2022 www.worldbank.org www.worldbank.org/Pakistan   AD Aggregate demand AOP Association of Persons APO Asian Productivity Organization AWD Alternate Wetting and Drying BBRI Better Business Regulation Initiative BBS Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics BOI Board of Investment BOP Balance of Payments CCP Competition Commission of Pakistan CEO Chief Executive Of icer CMI Census of Manufacturing Industries CRA Corporate Rehabilitation Act DDT Duty Drawback of Taxes DLTL Drawback of Local Taxes and Levies DTRE Duty Tax Remission for Exporters EAP East Asia and Paci ic EDD Exporters Dynamics Database EFF Extended Fund Facility EFS Export Finance Scheme EMDE Emerging Markets and Developing Economies EOBI Employees Old Age Bene its ETD Economic Transformation Database EWRF Electronic Warehouse Receipt Financing FBR Federal Board of Revenue FDI Foreign Direct Investment FETI Female Exclusive Training Institute FGCC Faisalabad Garment City Company FLFP Female labor force participation i FP Fä re-Primont FTA Free Trade Agreement GCI Global Competitiveness Index GDP Gross Domestic Product GGDC Groningen Growth and Development Center GHG Greenhouse Gas GSMA Gender Survey of Mobile Access GST General Sales Tax GVC Global Value Chain HBW Home-Based Work HGF High-Growth Firms HIES Household Integrated Economic Survey HS Harmonized System ICT Information and Communications Technology IFC International Finance Corporation ILO International Labor Organization IMF International Monetary Fund IO Input-Output IQR Interquartile Range IT Information Technology JDSC Jobs Group JD Standard Code KLEMS Capital, Labor, Energy, Materials and Purchased Services KP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa LFP Labor Force Participation LFS Labor Force Survey LMIC s Low and Middle-Income Countries LFP Labor force participation LSMS Living Standard Measurement Survey LTFF Long-Term Financing Facility MFN Most-Favored Nation MME Multi-Model Ensemble MOC Ministry of Commerce MOF Ministry of Finance MoIP Ministry of Industries and Production MoITT Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication MUB Manufacturing Under Bond NTM Non-Tariff Measure NTB National Information Technology Board NTD Non-Traditional Destinations OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development PBC Pakistan Business Council PBS Pakistan Bureau of Statistics PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty PKR Pakistani Rupee PLF Publicly Listed Firms PPF Production Possibilities Frontier PPML Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood PPP Purchasing Power Parity PSC Private Sector Credit PSLM Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey PWT Penn World Table R&D Research and Development RER Real Exchange Rate ROA Return on Assets ROE Return on Equity SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Agreement SAR South Asia SBP State Bank of Pakistan SCD Systematic Country Diagnostic SDP Size-Dependent Policies SECP Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan ii SOE State-Owned Enterprise SP Sole Proprietorship SRO Statutory Regulatory Order SSP Shared Socioeconomic Pathways T&D Transmission and Distribution TDAP Trade Authority of Pakistan TERF Temporary Economic Re inance Facility TEVTA Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority TFP Total Factor Productivity TFPQ Total Quantity-based Productivity TFPR Total Revenue-based Productivity UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development WAP Working Age Population WDI World Development Indicators (World Bank) WEF World Economic Forum WGI World Governance Indicators WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WITS World Integrated Trade Solution WTO World Trade Organization WVS World Value Survey ii iii iv v     ‫ا‬      ‫ں‬ vi 2 23 19 18 15 2 vii 3 38 3 viii 6 ix 7 7 x 8 8 xi EFS GST xii PSDP CDWP xiii Shaken, Uncertain Regulatory Distortion Allocation Allocate Manufacturing Technologies Intermediates Exporters Importers Potential Size Subsidy Transportation Margin Talent Policy Tax Drawback Point Sustainable Co-ordination Gender norm Zombie xiv