{"id":4044,"date":"2025-06-25T08:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2025-06-25T11:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:38:39","slug":"pakistan-adb-sign-350m-deal-to-empower-women-financially","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/25\/pakistan-adb-sign-350m-deal-to-empower-women-financially","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, ADB Sign $350M Deal to Empower Women Financially"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"742\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $350 million loan agreement to advance women\u2019s financial inclusion in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"742\">The loan supports the \u201cWomen Inclusive Finance Sector Development Program (Subprogram-II).\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"742\">The agreement was finalized on Tuesday between the Government of Pakistan and ADB.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"742\">The State Bank of Pakistan also signed a related Project Agreement concerning the Financial Intermediary Loan (FIL).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"1145\"><strong data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"792\">Program Targets Women\u2019s Economic Empowerment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"1145\">The total loan package includes a $300 million policy-based loan and an additional $50 million under FIL.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"1145\">This initiative aims to improve women\u2019s access to formal financial services and boost their participation in entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"1145\">The program will also help develop gender-inclusive work environments within Pakistan\u2019s financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1344\">Subprogram-II builds upon the foundational reforms launched under Subprogram-I.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1344\">It targets policy improvements, regulatory updates, and broader outreach to underbanked women across the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1581\"><strong data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1384\">Reforms to Expand Financial Access<\/strong><br data-start=\"1384\" data-end=\"1387\" \/>The project focuses on breaking systemic barriers faced by women in the economy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1581\">It emphasizes developing inclusive financial products and ensuring equal opportunities in banking structures.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1583\" data-end=\"1723\">Pakistan\u2019s ongoing collaboration with ADB highlights its commitment to sustainable economic development through gender-responsive reforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $350 million loan agreement to advance women\u2019s financial inclusion in the country. The loan supports the \u201cWomen Inclusive Finance Sector Development Program (Subprogram-II).\u201d The agreement was finalized on Tuesday between the Government of Pakistan and ADB. The State Bank of Pakistan also signed a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1954,37,1324],"class_list":["post-4044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-finance","tag-inclusion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4046,"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044\/revisions\/4046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2day.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}