Evidence

World Bank evaluation of its assistance to Pakistan, FY94-FY03

G-AID-14 · gap-foreign-aid

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Overall outcomes rated moderately unsatisfactory; unsatisfactory in poverty reduction and social sector development, governance, and revenue mobilization and expenditure management; Bank advice and lending helped avoid default on the public debt — World Bank evaluation of its assistance to Pakistan, FY94-FY03 · FY1994-FY2003; published 17 February 2006World Bank Independent Evaluation Group, Pakistan: Country Assistance Evaluation (Report No. 34942, 17 February 2006) · FY1994-FY2003; published 17 February 2006Source named — not yet verified

Source

World Bank Independent Evaluation Group, Pakistan: Country Assistance Evaluation (Report No. 34942, 17 February 2006) — https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/490001468327371173/pdf/34942.pdf. Matched to the source page by an automated research pass on 6 Oct 2026; not yet checked by a person..

What it proves

The Bank's own evaluator found aid helped avert default but failed on poverty, governance and tax reform, evidence for both sides.

aid effectivenessworld bankgovernanceconditionalitypoverty reductionstructural adjustment

Debates this card can serve

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