The World Bank Group (WBG) will conduct a series of consultative discussions and surveys throughout June and July 2024 to engage stakeholders in Pakistan. The purpose is to gather inputs on the country's development priorities.
A Country Partnership Framework (CPF) serves as the central tool for reviewing and guiding the WBG’s country programs, assessing their effectiveness. The CPF identifies key objectives and development results through which the WBG aims to support member countries in ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity sustainably. It begins with the member country’s vision of its development goals, which undergo consultations before being laid out in a national development strategy focused on poverty reduction. The CPF draws from country development priorities, key diagnostics, and the WBG’s global experience. It supports the WBG’s mission to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.
The Pakistan team is preparing to discuss the upcoming CPF with important stakeholders, aiming for approval within fiscal year FY25. This CPF will be informed by several key documents, including 'Reforms for a Brighter Future (RBF): Time to Decide,' ten policy notes on Pakistan's key development priorities, Human Capital Review, Country Economic Memorandum, Pakistan Country Climate Development Report, Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD), and Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD). Prepared jointly by IDA, IBRD, IFC, and MIGA, this CPF represents a shared view of how resources across the entire Bank Group can best support Pakistan's national goals.
The new CPF will outline strategic support for Pakistan over six years based on stakeholder consultations. These consultations help validate or adapt the WBG's portfolio to evolving political and economic contexts. Regular reviews ensure alignment with client countries' evolving priorities.
Planned nationwide consultations include government officials, parliamentarians, private sector representatives, civil society organizations including women and youth groups, international financial institutions, diplomatic community members, media professionals, and academia. These sessions aim to build on previous RBF consultations by gathering diverse views on Pakistan’s economic and social challenges.
Through these activities around CPF consultations, the WBG aims to increase awareness about the process while providing updates. This creates space for citizens to share their priorities for Pakistan’s development agenda. The next CPF will be submitted to the Executive Directors of the WBG Board in Fiscal Year 2025.
Key national stakeholders include government entities; private sector; youth/university students; politicians; women; academia; civil society; development partners; media; and general public.
The SCD will inform this partnership framework by analyzing challenges faced by Pakistan and presenting priority interventions aimed at ending extreme poverty and increasing shared prosperity sustainably. Based on findings from diagnostics like Reforms for Brighter Future-Time to Decide program and emerging challenges from COVID-19 pandemic alongside ongoing discussions with federal/provincial governments—the new CPF focuses largely on five high-level objectives: reduced child stunting; reduced learning poverty; increased climate resilience; increased decarbonization; more inclusive economic opportunities. Additional material related to these areas will be updated regularly on the CPF webpage.