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The Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) held the second Coffee@CBER session on 12th October 2019 at Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. The theme of the forum was “SME Financing: Issues, Challenges and Future Prospects”. The forum was …

Unfortunately, there is a widespread violation of consumer rights in Pakistan. The area of consumer protection has remained neglected in the country. It is pathetic that majority of consumers are unaware of their rights, hence they are vulnerable to exploitation …

A new global framework for financing sustainable development was established in 2015. Every country on earth signed up to the Global Goals, having recognized the critical importance of attracting private capital to finance those goals under the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. Over …

Providing level playing field can strengthen the sector, says UNISAME Chief According to State Bank of Pakistan lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by banks in Pakistan was for the first time recorded at Rs513 billion for CY18 as …

Economists have predicted that the Pakistan’s economic growth in the present fiscal year is expected to hit a 9-year low, dipping to approximately 2.9 percent, adding that looming balance of payment shortage, cut in development expenditures, monetary tightening and depreciation in the local currency …