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The studies revealed that a modernised and well-functioning road network with an integrated transport system ensures regional and global economic connectivity and integration. It reduces business costs for improving export competitiveness and trade to uplift socioeconomic growth along with offering passenger mobility gains. Furthermore, the said network is surely desired to be environmentally and economically sustainable also energy efficient. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been helping the Government of Pakistan …

International experts identified that through economic policymakers the foreign exchange reserves are viewed as ‘money in the bank’ – the more, the better. Reserves are a basic pillar of the macroeconomic toolkit. The experts showed that in countries that implement fixed or partially fixed foreign exchange rate systems, they are utilized as a mean to keep the exchange rate at or near the official target or parity level. Beyond exchange rate stabilization, foreign …

The governments and central banks world over readied more emergency measures to tackle the economic impact after spreading coronavirus on Friday, helping financial markets pare some of their steep losses, while more major events were canceled or postponed. US president even declared national emergency and set $50 billion fund to tackle the contagious disease. Till date (Friday March 14) about 138,000 people are affected worldwide and over 5,000 died, according to available …