ADB give loan up to $300 million for sustainable energy sector in Pakistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has given up to $300 million loan to the government of Pakistan to resolve energy crises.

Pakistan will use the loan to address financial sustainability, governance and energy infrastructure policy constraints in the energy industry.

The loan will support one of the three phases of the $1 billion Energy Sector Reforms and Financial Sustainability program which is being led by the International Monetary Fund and includes $80 million in funding from the Export-Import Bank of Korea.

The program will address the underlying causes of circular debt with a focus on improving inadequate tariff and subsidy systems, strengthening energy accounting, and reducing generation costs.

Inefficiencies within Pakistan’s energy sector cost the country’s economy up to $18 billion, or 6.5% of gross domestic product, in 2015, hence the need to improve policies and energy generation and supply capacity.

Director ADB for Central and West Asia Mr Werner Liepach said: “The cash shortfall across the power supply chain in Pakistan, also known as circular debt, has shot up to more than $10 billion and is a longstanding chronic issue ailing the country’s power sector”.

He further said “A comprehensive and realistic Circular Debt Reduction Plan, assisted by ADB in close coordination with other development partners, is the cornerstone of this subprogram. The plan aims to drastically cut the new flows of circular debt and provides policy directions on addressing accumulated circular debt.”

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