Pakistan’s creditworthiness has been upgraded to B+ by S&P. It is one of the few developing countries that have graduated from a successful completion of an IMF program to directly accessing international financial markets.
I would start off with an overview of the economic reforms and policies put in place by the government since 2000, examining their main components, their aims and objectives and the degree of success achieved. I will then offer an assessment of the experience during this period and then offer some concluding remarks. 2.