investment-in-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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