{"id":6886,"date":"2024-01-18T13:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T13:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=6886"},"modified":"2024-01-18T13:56:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T13:56:03","slug":"a-comprehensive-overhaul-of-the-govts-fiscal-apparatus-is-vital-to-lower-the-revenue-expenditure-gap-dr-shamshad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=6886","title":{"rendered":"A Comprehensive overhaul of the Govt\u2019s fiscal apparatus is vital to lower the revenue-expenditure gap, Dr. Shamshad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6887\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-18-at-6.20.10-PM-670x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-18-at-6.20.10-PM-670x1024.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-18-at-6.20.10-PM-196x300.jpeg 196w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-18-at-6.20.10-PM-768x1174.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-18-at-6.20.10-PM.jpeg 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad :- &nbsp;Bold reforms would lead to a new era of development and prosperity in the country. &nbsp;Effective implementation of ambitious reforms will depend on addressing critical underlying institutional, governance and structural constraints, said by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Caretaker Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue &amp; Economic Affairs, during the keynote address on Pakistan&#8217;s economic challenges and the way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She highlighted five key areas that have increased the vulnerability of Pakistan\u2019s economy to domestic and global shocks: first, unsustainable fiscal policy due to revenue gaps and unproductive expenditure; second, fiscal unsustainability has enhanced government recourse to public debt which has increased; third, climate shocks as the global warming model predicts that Pakistan\u2019s weather patterns will become even more volatile and extreme in the decades ahead, with an average increase in temperatures by 1.3% to 4.9% by 2090; fourth, the lack of innovation and diversity in the structure of the economy; and fifth, the failure to integrate Pakistan\u2019s economy with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Dr. Shamshad further stressed five critical areas of reforms essential to reducing Pakistan\u2019s vulnerabilities and fostering sustainable growth that included: a comprehensive overhaul of the government\u2019s fiscal apparatus necessary to lower the revenue-expenditure gap; addressing structural weaknesses of SOEs and improving their efficiency and functioning, reducing the debt burden; and enhancing competitiveness and encouraging new investments. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad :- &nbsp;Bold reforms would lead to a new era of development and prosperity in the country. &nbsp;Effective implementation of ambitious reforms will depend on addressing critical underlying institutional, governance&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6888,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886\/revisions\/6888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}