Digital Economy Enhancement: World Bank-funded project struggling to deliver results on ground

Pakistan Issues 850,000 Digital IDs Under World Bank Digital Reform

Copyright protected content copied from PhoneWorld website. Pakistan has crossed an early milestone in Pakistan’s Digital ID System 2026, issuing more than 850,000 digital IDs after the soft launch of its national digital identity platform in August 2025. The rollout is part of the World Bank-financed Digital Economy Enhancement Project (P174402), aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s capacity to deliver public services digitally for citizens and bu…

Digital Economy Enhancement: World Bank-funded project struggling to deliver results on ground

ISLAMABAD: The USD 78 million Digital Economy Enhancement Project, financed by the World Bank, aimed at streamlining business registration, licencing and government-to-business (G2B) services, is struggling to deliver results on the ground, with zero transactions recorded on the Pakistan Business Portal while disbursement remained at just over seven percent nearly two years after approval. Official documents of the Bank noted that while institut…